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  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  can list all AP tests that you have taken/plan to take, even if it is ... sometimes it is not possible to take advanced-level coursework. In my high ... interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to ... always be the city I love more than any other. It's a lot to digest, and it ... , it needs me - in many of the same ways that MIT did four years ago - to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  nervousness. Slices of optimism. Slices of pessimism. It really only added to ... timer ticked its way to less than 30 hours, my palpable fretting grew a ... or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  that show is reaching its limits. Hopefully I'll be able to get around to ... more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I ... with it is the audio ads (which will occasionally play between songs

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  forth between lab, eating lunch in 5 mins, barely making it to the dining ... what Afeefah, we're going to go to my favorite place on campus. It always ... of things to do is completely checked off. Or someone reminds me to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an ... able to evaluate it before selection committee begins. The best way to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... latter of these changes is always accompanied by questions, so I wanted to ... guide to submitting letters of recommendations, as it answers most of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  "yield"), we admitted 1554 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is ... students from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  application. Is it okay if I send this as a reply to question 14. P.S. Do you ... Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers ... driven/flown a long way to come to a meeting, I hope it was worth the long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  friends in random places is always a happy time. 5. As we came back to our ... she is part of. It was a remake of this. She played Hermione. It was ... . It’s days like these that make us remember why we love it here so much

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  excursion to Garment District. Well, anyway, I remember that one is "get ... school newspaper is in the sports section. And hey, you saw it here first, faithful readers. Actually, I think the task is to "have a letter to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  make your flight. Even though it’s rush hour, the Silver Line to the ... don’t have any carry-ons, the guard who is supposed to simply check to ... ! Louder!” Either way, it was quite amusing to look at the signs. If you

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by ... the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is an awesome way to earn ... even available, but it's a quick way to earn some extra cash without

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  to partake in. All of the dorms have their own unique feeling to it, so it's absolutely possible to find the right one for you (mine is ... , and pick someone to live with. It's a pretty flexible system, unless you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  truth or fudging data to 'make a sale,' as it were. MIT is a great place ... , so I was super-excited with the opportunity to take CMS.790, which is ... research projects pitches. And then it comes to me, and I raise my hand, wave

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much. And yet… It really is something more, something special. After CPW, I ... lanyard holds the key to my soon-to-be home, even if it lacks keys to any of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  usually take to do a Ph.D. program? Like how long is your Harvard one? It ... bit of a workaholic. But it was totally worth it. Why it rocks to go to ... scientist better half, is applying to grad schools this year. He had been a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  and as easy as it is to get there, though, at times it can feel like I ... only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I ... popped, it's been feeling pretty starchy as of late. Going to Harvard as a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  everybody else. This is what I did. It's really nice to know nothing matters ... semester here. MIT doesn't want to make you cry (though it happens), so they ... even took it. That means it's impossible to have an F on your first

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  row at this point, and I figured that it would only be appropriate to ... graduate. Turns out varsity fencing is THE BEST and I never want to leave so ... with no intentions of doing it anyways because I need to work on my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019