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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I ... give you some ideas, here are some things you could ask me about and ... Disney movies Your fears about the future Oh, and I suppose I should

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  , though, and there are very few people I'm willing to sing in front of. Late ... , and the cars and river add comforting background noise. When no one else ... friend auditioned too, and we took comfort in solidarity. Otherwise

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... Early Action and who was missing an evaluation or transcript in our ... component is this: don't panic! We do not consider applications until and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: Essays ... strictly. My understanding is that MyMIT is counting words like won't and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  information, personalized MIT recommendation forms and cover sheets, and the ... forms. Teachers may use their own forms and format, but please include the ... and binding, and ability to be viewed in a 2-D environment, before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... table, with toilets for seating and live lizards in the glass table ... pineapple fried rice. It wasn't a large serving and tasted average, I'd say

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously ... and I each spent four hours writing three 12-bar arrangements of a ... just intrinsically awful at jazz, and this will get easier as we gain

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... life driving to and from the internship that he liked. As luck should have it, "the day" came on August 13th of 2010, and now that same (not as

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  MIT recommendation forms and cover sheets, and the ability to track the ... personalized teacher recommendation forms. Teachers may use their own forms and ... you consider things like staples and binding, and ability to be viewed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  Hopkins, and UMaryland; it felt nice to meet others who cared as much about ... activity that compresses all of my pent-up frustration and energy and translates it into emphatic footsteps and sharp movements. It's easy to smile

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , essays, standardized tests and teacher recommendation letters (not to mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the ... house or book store. It’s not a test, and your EC won’t throw a Rubik

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day ... damage, both during hacks and while hacking. # Don't steal anything. If you ... discovering Lobby 7. # Don't drink and hack. Enough said. # Don't drop things

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  admissions. Over the year and a half that I've been here, after meeting hundreds of people who had since became my classmates and my friends, and now ... was soliciting these applications, and after reading his email, I felt

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  . Today, we celebrate the power of democracy and the power of the human ... employee requests, and due to the historic nature of this presidential ... -in and speech will be available in rooms 10-250, 3-270, 4-270, 32-123 and E

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  , filled with 24-bit colors, and baked into pie graphs, just like the kind ... : I spent as much on textbooks this semester as I spent on food*. And ... , soymilk, soup, other liquids, frozen matter, and condiments). Since Fruits

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... year I turned 21 the day before my 8.05 final, studied til about 4am and ... .09 in the afternoon, then 8.07 all night and in the morning. I answered my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than ... coach or fill out the form. And if you're interested in ROTC, please ... and TOEFL) is 3514 and our ACT Code is 1858. And if you haven't yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  and switch between English and Spanish, so I can now write with accent marks and such in plain text, and this makes me so, so happy. Umm ... the city today, and I was proud of myself to discover that I actually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation ... Galaxy Well, I'm not your mother (thank you Captain Obvious) and you ... you. Yes, that means you, pre-froshes! And I will be very sad if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008