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  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  of any interviewers available here by any chance?" Yes, we have about a ... ! ------------------------------------- Brendan wrote, "My athletics coach only sends letters of recommendation directly to the admissions office. In this case, the letter of recommendation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  of this week. Imagine this: Friday night is zipping by like a shiny ... of abysmal anxiety by a fence named Pass/ No Record. That's right ... amass a fortune someday by publishing a book of dinosaur comics, except

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  reach of seats by the window. I wrote for a while. I thought of Anis ... this much. This week, to my academic detriment, I'm proof that energy spent caring isn't always energy spent constructing. Ta-Nehisi said

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  modulated and focused by the people around me. When I'm on this train of ... the only pieces of my writing I stand by without a hint of reservation ... part 1: impact One of my strongest core beliefs is that the answer to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  week of symposia that is free and open to the public and organized by ... Voorhis, Associate Professor of Chemistry, who is working on solar energy ... of Music. (I know, that one is a little out there.) But the point of

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  surprised at it being April, now, it's the middle of May, and it seems like no time has passed. At the same time, all my energy from the beginning of ... I'll be honest, I lost track of time somewhere around the end of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  a series of articles about incoming MIT students. These articles ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... student-articles -- are not demographically representative of MIT. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 here -- On MIT culture by the hilarious Snively ‘11 here A list of ... . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... any new friends i made by now. that doesn't mean it's not worth it ... , and i enjoyed my summer camps. but part of me yearns for relationships

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i'm taking this course called "The Science of Well-Being" on Coursera ... form of an online course, especially given that virtual school has given me nothing but grief?? but i'm really enjoying it now. the majority of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  campus by one of my [annotation note="Freshman Pre-Orientation Program -- I ... a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  . After three years of p-sets (which, by the end of last year, I was ... -mailed Professor Rich Masel of UIUC, who was listed by Wikipedia as the world ... using a formic acid! But we discovered that the energy content of formic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  ’t worry if some of that doesn’t make it in by the Nov. 1 deadline (do make ... The first round of application deadlines are upon you, which means ... you back to zen calm state sooner :) ***AN IMPORTANT NOTE***: A lot of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  tour of the MIT Libraries -- There are so many resources available ... CambridgeSide Galleria shuttle distance of MIT, rated 26/30 by Zagats. Plus ... ) with these instead of Arabic numerals. If you don't know them, the party

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  ago, when I went up to him humming with nervous energy (a mix of ... 's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay ... and rewarded by the world, and I haven't learned them yet. I'll learn to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  recent, unedited, contrasting samples of your best work for evaluation by ... evaluated by members of the MIT art & architecture faculty. Your artistic ... I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... is more than 40,000 application pieces to be processed in a very brief

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of mind for a lot of reasons, one being that because of the study abroad, i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... 's always a TON of things going on. Since it's my senior year and I have this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  involved touring a number of Boston's entrepreneurial resources, including ... ), one of the FPOPs (Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs) offered to incoming ... we drop it off the fourth floor of Baker House... Only after we let

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013