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  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  the neighbors think there's an undertaker visiting, and they can go pick ... accurately as possible to the admissions staff. Very often the interview can be ... than a conversation, and a bad interview (and they can exist) is quite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  $5 lasers and mirrors you can find on Amazon, we use the “Quantenkoffer ... hard on your equipment) can throw off the entire system. (Ironically ... instructors told me each experiment we do in 6.2410 (around two hours each) can

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  my work, I can hang out on the internet for 30 (or, you know, maybe 45 ... recommend me a book, I can literally put it [annotation note="If you don ... so many copies, and if they're all taken out, you can put it on hold

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  ; if you’re curious, you can find the other readings on the course site ... einstein. as you can infer from the paper title, the people with einstein ... -deprived). the idea in this paper is that we can trigger oscillations to target and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  unscented as you can get unless you really want your room smelling like mint ... %, ideally) a can of WD-40 that has a spray nozzle (not just the tube) (Timestamp 0:00–0:01) Erase the whiteboard as much as you can using just an

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  I can. So, while I don’t think this blog post is the optimal place for information about what you can do with an economics degree (use the Internet, ask your professors, advisor, etc!), I can definitely tell you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn everything tonight because I don't know you or how you best study. But I can ... . Taking a real, genuine, honest, break can recharge you and when you come

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  essays are not advice, or even guidelines. I can only tell you what I did ... GPA, your SAT/ACT scores, etc.—you can’t do anything about those, so ... ? Well, I’m not on any admissions committee, so I can only speculate

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  laptop if they can't fix your old one. But software warranties that cover antivirus scans and backups aren't necessary. You can easily learn those ... PC and a Macbook can function exactly the same and the Macbook will

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  short of it is that there are very few people on campus who can grasp ... traditional dining program as you can get at MIT. A $300 dollar fee at the ... Dining Dollars is money you can load directly onto your student ID card

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information ... registration form for CPW?" You can register for CPW in your MyMIT Portal. Just ... can do together. I'm also sure someone from admissions will provide more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  'd raise my SAT verbal scores through the roof - to this day I can't remember ... place. It isn't for people who are afraid of hard work, and it can get a ... until the end of freshman year, at which point we can declare "undeclared

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  mutants, but you can't (because they are inviable). Your boss challenges you ... your construct? That's the kind of thing that can't be solved by ... I can pop into unannounced, and I wouldn't feel out of place making an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  elementary school as "filled with friends." i think that's how my life can be ... years at mit, i can say i feel more settled into myself than ever before ... to do, and that's something that can only come with time. now, i have

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel ... . he asked if we needed any help. we said, "yeah, can you get the lugnuts ... . "can we do anything for you? like buy you a coffee or something?" he

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  that, we can let the Great Hunger disappear if we want; we can survive ... canvas of 60 or 70 years ahead of you, and simultaneously, how you can ever ... you can in, say, a coding interview. Increasingly, I feel the weight of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  scarier without friends. It can simply feel awkward fumbling to navigate ... moments are important. You can make memories and build connections. But, in that same vein, I think the benefits can also be reaped from solo

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  can. Thanks, Ekanem BC Front Desk The next day a second email arrived ... swivel at the hook (which means you can hang them on random items, like my dresser door!) and have a looped design that you can hang pants on

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  very, very carefully. I can't stay in my room, but at least, just the tiniest bit, I can take it with me. [caption id="attachment_74367" align ... missed. I can't explain it in words, but I feel my self echo back an image

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  also can't bring myself to care? Which maybe is bad. Exercise. Here's another thing I can't bring myself to care about, at least, care about ... resting heart rate is about 85 bpm. I can walk up maybe five flights of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022