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  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... . The conference is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Thursday to Sunday. (UPMUNC = University of Pennsylvania Model

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... . Going to university puts you in a dorm with dozens of people with ... bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  University of Florida. Tim Tebow could easily be known as the wunderkind who ... friend Steve '11 (freshman ex-roommate) was reminded of the story of Tim ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a ... impression is that at least a good majority of students who apply to MISTI do ... university. I ended up living there for the majority of my time in Mexico and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What entrepreneurship programs are offered?

  Here are just a few of more than 85 resources dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT: Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation Design
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  passed through scribbled notes passed in the halls. A general fact of my ... My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  , Random Hall, and Bexley Hall. As you might be aware, I now live in one of ... I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who got in. If you got deferred, don't take it too hard, plenty of people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or

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

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the IvyPlus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of ... are great matches for the university and who might not otherwise apply

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

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  of Math & Science Sacramento, CASaturday, September 9, 2006 at 3:00 p ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing you! And for the rest of you, say hello to my colleague who comes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  halls every night. People will argue with me about this, and of course ... Cash. 4) Cook! A lot of the dorms without dining halls have kitchens. More ... about it in the comments. The gist of it is that many FSILGs offer dining

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  . Your hall should have a communal box of condoms that is restocked semi ... this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... . tl;dr MIT has a surprising amount of options for taking care of your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  universality. According to Anonymous Fourth Guy, "young people are terrified of ... hadn't been collected yet) and dashed to 10-250 (one of our big lecture halls) for the weekly Physics department colloquium. The speaker is a guy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  ...we mean it. To all of you waiting to hear back from other universities ... experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  would go up on the team’s Hall of Fame wall. We sat outside, surrounded by ... the Special Olympics with Googlers at the University of Southern ... With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  places.) Most of the schools I applied to were not engineering-focused; I ... drizzle. I didn’t dream of applying to MIT my whole life. I only figured ... , the short of all that is that I knew what I was getting into by applying

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  (with a view of the Great Dome), a lecture hall, an MIT professor's office ... Friday evening, after getting one of the more interesting emails of ... we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... about my journey, and I thought I'd share some of them with you all to see ... direct to LAX. I spent most of the flight napping and reading back issues

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  old girl at nerd camp yelled at me for being part of the globalist ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers ... blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017