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  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the ... 've submitted something, and it isn’t showing up, don’t worry: it takes time to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After ... to for a couple of months. Some of my favorite organized internet ... be creative and write and aren’t alone in doing so. Project for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  , remembering that I (and that we all) have the capacity for both bravery and joy ... ) the fact that I was admitted for who I am. Plus a whole lot of luck. I didn’t refine my short answers for hours or give them to a second party

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  sleep while I spaced out. I picked up my backpacked and trekked to ... reach of seats by the window. I wrote for a while. I thought of Anis ... , ideas for blog posts and essays, and I save them for later. I stow away

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  sketched up this guide on one of my flights after 4 hours of intense analysis ... pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you know what it's for.   Step 2 - Understanding Your Options and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... hard, and nobody (openly) judges me for lying down in front of the ... place to pick up things on the job -- even overhearing snippets about

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  , curiosity, and persistence for it. I'd be remiss if I didn't give them a shoutout on the blogs here - so thanks for everything, guys! You might also ... met a few of the friends, my entourage for the night, in front of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  MIT freshmen for them to answer in a single semester: “How would you ... the picture on the left for 70% of the semester, and like the one on the right for the remaining 30%. heehee

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Arrow Award for the Best Paper in Health Economics in 1994.  He was also ... American Society of Health Economists Inaugural Medal for the best health ... Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  -valedictorians set for MIT Originally posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009 by Adam Freeman ... minute older than Chandler. As for competition between the two? It was ... happy for each other's successes," she said. Case in point, Chandler

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  appreciated until a few days ago - namely, how MIT ends up attracting some very ... teaching assistants for my differential equations class. Twice a week, roughly fifteen other students and I meet with him for an hour

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved ... . True, I don't get any credit or pay for the hours I put into the Musical

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another ... ’ve seen the encyclopedia of an events list that we all got for CPW ... , these Course 2 (MechE) majors made a spot for me and my disdainful poetry

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  and searched all the counters and drawers for a key that might quite ... neurotic college applicant waiting for a decision. (Come on, who can blame ... when I walked in. Go ahead, laugh at me for overreacting and nearly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  pset, woke up for no reason at 6 AM, and finished the rest of it in under ... Ina Garten's recipe for apple butternut squash soup. Let me tell you ... . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours ... for Cancer Research at the beginning of IAP and continued until the end ... for two hours, while they explained everything from their choice of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select ... 'll for the most part treat them as any other application, but we will ask a ... them. No one knows this more than senior associate dean for students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up ... around the city for a while. Wandering around Boston is one of my favorite ... stop was that I was looking for, because I was sort of lost -- he almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again ... for the conflict in Israel and Palestine? US troops are fighting in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and industry partners work together to develop technologies that advance soldier ... -use applications for ISN-derived technologies for firefighters, police officers