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  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  Summer's sunlit streams of serendipitous socializing (or solitude) are sadly shriveling.   My english teacher would be proud of that ... , because I'm sure the rest of my blogs will have enough run-ons and comma

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... completion of the fall semester or second quarter (if your school uses a ... students already out of school. You do not need to have a hardcopy of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  donned my most comfortable pair of sweatpants (Manchester United sweatpants ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a ... time for 2010 (think about it -- the writing of this post spanned almost ... a far-too-familiar part of campus with my friend Kevin

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  Building 46." This is part of MIT-speak. Here's a primer. Each of MIT ... (sometimes given in Roman numerals). These numbers are in approximate order of the founding of MIT's course in that area. For example, Courses 1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central ... construction was done, but it wasn't until last Sunday and the urging of friends ... creation of plays about science in addition to discussing the cultural impact

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  Back during IAP of last year I wrote an entry about a brand new "toy ... to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one ... seeing what my pen did. "Well shoot, I've already sold like three of these

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on ... , or Waitlisted for the Class of 2013 and I know you all are waiting for ... " is not the end of the journey. The next couple of months will not be

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  This entry is going to be a completely random collection of things because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of ... bought a pair of roller blades. I forgot how much I really enjoy skating

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  . Amy Smith gave an excellent presentation about some of the challenges of ... a method of producing charcoal bricks out of natural waste materials ... of lava flowing, exploding, and making "pillows" and streams. After

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to hear the awesome director Michel Gondry speak (courtesy of LSC), and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  I've always been a big eater. Part of this may be because my dad is ... of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an ... . That'd be me, I'm the boy, and I'm used to eating massive amounts of food

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little ... Union, Harvey Mudd, Olin College, RPI, and the University of Chicago. For ... the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  't remember any of it. My earliest memory is from 1987. I'm 10 months old ... school senior, the drum major of my marching band, the captain of the science team, and incredibly sure of myself. I had no idea I'd be where I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  , and hopefully, call in and vote. Here's ABC's summary of the show ... recipient of the million dollar prize. And some relevant info about Craig ... from ABC.com: Craig Forest & David Moeller, a team of two former

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  ) "let's eat tons of food and talk about our problems!" dinner. While Peach ... Spectrum duty desk in the lobby of McCulloch Hall at Northwestern University ... speeches for Persuasion and Debate or learning a full year of Latin in three

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  've searched far and wide. Today marks the two-and-a-half week anniversary of my arrival at Moffett Field, CA next to the small city of Mountain View. To ... waste. Pictures of NASA Ames: (I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to post these

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  variety of activities that students do. All it takes to make a group is ... gift shop that said “There are 10 types of people in this world ... of the history behind MIT was surprisingly interesting, mostly because

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  engineering graduate school of some repute. My return flight through Chicago was cancelled due to Chicago being buried under 20 stories of golfball-sized hail ... 'm flying back to Boston by way of Portland, Oregon and Philadelphia

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data ... . 1), RPI (Jan. 15), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 2). For those ... midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006