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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  averaged 2-4 hours of sleep after that until finals week. Then I ran away and ... break. But - I ended up passing all of my classes, went on an IAP trip to ... class called the "Nuts and Bolts of Engineering" in case I, y'know, decide

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread ... 't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  about medical care for the underserved. As one of my projects for this ... and Korean) Also, aside from working, I also had plenty of time (9 weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... from playing yet another game of phone Tetris by looking at stuff on the ... of 2013 facebook group. Sophomores and juniors can attest to the fact

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laptop There should be a special place in hell for laptop thieves.

  

  dammit, my laptop and camera got stolen out of my room. Campus police has been thusfar unhelpful as usual in locating the perpetrators. These entries might take a lot longer than I thought. Gotta start over. Good thing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  many of you — students and parents — are concerned about the future ... about the economic, social, and environmental stability of the world. For ... , because of the difficult times — I hope you will come here with the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these ... work of writing their ideas down will eventually turn into writers. But

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was Susan Hockfield, MIT's one and only president. A friend of mine pointed ... complaining about dining?*" She looked at me. This was the moment of truth

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  copy of that email here. We'll have more details on the decisions in the ... year. This is an increase of roughly 1,000 applications over last year. Here is a chart of EA application landmarks over time: In 1982-83, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... other hand, you're given an enormous amount of variety to select your ... course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long periods of time and then come back mysteriously with scratches on my face and the arm of my coat ripped three-quarters of the way off. I always

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... of which you get in May after you matriculate) and you're taken to your ... used by a variety of colleges. It has all of the basic e

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute ... misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  of a show called "Design Squad." One of Design Squad's major sponsors ... most Summit activities will be at Northeastern University, the Museum of ... representatives, and meet professionals working in a variety of fields, including

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] Many of my readers know by now that if you ... concentration of them centered around 77 Massachusetts Avenue. Well, sometimes ... additional award of $150.00 for the best original piece. "Oho," I said when I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  Hi folks, It was truly AWESOME to spend lots of time with all of you ... update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... . You'll find the fruits of their labor here: MIT TechTV CPW Channel Have

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers ... 's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only recently been through the application process but is now on the other side of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008