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  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when ... involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... the institutions we have today is monumental in viewing MIT with more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  …it’s certainly a lot. Not much to talk about at the moment, since we’re still in ... discovered how hard it is to get good pictures in the fog, especially when ... to kill the time.[/annotation] The plan is as follows: I will be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  would say to one another in a different world. I'm hungry for the real ... at 9 am.  We're starting with the Enlightenment, which is this era in ... Enlightenment, but I am curious to find how much the idea overlaps with reality

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the ... /how long until I take classes in my major, the first thing I mention is the ... class is located in the T Club Lounge, also known as a random room at the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  /write (which is the default in most language classes). This is especially true in ... taken one course other than the GIRs in my major (7.03). Is there an ... scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  friends, August, is a Gemini, and the similarities clicked in my brain ... didn’t end up going because I forgot to buy tickets and by the time I ... )” is one of the first songs I listened to, along with “Hysterical Us

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the ... Delivery in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, Ring Delivery got pushed back a ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  Four days after I returned to my home in New Hampshire after the ... year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... this point in my life, which is why I'm going into industry at the next

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  temporary. I’m almost certainly not going to put in the hours required to be ... it is - I’m not sure that it’s necessarily the most disciplined ... algorithms or Hollow Knight in the course of a few weeks. Nowadays, it’s mostly

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Library. The reading room is an amazing place to study (and to doze off) in ... waste. Back in the Infinite on my way to Building 2 for the general Tech ... (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was ... sessions both here in Cambridge and on the road to share accurate information ... places in between), or over the phone, know that we are here to help you

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  suitemate at the dinnerware class (i.e. which fork to use, is my bread plate to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the ... drink, is on the right. I'm going to have to remember that one. Next, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  to the window. A few of us exchanged dubious looks before filing in ... the college application process was over, all the complications in life ... regular 2-hour weekly meetings during the Fall term. Compared to Traditional

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  Cross-registration is one of the most amazing features to exist at ... "Course 8," which is the MIT-way to say Physics). To date, Denisse is by far ... fraternities in Back Bay to Haymarket, an outdoor produce market in the North End

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  's most often taken in the junior year.) And as you could've guessed, for ... . For the project to be successful, we had to beat them. ICE is fairly ... ROTC in addition to waiting until the last minute for my ICE project. But

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... want to major in** Eat liquid nitrogen ice cream High-five Tim the ... them to me! Better yet, post them to the tumblr (you got the address in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Thursday, which is Public Day and when the finalists are at their projects to ... . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA ... typically visit the big Faires in Bay Area and New York to give versions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among ... . (Yes, that was in honor of the 5.12 test that I didn't study that much ... the paintballing excursion, I felt drained in the most cathartic way

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011