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• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... powerful pulpit to write and speak extensively about how to navigate the ... book, Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  completion of the second quarter. Your school does not need to mail your midyear grades to us. Students simply list their grades on the FUN Form ... opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has occurred since
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  some very ambitious middle schoolers that came up to us. Three years ago, we went to this panel and met Lauren there, and asked her a question ... specify what you contributed to). We’ve chatted a couple times with Lauren

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  learned about all types of making, from woodworking to 3-D printing. I was ... process, a guest lecturer, and lab time to test out the process for ... came in to walk us through CNC machining, and another guest lecturer

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to ... i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating ... which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  managed to place [annotation note="To be completely accurate, I actually had ... rankings to progress to the live game show. Thus I ended up 3rd and won $15 ... . Here in Part 2, I've analyzed the remaining four games, hoping to gain more

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  now? Does anyone pretend to know? One of the few things that I know ... was alive to witness it. And the current fear, anxiety, and uncertainty ... of supplies to send to the rescuers at Ground Zero: socks, contact

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  to an end. It would be great if I left more than bones and a carbon ... ElAtEd To ThE cOvId-19 CrIsIs, read: there"]here[/annotation] at MIT has come to its end. And I do not want to be just an entry in the registrar

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  . I often find myself flitting from coast to coast, but still haven ... since the beginning of June.  So I decided to take a train from Boston to Santa Clara, from June 26th to 29th. Here’s (most of) my planned route, in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird ... . BIZARRE THINGS - AN OVERVIEW Bizarreness from 1 (a little peculiar) to 10 ... . Thursday Nov 1: I learned from Alan Guth that “you don’t have to have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... , from rural Saskatchewan to southern Mississippi. Most prominently, it ... right). We in admissions are all proud to work for such an inspirational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  memories have been left to gather dust over the years. after i burned through my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i ... eaten or lost to the tides of time. one item in particular stuck with me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  now it’s February... But this one is pretty close to my heart, and I ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... to my second class. I grabbed lunch with some friends, and then trekked

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part ... deeply. I’ve been wanting to have this group project experience at MIT for ... least two hours."]preparation.[/annotation] I used to have a fair bit of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway ... ="course 6 (EECS) has a nice program that allows you to work towards your ... want to do. In a way, things do feel a bit lighter though. I’m only

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the ... Chance"]CXC[/annotation]… the list goes on. Trying to decipher these ... won’t have to search my email inbox every time I need to translate

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... – I would’ve loved to have either of those things, but my semester just ... conference or to the EECS department at large.” What would I have told them

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba music began blasting from ... works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have happened in 2020 if COVID hadn’t appeared and disrupted everything. Thanks to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  arrived at the level of hunger where your sides begin to tingle as if they ... entirely sure how to go about tackling the last one. The motivation to write, though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022