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  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  /popping competition that put "You Got Served" in its place. Don't worry, his right arm ... special lady in Minnesota, along with a couple of trinkets for my family. My ... Chinatown (and I live in Minneapolis, the state's epicenter), so I HAD to make

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus ... about all of the airport delays and closings, including O'Hare in Chicago ... getting stopped in the halls. It's awesome, but I'm starting to lose my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  from way back in February, which are back with a vengeance (although ... pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... 's Department Open House was great - freshmen interested in the field got to talk

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  time because I’ve become involved in a lot of activities that are a huge ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application ... …and these expectations can drive you insane!) The same principle applies in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  this week (Wednesday, in chemistry), but it's my favorite class (and not ... chipped in $35 and rented cars and a cabin (apparently, MIT students can ... seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of ... boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... , the water sprayed across the small pool and remained in its foamy white

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  The blogfathers in the admissions office requested a while back that ... is similar in architecture, layout, and structure. I haven't counted ... few times, but still is no match in cleanliness or plushness to shiny

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... triumphant and spectacular finale, complete with the smashing things in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  violence in lesbian, bisexual and trans women. Open to the public Sunday ... need to brush up on those dining skills in preparation for those ... . Instructed by Dorri Li, featured in womens exercise videos! Raising Our Voices

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been ... .") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  in lockdown so i never saw any dentists. my gums became weaker and ... moving quickly, but it was only after meeting more people in person that i ... and grappling with their consequences afterwards, and so on in short

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  create to their hearts’ content for 16 straight hours. Hosted in the ... and hacking, in whatever capacity we could within the short time ... they build inside the dorm!). In a sea of mechanical, electrical, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  you alone. 3. Resist mentally. Picture yourself enveloped in a protective shield of white light, or in a safe place. Telepathic EBEs may get ... know what it's like. So while we live in demanding conditions, we do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  luckily I’d had my own disaster-semester in the spring, and we compared ... things will be different in the future. What a lovely conclusion, right ... while in quarantine as a form of “creative writing”. I should have failed

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... through a lottery. It was in the "Plant Room," a room on the sixth floor of ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  exists in and around MIT knows that there’s always so much pressure to be ... expectation that seems like it’s almost designed to breed guilt in students who ... Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  in 0.2 seconds, and then proceeds to receive many congratulations for ... performances (people litter a lot in cities; MIT also seems to be littered with ... ever really escapes "technical difficulties", at any level (in my most

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  , discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry, preheated an oven to the wrong temperature in Fahrenheit but exactly the right temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009