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• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing ... Masochistic." Or something. Do you still think MIT sounds fun? ;) Anyway, I ... , running up stairs for four hours (though most people don't do it for the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  over, you've gotten more work than you know what to do with, and a ... day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do ... April/May and none of what I’m doing right now counts? Well, for

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... do not have a preference. You should take the tests for which you ... my testing options? A. You have two options. You may do the SAT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  . Bryan, what are you doing today? I'm going to GRAD SCHOOL! I ... departures, I realize that I can make an earlier flight, so I do the "My plane ... around the campus. How do you feel after the tour? What are people doing

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  everyone doing? Not too stressed out, I hope? While you're working on ... after your folder is complete do we run an admissions summary card and ... . It is also important to note that we do not need to have your scores in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ' classes you attend, I'm interested in what you do between classes, any interesting things you happen to do, etc. I'm not sure if someone has already ... will post once I see a logical end to my day. Brendan asked, "What do

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ). While I was doing problem sets with some friends at Senior Haus, Gheorghe ... ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have ... 's no way I could make this horrible process better, but I really do know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  work I've been doing for the past year and a half. I'll be graduating ... month of August off... sort of. I am not so good at the "do nothing" thing ... vacations; he's like, "But what do you do on vacation to the beach?" So far

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  that I'm doing so many awesome things, like watching April paint the room ... of LEGOs. But do I actually do any work? The answer, surprisingly, is ... "eighteen" not "one eight." Numbers after the decimal do not follow any

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  convinced that spaghetti wrestling has something to do with it -- if you are ... 'm only answering one question today. 1. Vanessa asked, "Do you have any ... rushing and not doing the best job they could. Start your essays now

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  visited my high school, not even the state/local colleges. I do remember ... small number of high schools that I do each year, I'll often feel a little ... what we are doing with our time in the fall. Our small admissions office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  . No way, I said. I'm not trying to do anything extraordinary, I just want to live a calm life and do a little science while I'm at it. We had ... do anything particularly extraordinary, but saying that I wasn

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  notion that people exist through time in the same way we do in space (for ... envisioned. But what I want to tell you, is that you didn't do anything wrong ... instead you had chosen to not do *insert thing that became a fundamental

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  from 1-4 on MWF and 1-2 on TR Do homework and sit with friends from ... slots for when I can do fun things, like that nice slot from 2pm to 5pm on ... commitments to figure out if there's anything I can do to better spend my time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  January 6th, 2021. If you plan to apply to MIT for Regular Action, you do not need to do anything special to request or claim this extension ... holidays this season must find new ways to do so safely while still spending

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done ... MIT, but still go on to do an MEng, or do a multi-year grad program

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all ... most trusted inner-circle made my stomach do flips, and don’t even ... together that weekend. I wanted to do those things so badly, but whenever I

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  about my exam, I will certainly feel worse than if I do literally anything else. I could study, I could sleep, or I could do something else entirely. There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital ... ) Walk to work. It really depends on the day, since I do production and ... job. 3. Hopefully what I’m doing will help kiddos realize that science

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the word contains my name, I ... and you will be infinitely quenched and satisfied with things to do

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011