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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac ... . Unfortunately, while he was doing all of this groundbreaking research, he forgot ... attending lectures, doing readings, and working on problems sets specifically

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not necessarily things that we are expected to do, etc.... and then when he spoke

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  experiment I'm doing tomorrow. 3:15 PM -- I went back home and sat on my duff ... very enthusiastic about the research I'm doing, and pleasantly surprised ... guess, because what I do is really not all that extraordinary in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  that if I were to get a B+, I should have opted to do less work and get ... step back, and just relax with friends and do something that allows you

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  hopefully do lunch with a bunch of people to whom I haven't spoken since high school on Friday Now, here's what I have to do in the three days I'm home ... 's a quiz on Wednesday that I really would like to do well on something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  (#11) to write about it. ------------------------ Merudh wrote: "HOW DO ... that you've been thinking, we want to see that you've been doing. Passion, passion, passion. Quality over quantity. You don't have to do a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... and an A on the assignment -- heck, I could. But if you try to do that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In ... think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the 70 meetings we'll be doing across the country this fall. We call ... ), and Sacramento. Wow that's a lot of travel! This year, I'll be doing CMs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  Scott doing some welding; image courtesy Amrys Williams Amrys and Scott, doing some door work; image courtesy Amrys Williams Unfortunately, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  available today would not be up to the task of doing this entire project ... class will be doing UROPs with Lander on the Human Cancer Genome Project...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  , finding their niche, doing wonderful things - sometimes we even start to ... rejected applicant - I know that my feelings do not compare. But at the same

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... "Not the same few colleges," but I hope my point is made. Yes, we do our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so ... benefit or advantage in doing so, and you should feel at ease applying
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire application, which is what we do during our admissions committee selection
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  other blogs. I do read all of your comments, and even if I don't respond ... fulfilling for me. Many thanks. As you may know, I do my best to answer every ... to do just that (some questions I have replied to directly and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  lab doing bench work again after almost a year. i can taste spring on ... session in freshman fall, he read us wild geese by mary oliver. You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  ']sunrise[/annotation]happening? 7 terrace ❤️​ to “ 7 terrace ” Do you want me to wake you if you ... essays? [annotation note='i knew he was already doing misti for iap (our ... summer I'm in the IAP program Ohhhhh You plan to do misti after graduating

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself ... , and of all the things they could do as a friend to make me feel better

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023