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• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  the AP and asked if I can join Intel in my junior year and he replied no ... blogs and any new information I can about admissions and MIT. I feel ... applying to MIT in the fall and was wondering how many SAT II tests I must

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  how much energy I wasted today by walking on non-carpeted surfaces. Next ... gigantic mental lapse, I barely managed to finish in time. It occurred to me ... blog. And the fact that I was thinking about how thinking about the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about how happy i was that life felt like an abundant tree of gleaming vibrant ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i ... , no matter how confusing things get, i know we'll always be in each ... unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  , Microsoft Kinect doesn't work well for people in black clothing!), I loved the ... —all in under five minutes per activity! I loved the experience. If only ... website offers free lesson plans for educators. Although anyone can purchase

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  in "Professors Get Low Marks," I don't buy it for a second. I ... new blog, how do we contact you privately?" I don't put my email address ... applying? Can I send any?" Yes. We're happy to accept extra materials if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  from idleness. My thought process went as follows: I can either not buy food and do my work, or I can buy food and... probably still do my work ... free items in building 66, from which I managed to procure this shiny new

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  's, but all too often it can also mean being stuck in lab, not eating.  And ... access to food in the past year Personally this past semester I've used a ... by stores designed to make you buy more than you came in to get. Make a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  get a B- in 8.01. I have no clue how that happened; I am guessing that ... first semester at MIT was pass or no record, I was in real danger of failing. I had done ok in the semester, failing or barely passing most tests

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They ... "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of ... 't updated in 6 days; you guys are my American Idols. I also discovered while ... 'm hoping that I'll either be able to find one abandoned in a basement when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn ... I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... for making large-scale flat glass; each new breakthrough in glass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it wasn't really something I expected to continue in earnest in college ... methodic math and CS problems I get in my psets. It's also incredibly useful

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  competition that teaches you how to build a website that you can then submit to ... coincidence, and I still do not know how it just fixed itself (but I’m in no way ... worked most days, was about 10 ft away from this ladder! I lived in a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... "] timequake![/caption] Now, however, I am writing you from my [annotation note="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new ... , part of the the Institute's new front door in Kendall Square. The new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  So here I am (still) in sunny southern California where people are mourning the loss of the crystal football ie The Rose Bowl. While I can't say ... hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  ways in which I can learn how to use it for good, rather than just being ... with Raymond showed me that I can be in these really intense, serious ... how far I've come in such a short amount of time. 2022 was a year of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  was part of the packaging of my brand new awesome laptop): OK, I find ... come grocery shopping? That way you can buy lots of big, bulky things and ... (awesome) new room (pictures to come later, when it looks nice enough that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  . I had no idea how unique certain aspects of my everyday life in the US ... verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess ... the airport. Twenty "short" hours from now (ugh) I will be in my new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  .  Usually there'll be a dozen or so trips per weekend in New Hampshire ... Sunday, staying at a MITOC cabin overnight, and then ice climbing in New ... important topics like how to walk in crampons ("walk as if you were a cowboy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014