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  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  faults and he knows how I work. I think it would help me more to get his ... ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who ... care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  more on Dheera's website) In my transportation seminar, we ... hours when you consider the hours in advance you have to spend at the ... that turns out. How are your applications going? The folks in admissions

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  get you in. "Another issue is related to interviewing in India.Here in ... since childhood I have been dreaming to go to MIT ..in fact go only to MIT ... the Computer Club.Actually,what I want to know in a very straightforward

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

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  interviews that ranged from the inane to the interrogative (often in the same ... of SLACs and state colleges in New England...and also to the College of ... in fact a terrible way to pick a college, and I soon transferred. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  failing to know how the people around you are really doing. In the past few ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of ... finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been ... is an aberration in the midyears. At this time, due to the continued

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... are a strange beast to me in E+M. 5:10am. Still thinking about SI units ... so as to illuminate the otherwise dark shadows in the figure. A

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  and showed up to exactly one meeting, in which a crowd of student ... about the action.” To which I respond, “How clever of you, I was just ... students to study and design technology for developing communities in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be ... Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... down, and they found out just how useful it was to everyone else. Today

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that the world is a very big place, and in order to change the world, we ... and different ties to groups in need. Do you know what that means to me ... … We have to put ourselves in the shoes of the people for whom we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  past year getting to know each other, and I'm glad we'll have to next ... sometimes, you want to be a little subtle in your MIT pride, while still ... website, we though they might be interested in buying one for themselves (or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... change from a D to a B, shhhhhh.) I'm excited to see how the institute ... 're interested in and excited about that don't have to do with classes. The

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  . What do you do afterwards? If you want to continue in academia, you try ... astronomy, and get a job in industry, business, finance, teaching, and ... you have to type this information again and again and again, in various

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  . Supposedly, students that are accepted to MIT are “well-rounded.” In reality ... could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2 ... of how I could use the course material to design it. Stress, beam

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in ... interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  am always doing that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to ... personalities. This is in part why one of my favorite websites this year has been ... I’m less organized and there’s less stuff in here... From left to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  secondary options? I have some in mind, but none of them seem to match up to ... help, and the great insight you provide to those of us looking in from ... entry to mention a great school that often gets overlooked by students

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  and Big Hero 6, and in the spring he teaches "How To Make Something That ... everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient ... Shop training, they actually teach you how to make a neat little flash ... coordinates. However in order to establish your coordinates, you need to edge

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  89%) in O levels and 4 As in A/S level is how much likely to get ... feel compelled, and you think it would help us get to know you in the ... your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006