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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  only apples to eat, nothing else. How to use: Go to their website and ... women. How to use: Personally I would not opt to stay in a strange man ... looking back fondly on those days, so I want to share how I did it. Maybe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  Rhode Island, Lahiri spent some of her childhood in Boston and ... MIT) that ends at 6:30 pm. I knew I wasn’t likely to get a good ... probably wouldn’t even get in. Sadly, even though the talk was held in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... time to figure out their admission status. Essentially, nausea is in the ... dorms I could live in. Some people around me--my mom who went to her state

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  9 months to do all of the following: get through the list of 101 ... for STS (it's been sitting in my backpack for weeks now) get into ... think in new and creative ways to optimize problems that relate not only

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  dope! Keep in mind that it tends to get a bit crowded on weekends (for ... 's for some ice cream. As we tried to figure out how to navigate home from ... : Spectacle Island and the Arboretum. So...if you're in the MIT area this fall

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  blog post by Anna H. ‘14 called How to get a UROP that goes further into ... 's exactly what it sounds like. Undergrads get to work with professors, Ph ... that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... wise: if you're flying in, book your plane tickets early (You may want to ... of 2013 Guestbook: Hundreds of your classmates have checked in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  to get emails and screennames to be in touch with fellow MIT 2014s ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... your classmates have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need ... called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• 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

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in the northeast: Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  thrown at him by an island native. Hee. =) Responses to Questions: Shannon ... interested in a varsity sport, but I definitely didn't speak to the coach until ... answered here, it was probably lost in the transfer to the new site

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend of Feb 5!! Go to our website for more info: alumweb

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  applying to college/MIT: Don't lose yourself in the craziness of trying to do everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... talents and interests. Let us get to know you as a three-dimensional person

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  .189 Intro to Python to get up to speed for 6.01 in the fall. Even if you ... of coding. What coding is, how you literally have to tell the computer ... to adopt a new syntax.\n") print("So how do you start? Do you pick up a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  science and engineering in elementary and middle schools in an effort to get ... on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... clumsy) and horseback riding, to meeting new friends and swimming in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can ... information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... from Toronto to Puerto Rico) Friday Long Island, New York -- my hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007