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  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab ... from The Matrix. For the record, I was a Matrix fanatic in 8th grade. I ... hour. But, not everyone is as enthusiastic as I am… apparently

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have ... email at finaid(at)mit(dot)edu or telephone at 617-253-4971. [edit] I'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  acrophobia and just general disappointment in the way ladders are built, I ... So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my ... . Now at first, I was a little confused. I didn't know if this was a

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  A couple of days before a physics test, my friend Chacha'14 posted on Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of ... face to the interwebs. I have replaced it with that of the guitarist

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in my book, in case you were wondering). This year I was far more concerned with all the ... favorite parts of the holiday, I set a bowl outside my door and kept it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  Wikipedia. I couldn't think of anything to blog about in recent memory, but I ... order them on Amazon. I decided that it was either time to invest in a ... look at them. Sorry, what was I supposed to do? Pull out of my webspace

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  , which I like better in a lot of ways, except it's missing a desk, which ... . ____________________________ This post is the first in what I hope is a series of live one-hour slices ... My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... troupe filed in behind her, clustered behind my seat, and began singing. I ... . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  . Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew ... enjoy SF, but in too many ways it's only highlighted what I loved about ... passionate people here, and I've only been around for two months so I'm not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  Herbert and I camping in the desert, and it was absolutely beautiful there ... threw three in a row and popped all three!  I told him to try, and he ... good food, our last night together in California, Herbert and I took a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you're an '11, I ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they ... decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I ... when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  some recommended examples in this entry; some programs I have frequently ... available. I hope this is somewhat helpful to those of you in the homeschool ... I've been promising an entry specifically for homeschooled applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of ... engineers. I agree with him. And I agree especially in the case of women. I ... As many of you know I am a FIRST Robotics nut and Kool-Aid drinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  skills you'll receive in college. I am confident in your abilities, and ... whether you've been admitted to MIT or not. I want to express to you all my ... what you hear from colleges in the next few weeks, you can and should use

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  're all feeling good about the past week's work. I'll post something longer in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something ... Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal ... covered more ground in one science discipline or another, or you may have ... –20. Take a chance, present yourself in the best light possible, and hope for
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  [/caption] I'm falling behind in this fall semester, and running hard to try and ... carried through the crossword by my friends[/caption] I'm hosed this week. But looking at my last, or next-to-last weeks, I was quite hosed too. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  yesterday. And September is also pretty much over, which shows just how quickly MIT is zipping on by.   During last year's Career Fair, I ... was either thrown away or became junk clutter, so I consciously didn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014