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  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to ... Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways ... —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  Yesterday I was at the grocery store. I needed to get soymilk, because it is lent and I am fasting. I try to fast like my father does, the ... water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  way through a ropes course. Learn to paint. Roll your own sushi. Wear paper clothing. Travel to Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Spend a day ... weeks. Next week, however, some students will begin arriving on campus to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we were not able to offer admission, and I am feeling equally sad about that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... to: Process a bunch of correspondence from applicants who have been ... survey to solicit feedback on the MyMIT blogs (look for this in a few weeks

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not ... season, and there is a line to the summit past the 8th or 9th station - but ... cost me my firstborn. Fuji may be a rather strenuous mountain to hike

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... believe that the economists might have something useful to say about this topic. Questions to be taken up include, but are not limited to: Is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that ... you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  livejournal, MovableType is designed to fit into a webpage that already exists ... 't want to give away any surprises, but as you can see there's a lot of neat ... preview it, turn the status to "Published" and hit the save button. Voila! A

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every Thursday, some group of people on the floor puts together a late night snack ... 's honestly a rather pleasant way to spend an evening. Said the MIT student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  paid to go to Europe. To paraphrase a great woman, "I cannot believe this ... life. So, while I'm excited to get a six week paid vacation in Germany, I ... this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  and took a leave from MIT to become the founding CEO of HelmetHub, which ... Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering ... teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed to be a happy place, or at least, that's the lie I'm going with ... the whole essence, [1] because I need to be a senior, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  ."]brass rat[/annotation] but also the halfway point of MIT. Obviously, as a result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the ... Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... CONCLUSION: I wish I had a conclusion to this rant. -- And here I am, going

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  care about people - I'm a good dad THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT ... THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: - Other people dying - My debt-to-income ratio ... | The Joshua Tree - Death Cab | Transatlanticism TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: - I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to come up with a word to succinctly describe this aspect of my personality ... was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit ... displayed his or her drawings and models and gave a short presentation to a ... . The Department is committed to a concern for human values and for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014