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

  

  say in the application, this isn't a trick question. Yes, you really can ... ...help!!!" Assigning international ECs is a very time consuming process. I hope you (and ... research mentor. It is unlikely that if you submit a complete research paper

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  result is a seamless and intuitive experience, where you can highlight as ... If you're a regular on /r/technology, you might have seen Project ... experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  , there is the potential to create a community and find a sense of belonging ... is that YOU make the place. So you want to be a hacker? Hey, guys, there are buildings at just about every college in any country that can be

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a ... incredible final show (You can watch the recorded presentation online here). It ... on! Blue showed off Terrainer, a resistance trainer that can be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but ... to be tough but because I was lazy. The funny thing is, I can ... , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  country. "Besides, baseball and math go together pretty well. There's a lot ... hope this answers a few FAQs: yes, there is a Mormon community here; yes ... .By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek The movie "21," which is based on a true story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  I said, 'Why pay for a yacht when we can just make a giant flotilla of ... that the official requirement for a raft on the Charles after sundown is ... dubious legality of the inflated mattress (Does it count as a raft? If so

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and while we're not doing any admitting over the summer, there is still a lot ... preparing for the Class of 2010. Now is the time when we can take a step back

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  you could buy a 31-class pass, good only for the month, for a supreme ... would tell: there is nothing about your body that you would change; you ... ? Well, there has been a lot happening, although in some ways very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  . You can’t see it in the photo, but there was a beautiful thick snowfall ... viral evolution. All of my work is related to this recent paper, which you ... . Amazingly, the lab gave me a third of a beautiful office (which so far is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  position so I can do a little more where I can. Anyway, TLDR, CodeIt was ... section was where we were asked hypotheticals like "What do you do if one of ... and Logistics After acceptance, you have to fill out a Code of Conduct

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  freshman applications this past year. A few notes: There are no ties, and ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica on the big screen with a huge and rowdy group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  , plugged in the air blower, and *poof!* we had a Moonbounce! Something you ... 's something else you should know about a Moonbounce, you get really tired really ... about a Moonbounce, eating food before the bouncing can be a very

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Liv Tyler was originally named Liv Rundgren. Her mother, Bebe Buell, was concerned with Stephen Tyler's drug use and therefore ... was having a lengthy relationship with Todd Rundgren around the time of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  you pick an event where you can meet up with your student each day ... be prepared for anything. Boston is a great walking city and I hope you ... MIT is somewhat different than mine was when I was here. I'm sure you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  . Are there enough places to eat? Do our traditions seem cool to you? Can ... (but I'm sure there are people who'd argue..). You can stay undecided for a certain amount of time, but there comes a point in time when you

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  your friends at career fair is honestly super fun because you can relax ... At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like...a lot. There ... -college life. You also realize that a lot of the shirts you've been hoarding

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  Friday, Linh ’13 and I took a train to a nearby city, R√ºdesheim, where Di ... look in the mirror and see a face that’s much darker than it usually is ... Darmstadt. There, we spent hours at a castle, home to a gigantic wine barrel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  impressive, and not at all expected. You can get a special "Commonwealth ... -level work in a state where for many, going to any college is seen as an ... schools' real or imaginary affirmative action policies. There was a thread

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  , but that’s a different story, a different time). The most I can do is ... countries – in Canada, or the UK, or France, the signs you see would read: Red ... note="cj: a first-year advising seminar is a class that some first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019