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  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  how much do I need to score in order for it to help?" A good AIME score ... internal hoops. In an effort to get the blogs up and running as quickly as ... , we had an hour and a half, not that that's anything to keep in mind

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  at work (written back in August, but still perhaps true?), but for now ... looking like this: The cardboard on the top was due to an event at last ... much fun I had. We spent about an hour before the race looking at all of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  the blogs. It should be an exciting year ahead. I look forward to ... You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman ... contact information for your MIT interviewer, or Educational Counselor (EC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  , you get pwnd in the face by Nitrogen. Surviving an explosion can often ... there in a parking lot, but looks can be deceiving. Have you ever seen ... Water in an unusual or dangerous manner (e.g. cesium, sodium) OX or OXY

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  for six units of general elective credit, which, in my experience, is UTTERLY MEANINGLESS except for boosting your GPA. Hey, my A in choir made the difference between an x.84 and an x.86 for me last term, which is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  the ice and prepare for an hour of sounding silly in front of one ... riding a bike. October 09-10 (H-Town) I was in Houston for a conference ... -class beatboxers look like on a Friday afternoon in October: This is what world

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  dress rehearsal for an upcoming festival in the city, and we were ... transformed into an impromptu dance floor. That Friday, we performed in the ... works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  time looking at appendix figures in my life"]how to more critically ... honestly might make an entire blog about the process of applying for jobs ... interview for a different company in early January, which went much better

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  significantly more reasonable-looking jacket. We take refuge from the wind in a ... UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several ... nearby tech company owned by an MIT Professor. We catch up in straight

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  for 5 lab sessions and write an associated paper + presentation (I did ... . As an engineering double major (in Course 16, AeroAstro), I cared about ... interest in physics was that of an enthusiastic amateur but that I didn

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East ... , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  grateful for it. At MIT, in certain departments, there are entire courses ... look closely, one of the discriminators - the left blue- has an output ... for graduation, and the order in which I took/will take them: Freshman

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  into an Oscar-winning screenplay, eligible for a Nobel Prize in ... , looking for inspiration in the ordinary along the way. Then I sit down to ... likely for others. Therefore, I feel a sense of duty in debunking my own

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  standards for Campus Preview Weekend, set to be unveiled in April 2018. The ... redesigned the sites for Admissions and SFS a few years back. We did, in fact ... . Though we ended up going in a different direction, my earliest plans for

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  his mom, when he won second place in a local filmmaking competition for ... majority ethnicity for one- and the Institute really believes in a person ... in Illinois is paving the way for what will soon be something for more

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  stopped arguing about trivial things, folks started to look for the good in ... , especially in the later high school years. But an application with a solid B in ... 's #14 in Part 2. (Thanks Sean for beating me to it!) You are welcome to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  decided to roam around the campus for an hour. Of course, I ended up in the ... in this picture).So, now I'll move on to Friday!For you people on the ... screenprinting for so long.Then I played with the scary chairs in Baker, that lean

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  workshop in Central Square. It was founded by Ali Mohammed, PhD '08, an ... -dimensional ship's anchor an older dude in biker swag who was helping two 10 year ... Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It's an ordinary Thursday! I'm living at an apartment in Cambridge ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 3:30 PM I have a daily check-in for my Teaching and Learning ... States"]Juneteenth,[/annotation] an institutional day off for staff, today

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020