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  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  -Off in August (read about Summer Send-Off experience here)). Prepare for ... and see what I may become in the future. I am incredibly grateful for ... you to attend them. If you’re an AdMITted Student: this spring’s event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  receive from the office instructs them to keep an eye out for "delivery owls ... an actual wizard. Loren applied to MIT while I was in grad school, so I ... ). A number of my students in Credit for Reddit this spring have declared

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben ... This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It ... ranks in Waze), I'm doing pretty well! I summarized my life after school in my last blog post so I'll just do some quick updates this time

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has ... was still not what they wanted, and left again for good. So there's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it ... snowball for the head, Dan and Marie came up with an ingenious idea. There ... snowstorm tomorrow? You know what this means….Battle #3!". Dan and I are in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... have some block on an inclined plane or something, and you’ve got to figure out the component of mg in the direction of the inclined plane

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of ... regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again this year. The only thing we ask that you send in is a midyear grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  - Accomplished...in a bit. I'm signed up for PearlHacks happening in February ... 't have time for it. Keep being active in The Tech - Incomplete. I realize ... off, but I'd put two or three blogs in a week to make up for it. Keep

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  alas, for whatever reason, the cash only soda machine in building 66 didn ... Thursday night, in lieu of prepping for the Career Fair, a group of friends ... On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this semester: RING PREMIERE!!! Many of you may know this already, but for those ... most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  excitement, the same fears, the same pressures. I'd like to provide an outlet for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... college application. Your worst moment in the application process. Your best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  Badeline in an epic chase scene, while later on we see Madeline confronting ... can get a PhD in math and teach classes for the rest of my life to ... Warning: this blog features spoilers for the video game Celeste

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  things. We current MIT students believe in all of you, and are looking ... are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  head down for about 24 hours of total domination. In the past, when I ... , we had to sneak out for two hours in the middle of the party. We ... , spectators at the Boston Garden reported seeing leprechauns in the rafters

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... 've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  past semester has been an incredible journey for me, academically and ... , actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in ... I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  interesting, to say the least. Orgo is notorious for being slightly less fun ... , Dr. Berkowski, is fantastic. The other day in lecture she put up the ... in 10-250 are, indeed, purple). "I'm a HORRIBLE singer!" she protested

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share my values, great live music, gourmet food, and great places to shop for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  time in 1993 when a meek scattering of flakes fell for all of two minutes ... shifted my bedtime to 7am, but it's never led to an absence of fun. (This ... tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011