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  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a freshman assigned a particular discipline he is to major in or it is decided ... about yourself. The interview isn't a quiz or a grilling session, it is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  with each recommendation letter. Also note that MIT is not a member of ... for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... ), helping with public facility projects like schools - which is a hugeeeee ... the no duh face…but what I really mean to say is Jess’s point about how

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is ... Alpha Phi Omega, is a co-ed service fraternity on campus (Jessie '07 has

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  name, but Norbert is just a cool name as it is). One thing I didn ... Summer Motto #456-1A: Rock the free stuff, always. So following ... England Aquarium to check out Sharks 3D. There was a catch, of course

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  (Ojibwe) is a youth robotics inventor, activist, and advocate for youth who ... / Pueblo) is a father of two from Tohatchi, NM on the Navajo Nation. He is a ... University. He is the founder of Little Moccasins Education Services and a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  is Concord. Walden Pond (where Thoreau lived and wrote much of his ... . It's also a great place for a date. :-) Sleepy Hollow is a cemetery in ... I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I ... - but only because, as is so often the case with vacations, I return from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  a GIR) Oh, physics. This is probably the class I’m least looking ... happy that this class is not graded on a curve, which means what I give is ... . Which means! That 4.111 is the first studio in a sequence of studios I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  because, uh, why not? Shakshuka is great because it functions as both a ... an alternative to pressing the water out of tofu with a heavy object is ... worth it. Is there a better date night food??      

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  I think it is different now. It is one thing to understand a fact or ... in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the ... intellectually -- and it is another thing to go somewhere and witness this fact

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre ... service projects.  However, this year I decided to apply to be a mentor for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  up. “Is this going to hurt?” I said. “No,” he said, “it’s a marker.” He ... horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should get a haircut. A lady at Walmart cut my hair boy-cut short and then my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  prospective students talk to each other. This blog is a huge part of that ... My name is Chris Peterson. My title - all Serious People have titles, and I am nothing if not Serious - is Admissions Counselor for Web

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most ... enjoying /r/hollowknightmemes the fray's how to save a life sleeping at ... hugs thinking about hugs remembering that one time in a summer

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  'yourself' is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is, even. But every so often, I'll have like, a moment, when ... application has been posted. You can request a paper copy, download a PDF, or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley ... "Anything Into Oil" article, is slightly less creepy, and provides a clear

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  : (Whether it's a scream of joy or anguish is a different question.) #3 – The ... there (with a fun Tech twist). Pro: It's unique! It's bold! Is this not ... Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This World Cup was the first time that a country ... -Montenegro split into separate countries a few weeks before the beginning of the event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006