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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... see here is just a beginning; we will be eager over time to find new ... is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  a policy and of thousands of human beings. Repeal is not, however, a ... Administration is reportedly reconsidering Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that allows undocumented students meeting certain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  a Stand. Burma (officially Myanmar) is a country of 50 million people ... beginning. There exists a popular webcomic called xkcd. Its creator: Randall Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  . firehose: n "An MIT education is like drinking from a firehose," or so the ... is 2A-X, X being your concentration. It can be department you can argue is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a ... a new, anti-cohesive style for the MIT Admissions blogs. We

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of people who will have to hang together, and there is a great sense of ... a notion which is both sobering and uplifting. The strength of the US ... see my comrades and I could sense that their resolve matched my own. A

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  is also a promising environment with many opportunities to engage these ... and flows down to Jazmín is downstream of a pig farm, the root of many ... 1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  -hazing agreement, which also made me a little bit uncomfortable. MIT is actually ... engineering majors (do you know what an engineer is, really?), and a career fair ... make me a little bit uncomfortable. Now, TBP isn't anything like one of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to ... about you? Maintain a social presence. Application Season is not just ... become a wide-eyed frosh in a brave new world. Ask questions. What is MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  , what makes this so special? why is it the end of the world? Well in a ... ’s no point. This is goodbye, this is my last post. I know what you ... you mean this is the end?” Three words friends: Large. Hadron. Collider

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... colleagues at other schools that this is something that is a concern across ... : One thing we are trying to do is dispel the myth that a curriculum

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a question, please email us from the email address that you used to register
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is ... hall, but 10-250 is very put-up-with-able. A little over a month ago an ... , providing a posterior-friendly platform, while the back is just as squishy

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  . So I did a lot of traveling and therefore didn't make much money. So no

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  the beach"? I guess this is just a question of style. If the first ... with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get applications, we get a lot of applications. We then need to read those

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  ...because apparently he is his own boss of a company of three people...located somewhere ... take a leap of faith. After all, the contract is with the landlord, and ... still thought he was a shark at first. And this is Houhai at night

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  weather machine, and even got a very melty dusting a couple days ago. Fortunately, however, snow with staying power chose a weekend to finally arrive ... -themed floormal party. With a giant beach poster covering one wall, tropical imagery

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in ... I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010