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  The mail, and more

  

  the recommendation is much more important than how famous the ... instead of their actual supervisor is when they work in a political office ... lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  Choosing classes at MIT is like filling up a skill tree in a video ... ’t actually allow you to graduate in a year and a half. Although CourseRoad is ... ’s take that idea a step further – this next roadmap is a triple major in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  everyone at MIT is weird. But in a different way. I never thought that the ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... like that. Anyway, the formic acid is pressurized, so it goes through a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  sunny as it is, this never happened much. There were a few memorable days ... dolphins. After a tumultuous journey home due to bad weather in Philadelphia ... firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’t suck! I’d never been a big fan of film back in high school, but watching ... projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out ... [/caption] For some reason, time is represented in two different ways in the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  usually travel on a daily basis, I want to cover as much as I can. I want to ... a place to me over the past semester/several months: even though it is ... happiness that I've been waiting to feel for a very long time." MIT is no

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  to each other in workshop discussions. Brief notes: This is NOT a ... heard this class is more breadth than depth so I'm not sure how much I ... to help me choose. Huzzah! This is an exercise in what it's like to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  but I think she may be feel somewhat intiminated,she is a hs jr in a sci.math.& tech. academy in the midwest ranked 8 of 667,she didn't get much respect ... * Obviously a college dorm room is not ideal to demonstrate interior design

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  too well. If you get in, here's a virtual mug of my favorite [annotation ... answer is a big fat NO. it is literally because there aren't enough ... /January deadlines. Aside from simping over MIT a bit too intensely, I wanted to get in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  goes hand in hand with being a hopeless romantic. always mourning a ... around it, uneasily, like you're staring down a lion in a cage. (you carry ... you're still hurt, aren't you? it's a familiar ache in your chest, the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  by Elena Ferrante, a book that feels inscrutable. It is about a girl in ... and I still don't know if I know what it's about. This is a long ... , much like a tsunami, that controls all adults regardless of social class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  in a 2-D environment, before mailing us any additional materials. If ... note that MIT is not a member of the Common Application. MIT has its own application, which is only available at MyMIT. Also note: if you have in

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

  Summer School's out for it

  

  of people yell "I'm in!" back at you (The Pour House is a bar ... == Empty A lot of what makes MIT MIT is the people you'll find here. I didn ... I've never seen before, and there was a summer camp that I think is

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  activity and had probably never ran more than a mile in my life. Imagine how ... little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one ... weather is conducive for an outside jog, I highly recommend morning runs in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  in a variety of positions. After a person’s body is correctly segmented ... traditions in favor of a European education. The novel is really compelling in ... software is a deadly public safety threat and then discussed how the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... toddler!" Yes, he's a very big boy. As we settle in with our newest bundle ... " Nance) understand that having Miles around is A GOOD THING! It was all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  in this post is kinda uncomfortable lol"]cj.[/annotation] i soon came ... and fear did, and how we fight against them. like always, there were a ... heard a lot about plastic being bad in the semester before. it was also a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  comment about how odd I felt to be a college student returning home. You ... . Essentially, once a week we work on how to convey motion through a series of ... and zhug,  a hot sauce that is used to flavor the hummus.     Mmmm

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  intentionally put myself in a disadvantaged position, such as being a mechanical engineer in a computer science class *rolls eyes*. However it should be noted ... on too many activities This one is a hard one because, of course all

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017