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CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…
Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you
. You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Being First is Important There can be many firsts
in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and -
Blog / Admissions
Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…
testing date might be able to reach us in time, but I've been told recently ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal about deadlines. Rather than give you my own "don't panic" advice, I -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.
As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits ... Agency (CIA) iRobot Biogen Idec Bose Goldman Sachs Veolia Water ... Kinsey & Company Microsoft ...and that's just a sampling. When I was -
Blog / About Decisions
MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... guitarists — but hold in common a shared standard of rigorous academics, high ... , and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to -
FAQ / International applicants
Do application materials have to be in English?
All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates -
Blog / MIT Life
“Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans
the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... Massachusetts resident and I divided up the labor so that I'm in charge of -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.
Resource Development." Gotta go, I'm in the Student Center and I can ... chain of links and tweets that eventually ended up in my inbox which I ... featured in the blog post "Stephen, I'm Putting You On Notice!" Jeff -
Blog / Announcements
We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well
I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, our ... year's application cycle. In simple terms, here's what this means for ... -year applicants applying in fall 2021, or transfer applicants applying in either -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
amongst the stars a comic
and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in ... Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place -
Blog / How to Human
I watched the sunrise this morning
that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself ... one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will -
Blog / Residential Life
who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective
For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... this was some kind of chemical fire in room 408. But I hadn't heard about ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a news headline about what happened[/caption] I wasn -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…
Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... investment in science and technology" by the U.S. government since the Apollo moon-landing program in the 1960s, Hockfield said. Read more (and see the -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.
action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this is helpful. Best ... not accepting emails or answering phone calls (and I am on vacation ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…
report. Regular action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this ... answering phone calls (and I am on vacation!). The office will reopen on Monday, January 4th. However, with the RA deadline fast approaching, I -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them
In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar -
Blog / Admissions
Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?
that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of ... was stopped in traffic on the Mass Pike. (I don’t recommend this) But I ... what books are in your beach bag? I’d love to know. Happy Summer! -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.
I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging
