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

  

  , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  appropriate moment I yelled "LSC!" and got a reply from somewhere in the large ... ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... . Jim Ross lecture I admit it; growing up, my brother and I watched pro

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  penmanship now bear little resemblance to Megan's. And I can write much more ... can let my Day 1 Lecture Notes stand in place of a blog post describing ... keyed in what response. // the Coop is the MIT bookstore. // I didn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  variety of summer programs that I can suggest, first I would encourage you ... good list here: https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer/ I can ... I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  the top ten things I have ever read. But I digress. Sometimes in the ... sure if it will work out this way in practice; we shall see. I would ... statistics from the Tech today, let me paraphrase it in one Marilee Jones quote

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  last year (and I'm pretty sure she specialized in geobiology... I hope I got that right), AND I'm trying to do more new things in college ... bloggers, your posts are wonderful and I can't wait to continue reading them

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  puzzle before I have to go to lab meeting in 20 minutes ... ahh! Update #2 ... faster than we can solve them ... bummer. Alright, I'm gonna get started on ... , I'm playing Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon Bon" in order to wake up

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  the best at something and everything, while in high school, I felt that ... /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... wanted to do in life. After taking GIR’s and classes in my major, I feel

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  the semester progresses. What I CAN say is that every particle in every ... This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... fluttering diaphragm in the heart of a speaker. Speaking of molecules, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  Development Lab (D-Lab), the class in which we made charcoal and through which I ... amazing to attend school in an area where these sorts of people's paths ... school in a city that is a hub of so much intellectual activity. (And I don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary ... many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about 350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  woke up and made my way to the Student Center where I met up with my ... to a motor and it reacts to a light sensor. So cute in fact, that I ... , I met up with my family at Border Cafe in Harvard Square, along with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  any questions (I can explain things further or in far less technical ... -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... can also enter your Emergency Contact (parents) details in there as well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I was actually in the middle of giving a tour of Random to a friend when I ... experience. This past Saturday, February 29th, I experienced something that I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... /MArch program, which student can apply to in their junior year. In the junior year ... to support students. I considered majoring in Architecture when I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  digital age that I can't take an architecture class without having to ... partition my macbook to install Windows, so that I can then install Auto ... (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again ... action decisions in mid-March. In my experience, I don't find extra formal ... if you can still send in music or art or a response or Question 13, and

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

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and ... community here is so open, friendly, and accessible. I love being able to stay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  painless in retrospect but I was a little stressed about it. On the ninth, I ... and I still got in. (Note: This isn’t me bragging about myself being t ... great, not the other way around—you have it in you already (I wrote this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017