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  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  sort of decide to send in a supplementary essay can i do that via email ... it would make up for a lower CR score but I guess not. There is at ... how much do I need to score in order for it to help?" A good AIME score

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  to come to Caius College for a formal next week. So stay tune. I ... First off a few notes of clarification. CME stands for Cambridge ... England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  floor. From what I can read in Ms. Landlord, she seems like one of ... . That's all for now! Most of the group I'm working with have gone on a ... ’s Tsinghua University. So when I arrived in Beijing, everything got just a tad

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

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  from the lifeguarding skills (I'm still a certified lifeguard!), I can ... , right?! Of course, there is A LOT more, but for the sake of space, I won ... . Aside from that, I also learned how to work a telescope, develop film, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  doing improv was a lot of fun, so i tried auditioning for a few groups ... isn't putting on shows, but rehearsing. a few years ago i found some improv companies online, and i looked at the pictures and read a bunch of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  (rescheduled from 1pm) Ruidoso Room In a session designed specifically for ISEF ... The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="225"] Spot the clarinet. (I'm using a drawstring bag here, but I had to use a literal trash bag with an elastic band ... ; luckily, the bags did not stick around for long. It had been more than a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  is a place where I will be challenged and I can hone my writing skills ... Okoboji because as long as I can remember I have had a love affair with ... undergrad senior first applying for grad schools, I knew a grad student — I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big ... MIT.” “We are?! Why is that?” “Because MIT is having a party and I ... on the job, I attended the opening party for the big 150th celebration

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  .edu. As I blogged here, the data showed we had a large overlapping audience ... rearranged them slightly; we also added a new "from the community" section ... reading, and writing for, the blogs. These categories, and tags, enable a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal ... time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a ... Last December I blogged about judging Trashion 2014, an event where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just ... if you are a great fit for MIT, I am sure that it will come through ... airplane example. He listened to what I told him, paused for a moment, then

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo ... , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in ... mouth, students from all corners of campus set aside their ponderous tomes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  to your eye. Here's a visual example from this website (which I ... false. Believe at your own risk. The Question: A couple of weeks ago, I looked at my computer screen from a bunch of different angles, and noticed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  feel so familiar, there’s a feeling I can’t really describe. As if I ... for a reunion - I’ll run into someone else with theirs. And even if only ... -printed trinkets. Cards and letters. A gift from a friend. It fills up, but not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  for your paper but I couldn't find it! I hope you got a phone call, I ... YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just ... AP’s coming up OMG) I’d encourage you to all press pause for a weekend ... craziness on pause for a while has allowed me to really think about what I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a future blog) and are where a significant portion of learning happens at Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  television as a whole. I was on the flight back from Boston, after college ... small jazz combo pieces, including songs from the [annotation note="I’m a ... my Gears A few months ago, when I was looking for something to read on

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023