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  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... process and it’s not too early to start. You’ll want to do a few

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  , Deirdre '08, that I took a while back for an entry that never happened. One ... leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of ... it up, as in this message left by Phife '04 when I was a freshman

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... , what you have before you, folks, is a punt puzzle. I don’t know how easy or difficult it is, but I expect that—whether you're a casual reader

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at ... scientific merit from the perspective of a chemical engineer. Well, if you snort a salt solution up your nose, I guess, by osmosis, the cells of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  exhaustion. I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful bunch of people to work ... students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to ... gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don't really need it per say, but since I want to go into journalism, a writing

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  , they're mailing regular decisions out tomorrow! I can feel you shivering ... from MIT. It was Monday... March 17, I believe. I forgot it was coming ... her logic was that she would have time to hide it from me, figuring I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  phone for half hours at a time, explaining how I just felt incompetent and ... dining hall for a couple days becasue I kept taking food out since I was ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  is like; he graduated from MIT in 1979 with a degree in electrical ... influential in society," she said. "I want to do something for the world. I want ... CL South junior goes to MIT a year early Date March 27, 2006 By KAREN

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... , so here's a revised version: Here goes: I'm Mitra, class of 2007

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  think for a while I tried to fight the feeling of ordinariness and ... .042 (Math for Computer Science) is kind of bleh. I still care a lot about ... describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and community. Many international schools don't have a school profile. If your
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  will be given for 8.01, Physics I) A 7 on other Higher Level exams ... I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... makes the decision. Can I get AP/IB credit? Yes. Though the score that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  a particularly shocking corner for me. I used to walk along Memorial ... almost feel like a museum exhibit if I didn't recognize some of the faces ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  from him over the last 17 years. For those of you trying to figure out ... created three years ago. Oh and here’s a gigantic 220+ song playlist that I ... I knew what I was going to write about next. I was ready. I even had

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  admitted students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for Campus ... and times of these events, and for a list of all of the events ... local Educational Counselors for a fun celebration. Thursday Swinging

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for ... the Academic Record page for like the n! time, it was a strange feeling ... -hour trip back from boston, i started and finished the brief wondrous

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  -based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top ... supplemented by a variety of community activities, including weekly luncheons
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... folks at doonesbury.com shut down voting access for those in the mit.edu domain (and, I might guess, those on rpi.edu and cornell.edu). Relatedly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006