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• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me ... disadvantage versus the regular action applications. We will admit the best ... grades are very important, so keep working hard!) as well as a text box for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me ... disadvantage versus the regular action applications. We will admit the best ... grades are very important, so keep working hard!) as well as a text box for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  video games I had not played for years. I was also able to take out some ... where there was a somewhat creepy old man with beady eyes playing the piano, but he played well so that's all that mattered. After dinner, we

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  , what we can do to make it better. For example…  Are you able to balance ... thank you for your time, we will be awarding 150 TechCASH prizes (valued at $50 each) to randomly-drawn winners. Note: This voluntary survey

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... them in future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  fun because you're drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing ... you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a year or more, and still others that are used for four or more years. Many ... guess what a group's mailing list name might be). Take, for example, the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the ... psets sound fun", and "won bronze medal in third grade spelling bee ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  students and hear about what they study, do for fun, and love (or hate) about ... Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  nearly everyone was careful to stay healthy as best as they could. But regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... rescheduling or simply asking for forgiveness. Everyone was more than

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  planning on taking a class to satisfy the culture course requirement for ... program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas break), i couldn’t register for the class. as a backup, i signed up for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  So this is a big week. This, is not only production week for photography class (exhibitions for final projects are next monday), which is ... class, 2) required for physics majors so generally our little budding

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed. You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  one of the other LAs or TAs and hope for the best. 9.00 lecture Honestly ... if not the best TA for 6.006. He made the recitation really engaging ... requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  ’s orchestra room door had a textbook version of these posters for their concert ... for me (I LOVE SNOW), or the way that a picture of auburn leaves falling captures the spirit of fall. For me, the defining experience of spring was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for the SASE national conference and for the warm weather. I'll (hopefully ... about image and reputation. Many of my best friends are pretty uninhibited

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... crushed my laptop. He showed me my computer, apologized very sincerely for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ... with the assumption that you should only use your credit card for things you can pay already pay for. Which is ridiculous, because then you could

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  's roof. The many windows were also perfect for a hack – playing Tetris! ... -competition. Antonio wore a Garmin watch, which he used to record his heart rate for all ... incredibly well. The process for each climb was simple: start in the basement

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019