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• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  ] While these are nice or whatever, I find them to be a bit generic. Here ... event or club."]Dormspam.[/annotation] Never forget to BCC! Paint (on) a ... . Just don't write one about yourself because people will be able to tell

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  , Philosophy or Outside the Box. To be eligible, applicants must be under the age of 18 as of Oct. 1, 2009, and a U.S. citizen or permanent U ... accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a teaching abroad program! All of my weekdays were spent teaching at local ... or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  get back to MIT or that Ben will buy me one to advance the cause of my ... ), rather than buying a huge house or a penthouse apartment or taking lavish

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  6.S096, Mobile Virtual Reality Development Challenge, another IAP ... idea what my final projects will look like in 2.00B and 6.S08, I know ... wholeheartedly enjoy, which makes the tough psets a little more bearable. Or maybe

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  , and then of course it was time for a team picture with the "StealthMobile ... The S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents team The Deathmobile team (This will make a ... front may or may not be the CEO of Hasbro ;) On a sidenote, we made a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read ... frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... enjoyment. (And yes, if I spent 15 hours working on the puzzle, I was willing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  will never grow closer to a person, or people, than when you are up at 3 ... something like “haha that was honestly as hot as MIT will be in December, I am ... long. You can talk about anything for hours, or you can say nothing and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  , whether I was teaching about global geology through soil painting, or ... ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  messaged Petey, “I am reluctant to write because I am afraid of what will ... year.)  [carousel image1="110371" image2="110372" image3="110370" /] In ... served. I can’t condense this shift—mine or campus’s—into a few sentences

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  best practices will guide us in the years to come. [carousel image1 ... should be very soon, at which point I will blog very loudly about it (hint ... history of Illuminations and how we hope it will serve our visitors

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  was already comfortably within their reach, or felt they did not possess ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or ... than willing to spend a lunch period just going over hypothetical

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  I clicked on the Buzzfeed article about banana slicers or puppies with ... leaving things until the last minute, or a classic case of Murphy’s Law, but ... furious typing. At 1:54pm, I stood bleary eyed in the Maseeh Athena cluster

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  scores, or leave the boxes blank?" Either way is fine. We will use the ... by January 1?" Your application will not be affected. We will have your ... (and other universities) I will have a problem of some sort? (VISA, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  by semester or department and search for keywords. ((Side note: It's actually a pretty awesomely common phenomenon than an MIT student will just make a website or add-on to make life at MIT easier, like Courseroad or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  know the professors will accept it. So I wanted to reach out to you, MIT ... before or since. I mean, that semester I'd think that I was ... then say whether they did or did not get in. Trust me, there’s no

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  produce this list of all US schools that provide at least $1 million in financial aid to students who are not US citizens or permanent residents. As ... students come in with full scholarships from their countries or generous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... know that some of you will be super-excited to learn that Hikaru Utada

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  subsequently find an online article, blog, or forum dedicated to the subject that will suggest further directions for investigation or provide an ... something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011