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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  /no-record doesn't mean they're humorless grade-grubbers, or that they don't know how to "have fun", or that 3 weeks into school they don't already have ... time here, or that you should feel superior to them if you are. Yeah

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Whether I like it or not, my senior year at MIT is coming to a close ... , very sure that i’ll throw up a blog every now or then as an alum, and of course will stick around commenting"]goodbye[/annotation] to these blogs

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  hand sculpting ocarinas or other musical instruments, there were musical ... could only really appreciate aesthetically or as a  concept, simply ... other questions beyond what I showed in the video or was written in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  absolute simplest scenario that may or may not answer all the interesting ... 's pretty easy to explain what happened. I'm going to assume that (1) only the ... traveling at 35 MPH. Its y-velocity is then 35/sqrt(2) MPH, or around 25 MPH

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  Council, or Panhel.) All of the fraternities/sororities were divided into ... points in your own jar, or nickels and quarters as negative points in the ... or not, several of these cakes were made by guys! Way to go, guys

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  /January tests or earlier for Regular Action). I assure you we will receive these ... for anything you might mail in (like a fee waiver request or ... scores in the Part II, but note that we ask for "Date taken (or to be taken

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  your having done this, and it will have no bearing on your application or ... or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... . What do you enjoy doing most? Inside or outside of school. Think about

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... eavesdropped or anything. 4. Cute babies come here. A lot. 5. This Starbucks is ... morning, as one of the Starbucks-ers called 9-1-1 on a sleepy dude who was

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  deaths A few state schools, two or three smaller colleges, maybe MIT ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick-or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1226150-1,00.html Yet another article de-emphasizing the ... prestigious schools you thought you had a chance of getting into, or ones that ... prestigious and having either a good pre-med program or engineering curriculum

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  exposure could cause death or major residual injury Will rapidly or ... open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand ... make for a good story, especially if it involves C4 or fertilizer, but

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  will soon experience: the chance to learn with - and from - students from ... in terms of your backgrounds or aspirations, but simply in how many ... one thing I hope you will keep in mind is that your college experience

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  lady trying to sell me a one quart container. Apparently, Brocco

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  Early Action and who was missing an evaluation or transcript in our ... College Board to go directly to MIT, we will receive them in time for ... . Calmly walk into school tomorrow and ask your teacher or guidance counselor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  will blog about, but I learned from my math blog that it's hard to ... ;t predict what will be on my mind in the future. In any case, I hope my posts will indirectly give you insight into MIT, like a planet

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  for CPW, a current undergrad and getting excited for CPW, or a prospective student who will one day be excited for your CPW, we all have a lot ... amazing camp experience for kids whose parents have or have had cancer, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  rate of 12.3%, or fewer than one of every eight applicants. We offered ... , and will be online at https://decisions.mit.edu shortly. As Ben has ... , when the decisions come out, I know you will feel a range of emotions. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the site, the online voters will "make the final choice, which will be ... (Thevenin), or a current source plus a resistor in parallel (Norton). They ... or Norton circuit. ...and later on LJ: Also, the answer assumes that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  the deferred and denied letters. Today we will finish the admit packs ... news is that production is going well and we will almost positively mail ... toasted all of you. Whether admitted, deferred, or denied, we celebrated you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  substantial statement of purpose that will make the admissions committees fall madly in love with me. Or something like that. At the moment, I'm pretty sure my statement of purpose will have mainly a soporific effect. (SAT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005