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  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  just one sheet of paper, I use ball point pens (anything else will just ... that was covered. You never know what odd equation or briefly mentioned ... move onto key concepts or equations that I feel might be tested, followed

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  . MIT's financial commitment to them will continue with or without DACA ... that "Whatever may change in Washington... it will not change the values ... and how it will change under the next administration. In late November

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  graduate, with at least 1 in each department along with various other rules ... offered in 5 terms: Quarter 1 (Fall semester through October-ish), Quarter 2 ... day 1"]student-athletes don't usually take PE classes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  definitely doesn’t have a coherent point of view or an extensive blogging ... about whether she’s going to be a scientist or an engineer.) And I have ... ’m comfortable saying she’s a pretty smart cookie. She will also be coming with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It ... many there the last time you came.  When will you be here again? When will you have the time to feel like this--calm, happy, patient, whole

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available ... or snail mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this year. (Admitted students will receive information on their

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Today is the beginning of IAP! IAP, or the Independent Activities ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last ... (relatively) easy one, a fun one, a musical one, and a don't-drink-milk-while-watching-or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  : inanimate objects [carousel image1="89666" image2="89662" image3="89668" image ... along with the drawings, but you get the idea. [carousel image1 ... . This was our conversation: [carousel image1="89713" image2="89715" image

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  . At 4:45 AM I will have been awake for 24 hours. This means that I could try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... humanly possible because you will thoroughly enjoy every second. From the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  just before midnight July 15, who will wait to borrow it from a friend or ... -certified awesome shopping, and lots and lots of history, your parents will love ... admitted and deferred students will find a message from Dean Marilee Jones on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public ... project, so here’s a list of the 10 most useful lessons. 1.  Lightning ... rarer back in September, before I had access to as many makerspaces, or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  's yeast (is it dead or alive? I can't tell), I tossed Loaf #1 into the oven ... all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... keys obnoxiously expired while I was busy playing minesweeper* or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  Any time I have disappeared off the face of the earth - or just from the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A ... or that one key up top with the incomprehensible symbol on it? Oh, wait

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for students directly affected by the fires, we will be as accommodating and flexible as possible regarding applications to MIT. We are willing to work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  or bombs," said Smith. ''I don't drive a car, and I don't kill people ... ; eventually, we will pull it out and have a nice column of space for the fire ... Petite Anise, Haiti) that will serve (in porridge form) as a binder for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  each folders are the summary cards (or "E-3 cards," I have no idea why they're called that). For the next month, the admissions staff will be ... will be an exciting month. By now, I've read my first folders of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  platonic, hey we’re both single so might as well do something situation, or ... ’ll invite our mutual friend Bob too” or showing up while leaning hard into the ... with someone in a romantic context. I was in class until 1:30 pm, then I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... or difficult it is, but I expect that—whether you're a casual reader, current applicant or unusually developed rhinoceros—you can probably solve

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  procrastination). What I’m trying to say in a haphazard way is that things will ... still not sure (that’s me! [editor's note: still me!]). But you will still ... strongest suite, or that you’ve always wanted to try a capella [editor's note

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  undergradates at her daughter’s sorority house for a year or two, I felt it was a ... responding when the door alarms goes off late at night or very early in the ... matter how late or early the hour. What that also means is that when you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013