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  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  materials or just a simple email or letter. Any of these will be recorded into ... " will get something out of it. Others won't, no matter what I say here ... me who you are (email address below), I'd be psyched to read your essay

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... district. I happen to know what he looks like because an assistant addressed ... internal conflict begins. I think, I will probably never have the chance to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  -spaced pages in Word later, everything made sense. Or at least I hope it did ... - Page 1...3...7...8...9. Once I got to page 9, I flipped back to page 1 ... 9 pages of absurdity (on my part, since I left 1/3 of the test blank

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  -imposed activities like clubs, or a handful of sped-up, all-consuming classes. Everyone ... ? Before you set up to weld, you turn on the fan or open a window, so fumes ... you clamp your pieces down, track where your welding gun will go, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  gabbing about everything from data visualization to volunteering to the perks of living in the Bay Area, we reached a sudden lull. "So, do you ... engineering knowledge.) And our conversation reached a natural end after an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  feeling pretty fancy then. At last, I reached the Simmons sponge. I leaned ... . Carefully, I reached for the roach’s domain and shook the shoe with the ... ’t looking? For a blissful moment, I breathed in peace. Then I reached my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  right: Kate Rudolph, "Tetrahedron Packing" // Will Drevo, "A Man Named ... 's (2nd place overall, 1st place audience choice) speeches:  

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  , engineering, or another field of study at MIT. This major includes a three-subject exposure to an allied field such as science, or comparative media studies ... culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  , everyone has taken (or will at some point take) Physics and Calculus but no ... of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to ... someday own one or stick to the idea that they are too much space and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  planes or handles private data or shoots rockets into space. Engineers ... ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... , passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life or privacy

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  recipe. Potato Soup Chop four carrots, three or four stalks of celery, an onion, three or four large potatoes, and one leftover pork chop (or ... broth.       Add broth (any broth; we used chicken stock). Simmer ten

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  is that my family will miss me, and I, as well, miss my country, its ... will move away someday, they have NO choice. I choose evasion... at least I will have many things to think about in college to keep me focused

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  schools will ask you to address other or similar qualities as I've listed ... Between June 1st and today, I have: written 5 versions of my ... for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  squeezed lemon in your fridge, which will dry out as the hours go by. Or, the ... myself,[/annotation] watching a lot of cooking shows or YouTube videos as ... everything they’re also mine, for now. I won’t go into things like pots or pans

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  lessons that unfold not from pulpits or pedestals, but emerge from the ... popularity seemed to surge during periods of exams or difficult homework, and ... . This was a lesson I didn’t have, or need, to think about until recently

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  for quicker or easier paths.  So anyway, I think a smart idea would be ... class.  I started a new novel. For the last month or so of term, I’d go ... that I wouldn’t have had time to write otherwise. [carousel image1

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  mean we don't really have one. You, your parents, or someone else will ... , MIT doesn't like subsidizing food. So, over the past year or two a ... with widespread student condemnation. Operationally, there will big some

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  hoping they will do the right thing by you. Because when I reached out ... Boston Harbor, I walked the esplanade not once or twice but three times. I ... to finish the semester or if I'd have to complete it later. If I would

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  -- early action (November 1 deadline) or regular action (January 1 deadline ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from ... will respect their time. So whether your application deadline is about a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007