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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  ’s pretty irrational - computers are meant to be used, aren’t they. But still ... digital age that I can't take an architecture class without having to install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  work space in the intro architecture studio to find this: This is ... -related anything is the sheer range of supplies you get to use! Although all of the above goodies are complementary with the class, I still need to go out and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown your way...and you go with it, because there’s nothing to wake up for ... , getfit@mit encourages MIT to exercise regularly, dangling a grand prize and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  any other updates you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your ... email, but the Admissions Committee will primarily look to the Midyear ... application, or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your

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

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants ... approaching. For admissions officers, there are many, many decisions to be made ... well, but I was so elated just to finish. Right now: cramming chemistry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... -3 friend requests per week from prefrosh. To this date, I have accepted ... and potentially prompting them to not apply to MIT. The truth of the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  COMING TO MIT. So every year we have this thing called Spring Weekend (the link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the last day to drop classes and have them disappear from your transcript

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong ... to really process all of this. In a nutshell: after four incredible

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  't have right answers to those! Anyway, I'm only posting just now, because ... to keep track of who's working on which puzzle, where they are, how ... heads against the wall so hard their brains are going to fall out. In

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  This message goes out especially to the juniors... seniors, spread the word to your favorite underclassmen. The three high school summer ... deadlines coming up quickly. All three are open exclusively to high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  wanted a small table to put in my room, but Rick decided to go all out, and convinced me to add a compartment to my table, so that you could open the top ... wanted it, but mine turned out huge. By that I mean, we built it to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  time to do everything I wanted, like ice skating club and Origami Club ... Nations and Medlinks… Well, I’m sorry to say that that belief was shattered ... to go to the MIT Literary Society Meeting or LucHa – are among the many

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  " has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless ... to study right? So what I've learned is that you can only read a book ... my brain went to mush when I think I'd attempted my fourth read of the

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since we're both seniors, rather than get down to business, we goofed off in our suite lounge. Once Sam finally went to bed around 3:00, I was able

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  summer is still comprehensive enough for you to take what you will from it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I ... some of you may want to look into, what with summer often involving large

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  So here's the story. Each year I allow myself to faithfully follow ... , and three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on ... wife for this. I vowed never to watch this show, ever. But my wife's a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  , are making their way to the largest of MIT's annual career fairs. Today, 300 companies are on campus trying to recruit MIT students to come work for them, or to do a summer internship. The companies span the spectrum

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006