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Blog / Admissions
Inside the Webcast Studio sneak preview...
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Blog / How to Human
Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?
seemingly constant instructions. In college, if you fall (physically and ... miss home the first time they get sick. As you sit miserably in your bed ... :25 AM and you're in front of your dorm (trying to make it to a 9:30 class -
Blog / How to Human
Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~
can’t be happening… you try sprinting in the other direction, with blood ... getting this far. In the meantime, hope you enjoy these silly spooky stories ... lecture finally ends so that you can run past the slow walkers down the -
Blog / About Decisions
Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).
are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you -
Blog / About Decisions
Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can
decision you were granted will define the rest of your life. If you got in, I ... again in a couple of months. If you didn’t get the answer you are looking ... travelling halfway around the world. You need to challenge yourself in order to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.
: Watch her discuss MIT at Fire and Ice! haha "You can become anything you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT...can ... My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be -
Blog / People & Identities
first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…
"Hispanic/Latino". In person, I would tell you that I'm White with a little ... --a storm, tornado, [annotation note="In 8th grade I was supposed to go to ... note="Dream Trips (in order): Mexico City, Thailand Elephant Hotel, Cairo -
Blog / Advice
Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)
the person you were, or who you think you were. You can admire things that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... chances, in the long run, that you’ll write something good. (As a corollary -
Blog / Miscellaneous
In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.
currently in print.) "I just think it's not very empowering, you know? It ... everything else aside in favor of him, which is about as antifeminist as you ... lit out there, this is probably one of the more well-written books you -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.
Kresge Auditorium is on the left. You can see the Alchemist in front of the ... Boston (hint: you can’t see Boston) from inside the Great Dome, and again from outside on Killian Court. You can see the grey expanse of the -
Blog / MIT Life
Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…
one guy can share a double. Certain floors in Random Hall are designated as single sex, and suites in Burton-Conner can be either co-ed or ... that you can only use latex paint, you can't move certain shelving pieces -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Deferred Early
deferred, take solace in knowing that we will reconsider your application anew, and without prejudice, in Regular Action. Also, remember that this is by no means the end. Many MIT students have been deferred; you can -
Blog / MIT Life
This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.
California. If you can't trust a student blog on the MIT admissions portal, then whom can you trust? Turns out that there's a zoo in Dorchester. I ... out that after about 5 miles you end up in Dorchester. Having never been -
Blog / About Decisions
Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.
reconvene and discuss the waitlist. You can see a lot of answers about the ... 1, even if it means making a deposit. If you are still interested in MIT, you should stay in contact with us. I'd recommend an email, a -
Blog / About Decisions
For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.
scores? If you are taking additional tests in December or January, you can ... in materials beyond the Midyear Report is appropriate for you -- all ... in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred -
Blog / About Decisions
For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.
scores? If you are taking additional tests in December or January, you can ... send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you do is complete ... in materials beyond the Midyear Report is appropriate for you -- all -
Blog / How to Human
Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable
. Or maybe 20 minutes of doodling on napkins, you can decide. Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... that rivals it. You don't have anyone in front of you that can recline -
Blog / MIT Life
Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC
the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last ... Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower ... ] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City -- good thing -
Blog / Admissions
Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)
any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that ... that you can get real and honest perspectives from staff and students at ... that you're going to see MIT. When we're on the road, we can't make that