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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  interview. More than anything, really, it helps us if you can come prepared to ... I interview, but I can't help you if you don't know what to talk about ... wonder where you ended up! :) 7. You can't fail! Honestly, other than this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  come to Meet the Bloggers so that you can meet us, the bloggers, and you should also come to Random Hall so that you can meet us, the Randomites ... weekend and I can give you a sticker, too. It can even have glitter on it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... immediately" or "I'm worried that not getting into MIT will mean that I can ... inside my imagination. - I'm not trying to belittle your fears. I can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  classes can't be special. My astrophysics class is, for example, very useful ... , which means that the sentence subject can acquire a lot of distance from the verb. Connecting verbs to subjects can get VERY confusing.) After

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  can effectively tack on $12 to the price of your restaurant meal. This ... 't cover. You can do better than that.  Cook for yourself, eat tastier (and ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  January 1, meaning you can click "submit" on your application any ... from the applicant. January is the last testing date that can be seen ... that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will ... opportunity for you to shoot off questions to helpful strangers. And you can do ... to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  gyroscopes work (which I still don't - actually, but shhh, no one says you can ... 't slept, it can either stand for I Hate The Friggin Place, or I Have Truly ... focus now, when we are so close to graduating. I can't count how many

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this ... busiest vacations in my life -- if it can be called that -- which had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  relieve yourselves of these things and then we can continue on with our ... could get it out. That's when, and I can't remember exactly who, but, some ... can put this so it doesn't get thrown away?" "Um, well, um." "How about

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  heard before, there's a decent chance I can figure out what it means ... can have a gut feeling about what a word you've never heard before in ... designing robotic vacuums so that rich people can show off flashy toys to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  , accomodations, visas, whatever. Sometimes you're left on your own, but you can ... before your trip, so you can learn a little about the country you're going ... that can be installed in a car that will allow it to know when it has

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  (whose number I still can't remember), a monthly metro pass, my own desk at ... hungry. Your cell phone can take your coordinates from its GPS, some preset ... its door. Maybe after you eat there you can tell your phone whether you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  slope, and one that we can't go down. People who don't yet live ... floor. As useful as these lists are, they can also be dangerous weapons ... can't reply all. If you CC all of the dorm lists then all it takes is

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  CPW story can be summed up in three pictures. Friendship: From R to L ... can deny that the architecture is really, really creative.   ... unbelievable weekend. Bonus points if you can find yourself! Video is here

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

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  can - pre-frosh, students, staff, and professors alike. (Corollary ... people as you can (especially if you already know them from the Facebook ... , but exploring the GIRs and other typical freshman classes can be a great

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  point where we can greatly increase the value of the healthcare system if ... conflict that you can imagine and he told some heartbreaking and inspiration ... , our decisions can affect what is covered (like car chases vs. world

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... can buy a Macbook Pro, dual-boot it with Windows, and then install Solid

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  mean, me, a Master of Physics, can you imagine!? People will bow before ... ) Everything is case sensitive 6) You can't submit it with parts that are left ... online, homework can now be due late at night, or on weekends. For 8

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even ... can't say I have any concrete plans. The coolest company I talked to ... been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008