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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  to work. And I failed. Getting the check scanner to work is a tricky ... is not easy. Amazingly, it was not the complex setup that was the problem! I’d done all the setup in advance, and apparently that worked. The

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  scheme, I collected some data from my work and tabulated them here.   ... numbers that add no value to our lives. ***Airbnb is not paying me to say ... , right? (That’s definitely a real saying and not a poorly constructed

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  student Or the slacker who doesn't work When I study I'm hardcore I can take any test No words can tell the stories psets tell Watch me when I work ... I'll say, "I'm not gonna sleep!" This time I have failed, I have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  Five Second Films http://5secondfilms.com/ 9) Earn some Achievements on ... ://www.mathplayground.com/logic_sugarsugar.html) 18) Making all the dots as small as possible and finding a cute animal ... . *sheepish grin* 29) Being sore from running after a long time of not running

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  felt I was getting a lot of emails, but not this many by any means. It ... you will see in some future blogs, not being able to get a full feel of ... MIT, I never used Canvas, and I’m not regretting it at all. The

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been ... a policy and of thousands of human beings. Repeal is not, however, a ... , aim high, and earn a degree or a place in college or the military, on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  part is a lie. I do not actually have Alan Guth's home address. However ... " and "home address" are not entirely distinct. At this point, I'll take ... DEFINITELY in this building, and we DEFINITELY do not have exams." Ten seconds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  over to the hack, which had been put on the "Dot" in front of the Green Building. The Dot is one of the few grassy areas on MIT's rather urban campus ... - naturally - hacks. The hack looks okay from the ground... ...but not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... 've been working in Morgan's lab for the last three years, which makes me one ... dendritic spines. As someone may or may not have ever told you (I know they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  and randomly attended the same alumni event.  We joke that we would not ... can increase your likelihood of success by being smart, or hard-working, or a good storyteller, or even just being young and not “set in your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  [email protected] with your full name and mailing address. Admissions decisions will be available exclusively online. Decisions will not be released ... (still working on that). Following the release of admissions decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  , working in a wet-lab means you work on your experiments’ schedules, not your ... interviews lined up. Some signed summer contracts with their UROPs. Others were ... worry came in not finding anything to do back home. I didn’t exactly want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  main admissions [at] mit [dot] edu account sent over the last 90 days ... the college application process, nevermind your classes, or work, or ... the project was to have students try to create a bot (often, though not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  -source DIY site, meaning you can contribute, too. Example project: LED Dot-Matrix Display HowStuffWorks: While (IMHO) not quite as cool as MAKE and ... . For example: How LCDs Work These are wonderful inspirational sites that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big ... your first (and likely primary) email address while you're at MIT, you ... will likely remain your MIT email address (@alum.mit.edu) after you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please ... interview, it will be waived and your application will not be adversely
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  high school, and you may or may not have a résumé already. So what should ... include my email, phone, and address. Some have asked whether to put your current MIT address or home address. Some put both, but I initally only put

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  Songela '19 (who works at CSC) light some things on fire, and also to watch ... that most admissions officers, unlike ISEF judges, are not subject matter ... of your research mentor the significance of your work will come across

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  not to share, and hope you all don't mind. Welcome to the new bloggers ... great work of Dominican-American fiction. 'Every now and then you catch ... first novel, which fulfills his two-book contract, is done—and in many

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  imaginary, then the dots in the applet will be blue." (Draws dots in orange on ... old joke, which I will not tell you." "If I give you a colossal drug ... . This being 18.03 and not real life, we can always factor it." And my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007