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

  

  quite good, and I have earned a complete scholarship for attending the ... them how the application process was. Even if they did not know where I ... of attending MIT doubles what my parents earn a year... you can imagine

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

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  . Score 2300+ on the SAT. Earn a 4.0 GPA. Participate in math team ... admissions (and life) is stupidly simple: work hard and be happy. How you ... ’s far harder during the year when work attacks your sleep, your diet, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  "wet and not-so-hot." It's quite an experience to be in a place where the ... on your mind right now, so I kinda wanna address this issue. First off ... surprised by their sincerity and verisimilitude. Those blogs are really not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... THING."   Since I make regular practice of not crashing planes I fly, I ... runway. Power back, slow down, flare… And earn the shiny pin.  

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  ’m officially a junior (scary!) I figure I've earned some confidence in my ... feel that I could easily live and work there, which was cool. My Chinese ... , basically I applied to a bunch of grants around MIT so that I could work on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  ’ll find on her path to fulfill her dreams. But things always work out. And they work out for her as well, in a rather unconventional way. In a ... . But there’s one message in particular that sticks out. In addressing

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  -frosh, applicants, I work for you! Tell me what you want to know, I'll blog about it ... on a weekend morning before going to sleep. Not surprisingly, the FIRST!!!!1111eleven!@@! comments have been from IP addresses in India and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  research support than their male colleagues, and they have not reached the ... particularly good at addressing. I think it’s extremely important for there to be ... balancing work with family, and thus I have confidence that I can do the same

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  major in a field that is not innately techical, such as Comparative Media ... every student we admit we know can do the work in both MIT's science ... .I was not accepted ,but now that my SAT2s are available and are three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we're not just a ... Sooki really caught my attention. And who doesn't love polka dots ... that blew glitter into the crowd. Glitter. You can't not like glitter

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  was David Bauer from New York City, who did a project on quantum dots ... think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science ... scientist that does not include, at some level, some comparison to Einstein

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  this blog entry, so here's a not-so-subtle hint of the life-changing life ... . 4.pika happened (lowercase intentional). By which I do not mean this ... kid (including but not limited to: haphazard kitchen experiments

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  lied. That's not the real question. Even though it may seem like it. The ... dream of passing. There really is a strong work ethic here. For the most ... though. It would be NICE to get the PSET back BEFORE the test... not that

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  Tube? Shawn: I was not completely oblivious to this fact, but I found that ... near my hometown. As a rising senior in high school, I was working a ... ’ll regret not taking advantage of all of the time you have. Plus, doing what

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  it all works. Know that it's not impossible to move to a different ... works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... , I will again describe how housing works. After being admitted and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  Believe it or not, one of the most enjoyable experiences of my MIT ... back during IAP, before I'd started having to actually do any work for ... for getting lunch, catching up on email, or working on a p-set. I mostly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  semester, UROPing, and working on my novel. My classes have been the ... getting to know more people -- not just my podmates, who are lovely, but ... highway, 65 miles per hour, a dotted yellow line down the road and cow

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  programming concepts through Scratch. The last four sessions are spent working ... for a student extracurricular, not a full time position or internship ... , as well as get a background check done since you're working with minors

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  training and have started working on the MIT-EMS ambulance. On your end: CPW ... free swag and begging for your email address. You can get a sense of what ... at the address in the banner.

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  successful and failed policies have been deployed to address it in the past; [2 ... institutions, governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals are addressing the ... recognition for their work. This proposal is doubtless ambitious, and it's an

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009