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  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm, embrace serenity with 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and small amounts of argon/carbon/other gases. Review your deadlines. Not every school has the same January 1st

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest ... registration between July 1st and July 30th. From HackMIT's website: "Hack ... , and realize the projects of your dreams!" Head on over to hackmit

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for ... , however, I ended up on the opposite side of Mass Ave from my building, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you ... admissions process, we chose you from the thousands upon thousands of super ... process, is, of course, a two-way street. You get to choose where to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois High school: Larkin High School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  's Talent Identification Program offers the option of either taking classes ... , check out Questbridge, which offers help with the costs of summer programs ... Scholar Programs offer a diverse range of classes in visual arts, sports

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Analysis of Lecture Seating. Offered Fall term only. Happy Thanksgiving ... Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required ... , chemistry, biology, and four years of English. We want you to take the most ... and IB coursework as college level and the highest level of rigor in
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  About two weeks ago, not too long after my 21st birthday, I climbed ... will be in Japan next (and it's only open two months out of the year ... stick. 3) About two weeks ago, not too long after my 21st birthday, when I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  - and much like their toilet, living in Tokyo offers different type of ... patriotic?)(Oh, alright. Duh. President's Day.) (For those of you who don ... would be hard-pressed to find a piece of technology as varied in usability

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with ... a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the past few weeks.   WINTER BREAK It's been a whirlwind of events

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

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  of you haven't received your packages yet. Please don't worry - they ... for Campus Preview Weekend via your MyMIT account by March 31st. If ... care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  ) vertex, you get a most spectacular vertigo-inducing view of Ames St with ... went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on ... , thermodynamically, electrically, and philosophically. So, twenty hours of MATLAB and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity on 5th East. We were soon joined by Lex '00. One of my favorite things ... after they graduate. I enjoy talking to them - well, most of them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  imaginative problem solving. The MIT School of Architecture and Planning offers ... Technology. The MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences offers ... More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of ... dream: to make a hopscotch down Vassar St, or the Simfinite. Anyways, here ... this[/caption] I ordered a 64 pack of chalk, which would definitely be

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  the glittery Boston skyline reflected off of the glossy black surface of ... romanticize rain when I'm indoors listening to the drumming of droplets on my ... rainwater hasn't already. The warm days of summer have already breathed their

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006