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• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation ... . Files on CD/DVD, such as Powerpoint or JPEGs, are preferred, though "real ... would not need to be on an MIT recommendation form from the application; a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  of my childhood on the Jersey shore. The people in New Jersey are some ... gave me a fish, on which they had written "Ben > Matt - sorry Matt, but ... after 7PM. The 5:30 (my original flight) took off on time. Grrrrrr

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  A parent posted a great comment on my last entry, with too much to ... , basically a program where you pay a lot of money to live on a college campus ... recommend these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  class nonetheless. We mostly focused on learning the basic poses that most ... would go move slowly and lay down in a dark room with spa music on ... killer). This is common for a lot of PE classes and my one complaint. On

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  I recently downloaded a chess app on my phone. Now, I know people who ... philosophy. And I won’t deny that progress can sometimes creep up on you. I am ... requires a lot of concentration (at least on my part). Everyone knows the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  clubs and this entire flavor of career. I’m still on the mailing lists ... on free food and branded merchandise for members.” Taking non ... decided on 18.032. I dislike black-boxes—a system that functions with opaque

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  picture on Instagram. Minneapolis and St. Paul turned into my stomping ... why. I should have. It would've been so easy--shooting her a DM on ... game that we used to be obsessed with. She was going on vacation and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  formal CS class, and yet I have spent the past four years working on one ... passionate about doing things hands-on or building things. But I also think ... aerospace for less hands-on things: a lot of modeling and CS, some data

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  and discusses a lot of interesting topics on how AIs use maching ... our own!) computational model and write a paper on it, which i'm excited ... should apply to the Media Lab for grad school. stay tuned on that. East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  got a low grade on an assignment in a science class and the teacher ... MIT. I did my best on it, I just did badly anyway. My classmates ... dumped on by the jerks in my high school class. So whenever I was asked, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  , college in a week, "1979" on repeat forever and ever A photo posted by Phoebe (@phxbe) on Aug 14, 2014 at 10:56pm PDT (I haven't updated ... , and I am good at it, so it's okay that I spend my time on these other

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  weekend and I can give you a sticker, too. It can even have glitter on it ... on dumplings. Come learn the basic fold, or just perform a metabolic reduction on food. 13:17 - 14:17 LN2 Truffles and the Chocolate Nash

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

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

  

  their grandmother. However, it's time to move on with this blog post ... years) picture of me.Moving on, really. By now, you've probably forgotten ... dormitory. I started working heavily on a project, and treating it like work

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  the required standardized tests on or by the November test date and ... , getting the MIT application done early so they can focus on other ... congratulates them on their acceptance. Inside the tube is the acceptance letter

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  phase where I wanted to go into cybersecurity but I went on this trip to ... they should put on the team, and one of the tests was themed Anatomy & Physiology. There was this guy I had a crush on who was also trying out, so

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  -written of fanfiction I could find on AO3, and even cracking open my old Tumblr ... presentation on a fan experience of mine and I was able to reflect on my time as ... and I should probably just choose one. To which I then decided on BME

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so ... dream on some small level, then really, why am I doing this at all? Others ... those who are not - to concentrate on what you wanted out of an MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  , foreign movies, mindless/escapist movies, deep meditations on the human ... dude's genetic identity! Panel reaction: Roy on plot: "The whole ... on the musical score: "They overused the theme. Everything involving

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  appear on the sac-table*, and everyone will help themselves. *"Sacrificial ... Systems lab, working on satellite controls with a grad student. She also ... on your way back to the lounge, amazing opera floats out the door

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... 's opinions on the types of people at MIT - I know there are a lot of different things going on but it would be cool to hear people's thoughts about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005