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  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... In case you missed it, MIT EA decisions come out next Saturday. That ... , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  and university level, thanks in part to programs like STS (started in ... , in a way, I was. Science isn't celebrated enough in our society, and I think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  family emergencies or winning some award or getting some offer. In addition ... people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... , personalities, and backgrounds that MIT offers. One can argue that the people as a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  offered during overlapping time slots -- which one should I take? Don't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  be another cycle in the Spring with a February 15 deadline.) There ... . Students who are admitted in this transfer cycle would begin MIT in the ... US citizenship or permanent residency should apply in the Spring for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... , Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Hersh, a former university president who recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  Two summers ago, I visited my friend Shruti ‘24 in their home state ... "]We[/annotation] drove up to Paterson Falls, a waterfall in the middle of the industrial ... you in Europe?!” I rode the high of my “European” adventure for a few

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  universities in metropolitan Boston that were listed on Wikipedia ... of a mascot. Brandeis University has two mascots—Ollie the Owl and The ... )[/caption] Lasell University and the University of Massachusetts at Boston won't be

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  conducted research in physics at Washington University through a program that ... essay about research they've conducted in big university engineering labs ... biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... grants me a rare solitude in my suite kitchen. The counter is clear, all

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  [annotation note = "One exam question was set in the Avatar universe and another had ... I believed in my abilities so much that I genuinely go around telling ... midterm in the middle of the term, but instead 2-3 midterms plus a final

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... . Sophomore year (IAP '05): Took a PE class in foil fencing. Attended a few

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  different classes offered and I really want to dabble in video game design and ... the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... for the T in Technology, it also has a super vibrant and scholarly humanities and arts scene, particularly in disciplines like comparative media

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  was offered popcorn by a friend, and the two of us were left in the ESP ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style. In it are 99 retellings of the same story, each written in a different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  the schools are universities with strengths in math ... feel there are things that you did not cover completely in your ... explaining a special circumstance in your case. anonymous wrote, "I am a high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  schools offer more limited coursework, or the students are not tracked in ... hopefully there will be something in here for all readers of the blogs. Eric ... come in the door and that you're ready for MIT's really challenging, fast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022