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  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  anomalous and supernatural objects and keep them hidden. In-universe, the ... Writing Autobiography. We read a lot of things in that class, and here are ... again. Definitely in the top three of things I’ve read all semester

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  address what every college and university has articulated in its mission: to ... In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director ... Stu, and on many other people in our office too. The book has been out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... -Shapley   The rest of the week was dedicated to more offline exercises in the morning, and coding exercises in the afternoon. There definitely

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  --become the center of the universe." now i am sitting in the grass outside ... departments, from the terrascope program, from mit libraries, students in engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid ... helps in the process. Talking with your guidance counselor. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of ... people who lists all the colleges they got into in their AIM profile. (As

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... 't learn in 8.02 was how 3D glasses worked, so I decided to Google it. HowStuffWorks.com had a pretty good explanation. 3-D Viewing In a movie theater, the

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... year program resulting in a Bachelor of Science (BS) or a Bachelor of Science in Art & Design (BSAD). Approximately 85% of MIT architecture

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

  BoA & Restricting

  

  with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & ... Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & Planning). Commenting on ... getting mixed messages about this. We say in the application, "Please keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  I've just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of ... deadline!), and complete it before Halloween, assuming you're in an area where we have interviewers (if you're living in, for example, Crescent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  universes within these paper portals have instilled in me a love for the ... you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff realized that, though; they stopped offering 5.60 which is the full semester

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... published in the Tech in a center-spread titled The Daily Confusion (see e

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) A ten year ... admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live in ... classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and so forth

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you ... MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... ), please contact Michael Yang in the Admissions Office to request the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  see more offerings around campus. In addition to Clover, we have four ... most of their food preparation in a “commissary” (sort of like a shared ... trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  Action applications than ever this year, 6,541 to be exact. Just as in ... talents in music and art, their athletic prowess, their love for the quirky, their various interests in cooking, origami, computer programming

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  In the old days, when I was in college - when dinosaurs roamed the earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or ... Facebook didn't suck - where was I - ah yes - in the old days, when I was in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  specifically. However, many of MIT's larger departments offer courses and other ... related. Can I get involved in nanotechnology at MIT? Absolutely! In ... Instrumentation Lab, which Melis '08 worked in as an undergrad, is also involved in some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  rate of 12.3%, or fewer than one of every eight applicants. We offered ... ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries ... refrain from bad language or demeaning others. In past year's decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007