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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have content. Universal Paperclips. You're an AI selling paperclips. I ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much ... deadline to remove from your transcript any class in which you were currently

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  students who liked tacos. The closest one was in Northeastern University, and ... ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... sky was breathtaking and relaxing. In the distance we saw an unusually

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 ... meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  community? a university town? Sometimes I'll use the power of the web to help ... throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... competitions? etc. What do you write about in your short answer essays? in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share ... ! Favorite movies: Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life, Dancer in the Dark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... High School -- and in fact, she's a friend of a friend, and once ran for

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

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  an admissions guru (lolz) when I was still in college, I offer the same ... yourself. 2. Be prepared. In my previous blog post, I offered a few pointers ... Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  In my last entry, Jonathan Foley asked an interesting set of ... telling people my major in words instead of numbers, and I always say the ... degree in that major/sub-major in 2005. (Yes, I made it in Word. Yes, I do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  at MIT. Can people opt out of the meal plan in order to make their own food in dorm kitchens?" If you have multiple food allergies that require ... consider living in a dorm with kitchens instead of a dining hall. (Burton

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  to make the university happy. Eventually, this engagement will end in a ... Abstract Ring Delivery is a time-honored tradition in which Massachusetts ... of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  EST To: baxterthieves Cc: burton1 We have the cake, as requested, in ... with your offering. The truth is, Baxter never really left you. Search ... room on that fateful day," quoth Rich, holding Baxter protectively in his

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have ... 't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year ... all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  . Sororities are Greek letter organizations that offer lifelong membership, and ... sororities, five of which are at MIT." Sororities are involved in academic ... , living area, activities, etc., but they are all leaders in the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... their letter. MIT will contact both matched and unmatched Finalists in
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize ... me, many times over. It turns out local graduates in my field are

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a ... . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a ... monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Numbers 1: MEnging I graduated in June, but I'm not gone yet! Due to a great program in Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer ... .Eng program in Course 6 is something students can apply for in their junior year

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009