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  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... that list (essentially, a second email list for myself). I continue to ... you to get yourself a Kerberos Identity/Athena username. What will this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  The other day, Katharine wrote: Matt, I have a question/concern. It ... extremely excel in. For me, I'm not an extraordinaire in any one subject, but ... chooses a major at the end of freshman year.* *n.b. Actually, you need not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  a new year naturally lends to new affirmations, and as I waited for my ... wall outside our door as part of a room-wide decorating initiative (MIT AFFIRM filming and editing a room tour is TRIVIAL). Anoushka did a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  help them reach their destination. For a long time, the Radio Society ... , and they took me on a tour so that I could tell you about all the super ... me inside the two radomes (yes, that giant sphere is a thing you can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my ... generally friendly. The city as a whole (as well as the Amazon campus) is very dog-friendly; you can hardly walk a block without seeing a dog. The

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  leave for FPOPs, orientation, and the like! I was just thinking about last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up ... ) … and reminisced a whole lot -- and then OH-MY-FRICKEN-G’ – I know all

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a VERY long three months. But, last night it was over, and it was time for ... WAAAAAAY a long time ago, Chris blogged about Ring Premiere. We

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a quick exit interview with my professor - and that's it. Done. A beautiful ... ...relax, unwind - get ready for the hustle and bustle of fall 2008. It's been an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical ... has composed scores for scores of major motion pictures, including the ... Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  A few notes from selection: No decisions are yet final. We are still ... announced on the blogs when we mail the decisions.Selection time is a very ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help create an MIT-ish atmosphere in another city. For the students who live

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our ... envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  MIT that seem normal once you're here for a while, but you realize are ... and mix with people. Cooking for yourself is a lot cheaper, but maybe ... for them. It's a pretty good system and I enjoy it a lot, but I do want

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  the way, we all hung out a lot less, save for the occasional library ... [/caption] This past spring, Paige cross-registered at MIT for 6.036, a class I was ... 's a little more challenging for me to identify a class I want to take at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  , what we can do to make it better. For example…  Are you able to balance ... enhanced while a student at MIT? How do you perceive the sense of community ... -being? Please take a few minutes to participate and provide your perspective. To

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2020 are now ... decisions.mit.edu. This year, 7,767 students applied for early admission to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  there for an hour. Or if you don't think you're the Greek type, go to a ... you've had since forever, or you get home after a long trip and just put ... learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  friend Maya '06 (Course 7: Biology), a member of MIT Hapa, a group for ... ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  Meetings... it's a busy time! While I am back in Boston, look for my next ... quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a packed house. I also got some recommendations for yummy Cuban food on Calle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005