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  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... you can't live in an FSILG until you're a sophomore. Unfortunately, in ... and left all the others blank. In line with the Hall Rush policy of not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  snowfall. Nevertheless, we persevered!! In whatever combination of short ... ="106857" /]   Of course, I had to make an obligatory snow angel: [caption id ... sticks, retrieved one of the B2 fake lei, poked holes in the head for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... consists of emfs and resistors into: an emf plus a resistor in series ... from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  of chocolate. I bite in. Me: Oh crap. I'm not supposed to be eating ... is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the ... friends of mine and I decided to see how long we were willing to wear the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  , and if your school, as a condition of your enrollment in an AP course ... updates from us! April 3rd, 2020 Prospective students In our last update, I ... accommodating as we can under these conditions. In recent days, we have received

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  . In terms of group dynamics, these four melded together quickly and ... of food types (From reading this blog you all know I’m a foodie, so ... in. As it turns out, the hard work paid off: The group was one of six

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  . "I'll be out of here in an hour." As my mental image of myself was ... yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be ... time flies by, and the impression I had of MIT vs now, I remembered with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  really smart and can stay on top of it =p). I know I complain a lot on the ... , rice, and vegetables :) --- It's 6:45 AM, and I've spent all of ... about my semester once I'm back in sunny Taiwan and has caught up on sleep

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you can make it! CPW registration is available from your MyMIT portal, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can ... can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that ... magic words that get you in (or keep you out) of MIT. If you approach this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two ... I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  alone in this pain, and that I really admire each and every one of them ... with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly ... piece of my heart that I'd like to share with my fellow international

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it. Where I live, we got 2 feet of snow overnight. The blizzard crippled

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of ... , I only discovered this little snippet of information yesterday while ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  deemed to be cheating. All of these aspects date back to Italy in the 11th ... times so students can come in after their full-time commitments. 42 is a ... director of pedagogy in a school with no teachers, Lou’s job is to make new

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to MIT and graduated, ergo, genius. By this standard, in two years I need to have achieved genius status. I've got a lot of ground to make up

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  seen any part of your application and are not interested in your grades ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  , Sarah S. ’24 and I meet in front of McCormick to head to South Station to ... this point, I am scared I'll forget all of this in the morning so I pull ... eat breakfast with all of our stuff just in the cafe. I got a Sunrise

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  !! Play 25MB Flash movie. Solutions later this week. I can tell you that ... Today is the beginning of IAP! IAP, or the Independent Activities Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007