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  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  fall, for reasons unrelated to the pseudo-kidnapping, which took place at ... with incomes of $200,000 to $300,000 applying for need-based aid," says ... .Y. Before anyone could go running for the police, the new guide explained that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... was the music for "All In Green Went My Love Riding," my final project

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  ), and a book for 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology)... also material from the ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we ... think that at other schools, maybe athletes don't have to do silly things

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the MIT Admissions home page] All []s represents edits to this entry made on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just ... , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  happy year of the rabbit featuring the wilg bunnies

  

  conveniently, it is the year of the rabbit, so of course we had to incorporate ... ="attachment_84800" align="alignnone" width="368"] we made hats for the bunnies ... not stay on for very long[/caption] [caption id="attachment_84820

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and ... may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  page on "The Match" has displayed the dreaded "coming soon" message for the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... think make good matches to the undergraduate culture of MIT - academic

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his mnemonics for learning the order of the planets was "MVEMJSUNP" pronounced 'me-vehn-se-nup' But given that science likes to redefine itself every so often, it may

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester ... for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  my neck for staring up the whole time, but I still managed to have fun ... evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume me for the rest of the night... Seth and Summer are back together

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  sleeping or studying. I do actually need to lock in for my two finals next ... Y'all. Simmons is bustling tonight. I realized while going to get new shoes for Gatas [explained below] that this would make a great blog

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  I moved to Cambridge for the summer!! I'm living near Central Square ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we ... for granted once I left MIT, so it's wonderful to be back in this kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  break I started looking around for more fantasy books to fill my time and ... by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of Afghanistan?" "What would allow the Roman Empire to last until today?" Table

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video. We had a lot of cleanup to do... The geese on Killian helped! For ... year, Chris Peterson summoned me back from my alumna grave to apply my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  to study for the 8.022 exam when your notes are neat and have pretty ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... 'd remember? Notebooks were my solution to that. I have pages of melodic

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  student in the program is required to write 3 short entries for the blog ... MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear ... high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small ... . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007