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  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  , which is likely why some of you have been having problems. We'll get to ... registered please check your MyMIT account to make sure your registration ... is blank, you'll need to re-register using Safari or Internet Explorer

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  admissions web site. I hope you like it! In October (when I get back from fall ... to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the ... 2399 on the SAT I, do I need to retake it?!?" :-) More on the Q

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep getting his funding for grad school. Woohoo!

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your ... Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were ... get to redo my first year at MIT. Whether I liked it or not, whether I ... the role of 'generally older person'). I'm going to have to "get it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on ... quite surprised when I got to page B11 (national edition) of the sports ... members to come and speak about their academic departments, and to bring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  you'd get to meet and interact with your adviser every week. But this ... advising options for freshmen, and it's very easy to get overwhelmed among ... town for the ceremonies, turned to me with their eyebrows raised six

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT, not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... 's collective Spotify wrapped. It's crazy to me how much Spotify has just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to browse photos of mountain

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... LGBTQ community, and with “food at MIT”  just to name a few. This last one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  movements to get a tiny Cessna to move. These controls… were amazingly ... (you just pulled up and continued to fly), but I did get to see targets ... active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send ... that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  about to fight with a tiger (though sometimes getting through MIT felt ... to get good seats, but we just waltzed right in. A view from my seat ... sappy reflective entry (that will come later!) Instead, I wanted to share

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... comforting to any of you right now. But if you get nothing else out of the ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  with social and cultural adjustments to campus? (Can I get my dreads done ... got tired of listening to us complain about a particular topic, he'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  acceptance letters, current students are getting ready for spring break, and ... incredible team of Educational Counselors and other great alumni to put together admitted student gatherings to help welcome you to MIT. Starting

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  should take another picture at the end but we didn't get the time to do so ... requirements of two majors to get a double degree, rather than a simple double major. This means you get two diplomas at graduation. Probably to decrease

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  food and a thing you do with food. You'll probably never need to ... help. Isn't that weird? Anyway, I guess I'm supposed to tell ... they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011