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  BoA & Restricting

  

  getting mixed messages about this. We say in the application, "Please keep to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 words is okay ... application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  me. I may post some photos in a future entry. Anyway, I will get to the ... going to get to every question today. Amy wrote, "I saw people carrying boxes of Chinese food during CPW. Is there a place on campus to get this

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

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found ... hang out with new people in my department. When it comes down to it, I ... again, without a need for always trying to better oneself — in essence

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... 't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... like science? You do well in school? SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE WHO APPLIES TO

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running ... I entered MIT, I had no idea I'd get as invested in building things as ... my work is needed to get it done, and that I can depend on everyone to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  also give talks in class, and get lots of individualized feedback to ... faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard ... Research Award. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  possible are worlds i will be happy living in, and i can maneuver so to make ... offered me a return offer and i accepted it. i asked to work in the new york ... world i could've gone back to work in san francisco. in another world i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like ... in my UROP lab around 7:30pm. My worst day was an 8:30am to 8:30pm ... parentheses in this post, but I’m going to roll with it: the new season of Top

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in ... going on? WERE WE IN OR NOT? Needless to say, everything our teacher said ... understand that you can use it in desperate situations to break into things

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary ... chance before early applications to get my best possible score on each, so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  one of few places he was interested in, although he admits to not expecting to get in. Other places he applied to include Caltech, which turned ... Sciences) class in which he gets to create multiple design sketches, capped

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  . Okay, so let's get right to the... MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Cook with your ... I made this at 2:00 AM and left it to chill in the fridge overnight ... started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  middle of the night to the basement of Building 4 to get some chinese food ... impending graduation, and now I have missed two classes with one week to go in ... even consider that picture to be in the realm of possibilities? If not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  one day do an entry devoted to ice cream in Boston/Cambridge, what do ... browsing through some stores, I returned home to get ready to head to an ... . Boston has a lot of other exciting events in store to celebrate it's 375th

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... by rocky peaks[/caption] To get to the top of the cliff, you have to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  application. You should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call ... to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  : students often get very frustrated when majors are listed in alphabetical ... completely throws us off to not have the majors listed in the following logical ... Admissions site that this entry links to lists the majors in alphabetical order

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  four novels, to be read in the first four weeks, with additional craft ... Harvard it is societally easier to major in a humanities field. For example ... get from my Irish folklore class to a MechE class at MIT. I’m going to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  'll stick to it for long enough to run a half-marathon in late summer ... change in focus. I'm hoping to at least submit it for publication, if not ... started journaling again in earnest – yet. I used to journal a lot, writing

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  really hard. Knowing how difficult it was to get my daily routine in check ... would've churned this out in no time, but writing The Words turned out to ... paper in over a year, so it was nice to revisit the HASS part of me that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020