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• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  , I love my parents, but this was neither helpful nor encouraging1. In ... if I don't get in, I am going to regret not working harder on this ... important. In the vein of what I said about not writing an unconventional

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at ... possible before returning to campus. I want to share what I learned in my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... expectations." I decided it was sort of an unreasonable question, in that there

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ; put it only in the subject section like this: Java I (taken at B ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... should fill it out? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  the letter contained in the tubes, which I've embedded below.   ... . In my life, I've applied to nine graduate programs. I've been admitted ... MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  assignment systems. It’s still very much in the works, but I hope to talk more ... Coryat scores and how I do in different categories. It’s helping me ... 2020, I continued a tradition started in 2019 where ESP members went to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a ... seven bowls of cereal in one day. I've also eaten cereal that my roommate ... average stuck-in-grad-school grad student, as it so happens. I've come to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  first batch of fritters turned to just mush in hot oil; they would just ... , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  I've mentally partitioned my time here into "eras" with defining ... academic slacking. During sophomore year, I buckled down to work and finished most of my major. It wasn't that exciting. As I passed the halfway point

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... !"). Unfortunately, I would have had to run like an entire marathon to do that, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it's costing 3 euros an hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual ... conference I've attended where the participants are housed in dormitories. I ... demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  .370: Robocraft Now the one I'm most familiar with is Robocraft since my roommate ... strategy (hopefully those extra hours will pay off). So I entered 26-100 after exiting lab and found the lecture hall in a standing room only

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  whenever i cry in front of her she kinda just looks at me like ...you good ... . She also really likes to lie in the sun, which I do as well, so when I’m at home sometimes I’ll sit in the sun and she will nap in my lap. Here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  New portlets are coming soon. Not sure how soon, but as soon as I can manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... media, customized to your preferences, right in your portal. #2 OCW

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  . Maybe I need more people to talk to. In any case, that video is now ... things I mentioned in the video who stated they were uncomfortable with it ... some links to things I mentioned in the video! All about the James Webb

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

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  always leads to me being heartbroken in March, but nonetheless I can't help ... anxiety seem to really heat up in the applicant pool. So I also try to ... 'll get there. In the meantime, I'm determined not to feel guilty if I need

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... was so incredible that Amritaa '10 and I both stared out the window in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  problems[/caption] there exists Example: “There exists a future in which I ... . I don’t actually hear this one very often (besides in “this is orders ... than 1 pigeon), but it’s often used in proofs. I’ve somehow heard this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the ... Professor Maier, teaching is not a one-way street. I believe she thinks that she would have failed as an instructor if we are not able to contribute

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010