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• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  coursework, as well as co- and extra-curricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  in Cambridge and doesn't actually live there, I'm sort of detached from ... face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from my fraternity, from my professors, from the student groups I'm involved

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  which can be interpreted as both good and bad. The good: I was limited in ... 're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a laptop or a desktop? I too faced the same question 3 years ago, and thus

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  .  They weren't just any birds: they were Angry Birds. In 2.009, the ... each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... impressive industry judges.  I should note that 2.009 is possibly the awesomest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  . Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she ... in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  . on Friday, I finished a pset, got lunch with a friend in Somerville ... , I was receiving an award for the first time, and in what felt like a blink of an eye, I was in charge of making them? something about that felt

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who ... zone! :) ) I've made my new year's resolution to try and work out more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  for high school!!!!!!shiftone"; remember, I was in your place about two ... Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a larger room with people I've been hanging out and doing work with since

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  coming soon. I'll let you know that part of today's challenge involved me eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again. If you want to join in and remote

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Office postmark and mail your materials on or before January 1. However, I strongly discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application ... fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  Alright everyone, tomorrow and Wednesday are the days I am SURE you have been waiting for. In the Johnson Athletic Center at 6:30 pm, we will ... :00 pm will be the finals! If you're around, I'd highly recommend coming

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... soon (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also, if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up until today, I've procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  summer has been really fun. I really wanted to stay in Cambridge this year ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I ... the Shakespeare plays I’ll watch in the future. June 15th: Skywalk (top

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop ... . I'll rely on my practice instead of my head. But now, in so many ways ... . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment ... outside my own dorm window[/caption] It doesn't snow too often in my ... England snowfall surprised me. I was not prepared for how long the snowy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  Dear Applicants, Each year at this time, I feel an overflowing amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning ... point. I admire your tenacity and your resilience through classes and the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  I initially promised that I'd go away after graduating, but I think that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right ... deadline for voting in the first round is December 31st. I'd greatly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008