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  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Brownsville Museum of Fine Art for tonight's presentation! On the run again... ... Just a quick post here - I'm actually on the road right now, doing ... tweeting" (although isn't all tweeting sort of live by nature?) of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... each of you is looking to find colleges where you feel you can spend the next four years. Your EC will be able to help you with lots of the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

    In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in ... our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short ... sleeve shirt instead of my sister's Tin-Tin t-shirt with the arms cut

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  So... tonight is the fateful night for millions of Harry Potter fans across the world. And of course, MIT has more than its fair share of HP ... I be doing for the big release? Let me tell you about some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - comprised of the communications team and our Class of 2012 senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... applications, the cruel difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  major reunion and I've been spending much of the time recently, when I ... . Before the magic of the internet we actually got a real letter announcing ... were admitted or not by the size of the envelope...the bigger the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  Cambridge, California, or China. Four of the greatest years of your life are ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  to answer and ask the same set of questions: what’s your name? where are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point ... , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  Believe it or not, one of the most enjoyable experiences of my MIT ... done. On the other hand, notice how I have six hours of class on ... student, the level of intensity skyrockets. The professors move pretty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... ? Some of you may be wondering, what’s the point of visiting in the first ... can help you understand the culture of a campus community as you

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow ... are really interested in is insight into the lived experience of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... severalfold -- 1. The School of Science report. Several years ago, female faculty in the School of Science reported that they were discriminated

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  whether the owners will take them down, or edit the content. Some of them ... those environments, so I (again) apologize if any of you find the content ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  advisor exclaimed as he looked over my registration at the start of the ... reach the bottom of the screen. I chose Guitar Hero for this project ... , my recreation is a very simplified version of the game, but I think it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... and three additoinal pieces of chocolate to the door. Again, I'm an ... saw my name on the list of recipients for a carnation, from the sorority

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African ... confronted with a world of people I had never related to. A majority of the ... the default language of the office. At lunch, I would sit and watch as

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right ... happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that ... further ado, here is the Simmons 3AB musical interpretation of pi to 15

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011