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• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  queen you are at MIT is a pale shadow of the drama queen you were in high ... I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from fixing all the links in all the blog entries ever written... turns out that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of their campaign they were handing out flyers and glow in the dark

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the ... maybe earn a share of a $15,000 prize pool.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98, started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application ... All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  . Well, most of my vocabulary (the English vocabulary, that is) did that ... YouTube video question the sharpest double-edged sword of all time). I ... athlete knows, Day 3 of getting back into shape is by far the most painful

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  -- held in the Rainbow Lounge, which is in the basement of Walker Memorial ... Monday Series guided by Amy McCreath of LEM (Lutheran Episcopal Ministry ... ). Join us for an hour of relaxation, self-reflection, and personal growth

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  the toilet. In front of me, next to the door, was a featureless white ... the middle of a shopping mall. It was two in the morning, and there was ... distance, we counted seven skyscrapers, felt the sides of the mall towering

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record ... you wearing? MIT Battle Of The Bands '06 069. What brand of shoes are ... . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  to play the acoustic guitar. 89. I hate the feeling of failure. 90. i ... mail. 98. I have problems letting go of people. 99. I hate the feeling ... coke. 03. I'm the youngest child. 05. I like getting lap dances. 06. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... -on stuff, outside of a lab, was scary), or any math beyond the General ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  and running away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... date of birth clearly indicated -- and that the letter address the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park ... for you? We will of course talk about admissions, including the ... these meetings can look like. Doing the regional meetings is one of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... had planned to go to the dinner mob of Nick "Nim" Martin '03, another 5 ... Coolidge Corner Theater to watch a showing of episodes of the 1999 TV show

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  the best use of my time anymore. time management comes easier — i was ... solving it is the highlight of my week. i'm a soPhoMOre — now, i'm on the other side of recruitment. I'M the one holding interviews and auditions

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  of MIT students this fall, the characters talk about two types of ... is, or how to go about acquiring it. The other type of depression is ... happiness; they are in acute anguish in all the small tasks of daily life

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  . However, the definition of "blogging" has expanded over the last ... want to experience MIT through the creative expressions of bloggers. That ... remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  zombies game. But that doesn't really answer the question of what Minecraft ... stuff like a scale model of the Starship Enterprise. There really isn ... released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  No class Fridays, the end. (actually the above screenshot is a lie because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W.735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say ... hours a day? When I get back, I'll give you the play-by-play of each day

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005