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• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... already knew a good number of my classmates from high school or from the Research Science Institute, it became very easy to fall into the trap of not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor '13 ... during a class barbecue to celebrate the success of their woodworking ... with scholarships that pay nearly the total $50,000 cost of freshman year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we ... Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the Quest ... offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... email in early December outlining the options available: You may use
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  . SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p ... . You. All things for the greater glory of blogging. Fun fact No. 1: I ... .441 Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions. Fun fact No. 2: One of the professors of this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  that had been left after the rest of the rejects of the art lottery that ... very strongly in the 1960s culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He was almost more well known for the number of wives he had (five!) and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  , having received his undergrad degree in '98, and is one of the most famed ... out their dance party. They are the proud home of the famed Disco Dance ... the link I provided instead of me putting the picture up, because those

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  year instead a prefrosh's: there's less of the aimless wandering, the ... of the sleep loss, the mingling with prefrosh, and the unreserved excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  me to a few rounds of “the ninja game,” offered us a drive ... some sort of Magic School Bus episode, let me assure you that the ... miles) south of Brussels. On my first day, the Research and Development

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  , but the first episode I really remember watching was the night of ... Stewart was one of the people who helped me pick up the pieces and start to ... 's approach at an intellectual/theoretical level (the rhetorical mode of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  slowly deep-fried our brains over the relentless course of 63 hours. Before me sprawled a miniature metropolis of snack foods inspired by the great ... sustenance of a third-grader who ate nothing but lunch and slept off the sleep

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  When I was first applying for the GEL program, I heard a lot of ... little hazy on the distinction of what makes an engineering leader, so at ... little more important. I’m at the phase of my life where I’m deciding

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront ... beautiful courtyard over which many of the rooms look. Next House offers a ... I'll put it here: " We are one of the largest and friendliest dorms

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  . In the process of him sitting in my chair, the seat flipped down and ... breaking it, and offered helping in any way he could. I was baffled by the ... you can get a sense of what it was like[/caption] I examined the damage

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of ... screenshot of my spreadsheet. I went to 18/33 of the events I put on my ... as one of the three CPW Chairs of East Campus a while back (maybe in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  note, with some degree of amusement, that in the case of the example I ... the hole as a result of our EFC, but my entire family has had to make ... spending money on top of the money they were already paying for school. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct pleasure of having three UROPs during my time as an undergrad here. The first

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I ... say the L-word on this blog?), I won't deny that some small part of me ... came here. When I accepted the offer to join Phi Kappa Sigma, I knew that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006