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• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  January 1 deadline, if you can. It will save you and us some angst in the ... your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information ... we can't be everywhere!] *Even if you are applying elsewhere via an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... doing (and you can read more about the whole project here) I was most

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... thinking.    In the past few months, I’ve found myself thinking about ... ’ve started to realize that I tend to trap myself in this view of the world

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  layer of masking tape. When I come home from classes I linger in the ... simple narrative: friends, food, firehose. That’s what I expected coming in ... the high-voltage work in lab. Thus, I have no choice but to go to lab

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  : Bedside Storage Caddy The beds in BC can be raised pretty high, but I ... , and I feel like some of my overthinking actually paid off. Thus, in ... ones, but I figured that I’d need them in a small college dorm. They also

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  be likable in her posts. She’s not quite as funny as I am. I’ve still ... , and really opened up. I played music in front of people for the first ... shell. I had developed a real confidence in my self for the first time in

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  't know the answer, but perhaps I can persuade Ben to answer it in the ... applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read ... world again. I had a great day of reading. The applications in today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea ... in the classroom, that's not true. I think probably one of the biggest ... in a place where to a degree the world comes to you and you can meet a

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and ... accepted in the space online. Can I send it my e-mail? If yes, where and in ... sending in supplemental materials? I think Ben said something about the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  vegetable-haters, I hope this can be another recipe in your limited list of ... cooker?  In short, rice cookers are amazing. I hear their younger cousin ... of the few meals where I can see the onions and tomatoes go into making

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  jones - blogger alum?!?!?!? did you really have to remind me? Can I at ... I was in lab on June 9. Welcome to graduate school! (I actually chose ... tissue engineering applications. Aside from my time in lab, I've been

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  hub of Maine's South Coast region. I was in Maine for three days, so I ... didn't matter too much in the grand scheme of things, because I was ... minutes. But I never believed in linear time anyway. Since my life is a lot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  the exact same credentials, I'm not confident I would get in. Admissions ... less than 2012's. I can tell you how to maximize the strength of your ... 's name. I met her at her dental practice, and we spoke right in the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  'd do it again. in my preparation for this class, i read one of the problems in the first chapter, and i thought to myself "i can't solve that ... can no longer remember which—my problem set for 18.701 (algebra I) was

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  panicked when I called her as I was leaving my house in the morning. But when ... , and answered questions. In the middle of all this, I found out that ... actually did this week and wondering how in the world I'm going to fit all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... , and I’m a sophomore in EECS. I also really love teaching. Unsurprisingly ... . Splash weekend starts rather early for me. I wake up at an absurd time in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in Copenhagen that I haven't tried in a while. I took a pole class, a week of krav ... learning? I found a studio in central Copenhagen and took a trial class

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  allowed me to explore the limits of what I can do, in ways that I never ... ," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very ... because I'm ultimately not sure how many of these attributes of humans can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  . Algunas tiendas, como Best Buy, incluso le devuelven dinero en forma de crédito de ... procesador Intel Core i5 o i7. Si puede conseguir el i7 mejor, es más rápido pero más caro, éste será bueno para futuras actualizaciones aunque el i5

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015