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• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  wonder that they can organize all this defiance of death in a scant two ... something this summer (since I have an internship with Bayer in Germany ... Marathon or checking out the MFA. In fact, the only reason I even planned

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... 's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... than meeting new people and eating free food. Both of which I was fine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  people i know; that they have used up weeks in the service of their ... significant concerns about issues of illegal drug use in Senior House.” the ... , proudly. One died of a motorcycle accident off-campus. (In 2015, The Boston

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... what I saw - not just the content of the blogs, but also the fairly ... , appealed to the journalist side of me). And that's why I'm really, really

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  blink of an eye, I was in charge of making them? something about that felt ... and not unsettling, when I was in charge of things rather than being ... . on Friday, I finished a pset, got lunch with a friend in Somerville

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... flights out of my local airport were cancelled today and I have attendance ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  Hi, all you folks out there in Blog-Readership Land! I'm at my mom's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good ... process. I've made some effort to keep up with current events in Admissions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  . Kresge Auditorium. Hayden Library.  A quote I found in front of ... off the train, I was greeted by a gulf of freezing wind. I mean ... , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  you mean?" "Well," he said, "in college, I always thought of hours and ... walking from the west side of campus, so with me living in the east side, we ... after quarter after quarter. It reminds me of a conversation I had at my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... of things off my proverbial plate."]Awhile ago,[/annotation] I got an ... of both of them too. I've linked the PDFs of the translations here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals ... all of your applications. As we began Selection Committee I was ... respect for the process. I am particularly pleased with the diversity of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the i ... Episode 10 of MIT's video podcast, ZigZag, has been released. It ... Orientation Activities Midway; I loved getting to talk to students and hear all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... out into the light of day to finally turn in that one impossible PSet ... smell of a wintery freshness. The Frosh and her Best Friend will smile in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Often I don't even ... Extraordinaire 7) Matt 8) Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment (And I'm taking the ... of them submitted in blog comments) 13) My bag, which contains many

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... of someone I knew from the blogs but had never actually met in real ... Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  can, in the form of a final design project. 6.UAT - Oral Communication ... given topic covered in that class now, I'll still have to put in a lot of ... people I've met who are 6-3 (which is... a lot) aren't in it solely for the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  apologize for the inconvenience. I thought that would be less terrifying coming from me the day before instead of in the morning when you fired up ... that last minute work on your halloween costume, or...... I can tell you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009