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• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped ... shadows of a face. In stats I concentrated on the hatching of clouds instead ... "]p-values,[/annotation] in comparative government I rushed sloppy notes in favor of drawing the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most ... grew so small. I walked in circles and circles, sick to my stomach. Later ... with whom to catch up. But in the face of this blast, I seemed to float

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever ... incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... how I can help people, and I've had so many great ideas about how to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  socializing is much less spontaneous. Since I don’t live in a dorm, I can ... between grad school and undergrad. I live in an apartment now. Grad housing ... immediately and almost every option disappeared. So I don’t live in a grad dorm

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... . So what's been up with me? I passed my finals, and I can even tell all ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my ... laps in our Olympic-sized pool. You can take your sweet time and do ... -important survival stroke. In the past, I’ve taken: -Boot-camp/Conditioning: Taught by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  computing than MIT? And so it went. I got in and my dream of being some ... at it as a job... so out went Course 6 and in went Course 1. I really ... Montreal by bus or train. I'll leave you with a few pictures... (you can see

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  't about being boy-crazy. First of all, this was me in high school. I think ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV ... pretty well-known for the performing arts, and I was heavily involved in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  me some in the comments, I'll see what I can do. :) ... .       But there’s hope - I just took a trip to buy a LOT of paints, and I’m hoping to start painting something awesome in the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  past. But for now, in dreadfully uncreative bullet form, I’ll highlight ... . Mostly, I default to icky canned food and sometimes vegetables. I have become a connoisseur of Campbell’s canned soups. On a good day, I can find

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  all day to tell me, because she knew I was involved in FIRST in high ... receive 1/2 off of all meals in the house dining halls. You can read more of ... see when you walk in the door. But just in case you can't read, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  desk, futon, and handmade loft. "Basically, I had a huge space in my room, so I went to the Porter Room [a big room in Burton Conner with broken ... here, although you can see it in the extra photos at the bottom).  

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen ... my bike, but I haven't seen it in any of the normal places I go, so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  in the sophtmore year? I'll rephrase your question as, can I get credit ... , cheaper, faster...I miss Anna's now that I'm in ohio and all I have is ... research in high school. I hope, though, that you're doing the research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  buy plane tickets.   The Great Biology Merger On Tuesday, I was a ... MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... . Graduating Early We are within throwing distance of Commencement 2019, in which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can't imagine being happy anywhere ... midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website if you ... time we mail regular action decisions in mid-March. Should I send in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  I spent this morning sitting in 1369 Coffee on Mass Ave writing new ... , for one thing. For another, I didn’t actually put “MIT” in the subjects ... emails were instead titled things like, “Have a present - I am sleeping in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  , college websites, read everything you can. Take everything into account. I ... of context and that prefrosh understand the background In the past I ... website. Another reason was this magical thing called "Web 2.0." Web 2

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in ... exhibit but I did go into the gift shop to see if I wanted to buy anything. I didn't buy anything. But I overheard a couple, where the guy was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024