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• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  very helpful in getting to know you. Finally, I read the interview ... Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday, or or Wednesday, or a Friday, or possibly another day of the week, so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and ... , and revised, revised, revised. In order to compete for scholarships

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  training. I went to gyms sometimes in high school — and nearly every day while living in my car, to shower — but I never hit a solid routine. A guy I met while backpacking in Italy showed me how to use the kettle bell

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my ... fact that the idea of calculus seemed so novel to me or whether our calc ... mechanisms - but then turn to a pset or some solved examples and feeling

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  or people who resembled blobs because I forgot to wear my glasses ... graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the ... more about how to enact change—not in some grandiose, ego-fueled "I want

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... additional human in our life. Currently we are trying to negotiate the many ... encounters with your younger or older sibling. Yes, I really want to hear about

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of ... ). These were, in my opinion, really great articles to open with since I ... Lane #106, a problematic (to say the very least) comic in which Lois Lane

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  the one purchased. Or they could. To paraphrase: "We'll arrive in time ... busy airports. Or just teach your customers to fly while they ... forward them to airline CEOs (or whoever the correct contact person is.) And

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  have to do is chop up the meat and/or vegetables, put it in the rice ... [/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... parentheses) in addition to listing the quantity. Additionally, the quantity of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  were told to write a 12 page paper on a topic covered earlier in class ... a topic covered earlier in class in a documentary style. We decided to ... Sulmona, a really tasty brunch spot in Central. After Sulmona, I headed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  make friends, and to participate in class events that wouldn’t come ... really mean to exist in this world as an adult” and “what do I owe to the ... questions, I’m not gonna be able to answer these ones in this post. But here

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a ... freshman year. that person can only staple in groups of up to four people ... very lazy person in terms of meeting people—thanks to the pandemic—so i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  have spring break a week or two earlier, meaning we don't get to see many ... class. In fact I'm in an Athena cluster right now, supposed to be working ... 't really like home that much I decided to stay at my boyfriend's home in DE

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  EC to find a time and place that works for your interview. In a ... interested in your grades, test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a ... applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  all or even most humanities scholarship is fluff; it’s just easy to be ... truth doesn’t adhere to a brand image or a poetic phrase or whatever else ... else does. Not every moment in life needs to be intellectualized, and I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while ... instance, i’m fluent enough in math and cs that i can more or less understand ... in a more active manner, through direct words and actions, that to me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  in mathematics research. I'm not even close to choosing." Or, "It's not ... went to a sleepover. Can’t tell if deep or just random: In English, three ... 't matter which department or which program. I still want to study in MIT, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  -competitors from the annual international solar car race to collaborate in designing ... have the potential to play key roles in energy innovation. In addition ... have expertise to share not only in technical fields, but also in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT ... , if an oboe player decides to go somewhere else, we may, or may not, try ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  that they will be in touch with you, by phone or email, tonight or ... weekend, but as long as you understand that coming in to the weekend, I ... opportunities to see labs. In part, this is because labs are not designed for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008