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  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on ... has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  time, and I can't wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks ... refers to the final day that MIT students can "drop" a class (remove it ... their dorm onto the "testing site" below. According to Matt - who, as a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  juggle in our lounge in order to take a break from a grueling pset. What is ... cross-cast in the IAP musical. To be honest, the only reason why I started ... , an empirial technician, and an ewok in a grueling three-hour, two

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... , Tanglewood, and Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students from diverse backgrounds in a colloborative manner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  -filled protein balloons to drop into a chute in the wall. They scurried over the ... bedbugs’ metallic hum flattened to a shrill, discordant buzz. In the kitchen ... really like when things are clean, to the extent that I can’t p-set in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  , but using bacteria to make pictures. We did it in a room called the Bio ... got exercise in the week, and it was a way to catch up with other ... .6721 Negotiation Analysis, which meets for 8.30-4.30 for three days in a row towards

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because on the last day of class they invite a local string quartet group to ... ’t very hard - there’s just a checklist of requirements your music has to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to ... to a mixup with the insurance company; it should be up by next week, in ... this evening, but just in case you didn't get a call from me specifically

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on ... from Panama. The Altar Boyz played at the Colonial Theatre to a very

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  always thought I’d end up going to a UC; in fact, up until my sophomore ... in the past year and a half, I’ve come to realize that it’s truly the ... Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  space in a Turkey vs. Spam entry, just in case you were planning to go see ... that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... taken a class that would help me to solve this quandary. Here are some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  Judelson) *Development Engineering: Are Engineers Making a Difference in the ... ) *Application of the Suspended Microchannel Resonator as a Biosensing Device to ... -Jen Lao) If you are interested in submitting a UROP summary, feature essay

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision ... -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a full week. There seemed to be events going on 24 hours a day! While this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... am leaving this place, I am going to America." So that's me, in a ... I managed to stay off it for a month!) and 2) I like giving advice in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007