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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  - Christina's, Toscanini's, JP Licks, Herrell's. How it's such a walkable city

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  amount of extracurricular classes taken, etc. etc. etc. At times it seemed ... felt like I couldn't control was my high school and honestly....... It ... to make it almost impossible to succeed. Yet despite their situation

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  saw that Mountain Dew commercial that used "Tonight" in it. Looking back, it's remarkable how much Mountain Dew really influenced the development ... on December 5, 2001 between Louisa Almedovar and Rich Langley. It

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  me happy, even though it makes my schedule a bit claustrophobic. But ... realize this is possible!!"][/annotation] Why? Why not?  It begins My ... for spelling these for me!"][/annotation] non-dance break (but it

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  , since it ended up being completely false - but I'm getting ahead of myself ... kind experience," it continued. "Dynamic, exhilarating, calorie ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  House had its annual winter formal that evening, and I had asked my friend ... of my clothes. WHAT. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN. Options: 1) don't wash my towels this week, or 2) suck it up and put them in the laundry. I picked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments." It ... deceit, and they're in over their heads. The key to getting past it ... sharing her feelings with other people is how she will eventually come to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  so far. Technically it's a grad class, and yeah the class is about half ... stuff, though very interesting in all of its own ways. The workshop began ... about [x], extend your ideas to reflect that new insight." It was really

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  people who take it in the fall), and those people are overwhelmingly people who failed it in the fall. Some courses at MIT have "on" terms and "off ... whenever it can be fit in, so the spring and fall classes are equally

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  cross-reg, but I didn't want to overload myself this semester. It's about ... Cabot Science Library to make sure our cards worked. They did! It was going great. There was an event for freshmen going on that day, so it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  sections. Yet, it never got old, because I was amazed at how many people were ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... success that it was. To most of you, this puzzle probably ranged somewhere

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  are all teachers – whether it’s working and learning together in the ... [email protected] if you would like more As for more Qs. How will ... and will involve a lot of time for preparing lessons, but it’s no more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  filled with hundreds of other prefrosh just like you, so it'd be a shame to ... from FSILGS. Download it and check it out! You can also use whereis ... up and try everything. :) You've earned it! 4) CPW is still school for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  treatise on how to gain weight and never let it go, 2) a poem of seemingly ... underlying theme of lost love. On the other hand, I would reply that it simply ... my head. Case in point: Here we have Schrödinger’s equation in its

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I ... something. (definition from How To Get Around MIT)   Which brings us to ... challenge here is deciding what to do with it. I learned during my first year

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  I was extremely stoked to finally visit. Not only was it my first time visiting campus, but it was also my first time in Boston/Cambridge. Here is a ... research headed by Dr. Robert Weinberg. It was interesting to know that our

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give ... our floor. It is comprised of both males and females (in fact, only one ... is using it. Upon entering a bathroom you are usually faced with

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  . If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you ... never actually find a pair of skinny jeans that fit. Oh, how things change ... I could eat only one food for the rest of my life, it would probably

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  . Over Kresge. I hope you got to see this, it's a pretty incredible sight. It was bizarre like seeing two suns or something. I hear the next one ... action. It's hard to describe the kind of relief this brings me. Not only

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  our GRT told him how to talk to the counseling deans so he could get his ... is not in fact Utopia, and if I say, "Nope! I love everything about it ... schedule (taking 75 units last spring made me a little crazy, but it was my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006