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  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be ... In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  about the inevitable goodbye. ''This whole week, I've tried not to think ... -workers not to even mention it. If I think about it, I start crying.'' Isaac ... how much they'll miss having him around. ''I've tried to prepare myself

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  like these, it's absolutely crucial not to invest all your hopes into one ... I was your age, we didn't have any official release date to count down to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  completely agree that it should not be a competition to see who takes the most ... classes a year, as some advocated. Not to mention, I am shocked that the UC ... classes to get into an in-state school. Believe it or not, AP mania hasn

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  . Would they ask about housing? The meal plans? Greek life? How to not rip ... uncontrollably excited for CPW tomorrow that you temporarily forgot how to read ... to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  and provide you with instructions on how to track your application on MyMIT. This is also the answer to your second question, how can you find out if ... , you're trying to find the best match, not the "the best school." Rob

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... people that have them swear by them (similar to how Mac users swear by ... similar to Dell than to the other two (Macbook and Lenovo). Gateway -- Not

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  it wasn’t already clear, not everyone knows how to solve a Rubik’s cube ... , even in the simple things. So, I try not to let the little moments of ... of this sponge called life.  on habits Two quotes come to mind: “How

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  year. It is not hyperbole when I say that all of you are just so, so awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how many amazing students are out there. As I said to one of my colleagues in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  in each fraternity's effort to convince freshmen to join. I'm not much ... just beginning and he couldn't wait to see it all unfold. Here, he would forge enduring relationships and learn to acquire the tools of both his

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  can link it rather than having to figure out how to word it every single ... 't have to do every single thing at MIT and it is okay! How do I know what ... . How do I get to know people? How do I find community on campus? For me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... - but it was also not long after I'd moved to Burton Conner. Let's just ... about 1994 to 1996 I mostly only wore hand-me-down XXL t-shirts? Not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  , I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY. Okay, so, in retrospect it may not have been the best idea to freak my ... want to). Which means nothing, not even this dismal weather we've been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  you don’t know how to cook, that’s not a problem because we pair you ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  awesome, what's not to love about the combination? So here it is, *groan ... learned how to communicate scientific results and how to develop experiments ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  depends on your needs, and I'm not looking to start a flamewar here.  I will ... I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking ... off to college.  I won't try to cover everything you should bring (if

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  to drop a class, don't worry." I did not. I took six classes, and I ... , chose to do difficult homework, chose to not go to parties. In these ways ... people who took lots of classes, that I happened to not enjoy going to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  personally did not choose RBA because I wanted to get to know a lot of people ... semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  us how to solve really difficult problems using Mathematica. I am not a ... class is not just happening to me. Sophomore fall is the most difficult ... how materials function, and I feel like I can apply these to real life

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds ... ; Each year, fall semester seems to pass by much quicker. Maybe coming off ... excitement and optimism. We're recharged to take on the semester again, excited

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018