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  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  not eligible for fee waiver.I didn't know how to solve it so I created ... year's summaries to see how the readers and selection committee arrived ... really curious as to whether or not sending in my latest work [even though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Action. Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than ... informed 1,622 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Action. Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than ... informed 2,483 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this ... in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  math homework, I hate to break it to you (me), but IT’S NOT WORKING ... trip, and by settling, we have forgotten how to live. Put more eloquently ... supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  ) and how things we considered to be brief or tiny, such as paragraphs in ... wanted to attend and the 6.7% acceptance rate was most definitely not my ... would not apply to MIT because I wanted to ED Johns Hopkins' BME program

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  excited about it. It's physics! What's not to be excited about? What's not ... tested out of physics but not calc, I wasn't eligible to take the class in ... "usually fail." So I switched to 7.012 (which isn't as fun, because it's not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  worry came in not finding anything to do back home. I didn’t exactly want ... , clinical research is quicker to application. It involves looking at how ... summer, the goal is to have a strong data set to back up statements of how

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  did not immediately know how to get to 35-225. in retrospect, i do know ... checking my messages. (for geographic reference, refer to how to find your ... glad i did not have to go outside for this, as many of mit's buildings

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  potential to not only get into a good school but flourish there; however, due ... tests. To me I guess it just said that in the entire county not many ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  Mezrich's original book. It is quite fascinating to see how they came up ... not spend time trying to "beat the casino" through intelligence on a day ... 21 = Vegas + MIT kids. Me = born in Vegas (seriously) + going to MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue ... fearless bird that did not lose its motivation to sing, eat, and fly. She ... birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  professor who knew how long the homework was going to take, and not I the ... happy to tell you and as I was reflecting late one night about how fast ... how long the weeklong pset was going to take, my friends casually

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  yourself." -A wise person ---- "When you are not actually applying to ... for warmer weather! Even if that's not meant to be, NYC's food scene and ... ’ve faced or something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  an addict. No matter how hard I try to fight it, I get this ... that not every t shirt needs to be altered. I tell myself that it's time ... testament to how often I get too lazy to pick out a real outfit and just

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  raised enough money to also provide 30 winter hats as well. Not too long ... sharing similar stories helped me realize how we're all struggling. But more ... the daily struggle of MIT, I wanted to take time out of my day to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... want to remember every moment. So I find myself reviewing my to-do list

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  tangible representation of how I go about living. How? Let's go back to ... beginning of a [annotation note="A recipe that tells you exactly how to stitch ... appealing pieces and a better life. You'll know how to gauge for success in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  video to be featured right on the homepage. Its part of our overall communication strategy to showcase a constantly changing mix of videos -- from old ... television news footage of one of MIT’s most famous hacks of all time, to music

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  down the hall in hysterics increase. How does Jon react to the added ... or sermon, but it's not. It's the title for this post. It's quite fun to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... , so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston roads) is not necessary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005