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  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on what choices students should make to help their chances of coming to MIT ... Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  ," depending on whether a person is eating (essen) or an animal is eating ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston ... or turn in important forms on a computer or something, but then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay events are happening during CPW! If you want to learn how to be gay@MIT or want to meet some Super Dope gays on campus, consider coming to these

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  focus on people and not worry about needing to go pset or make it to ... spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent ... right. Eyes on the Frisbee, I began to run sideways. BAM. Crashed into a member of the other team, who had come running over to make the block. Foot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  One of Danny B.D’s many contributions to the MIT community, along ... my courses at MIT than I have on all of my biology classes I’ve ever ... ... … which, due to a bug in the system, wasn’t actually mine at all, but

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  weekend can be lonely. Fortunately, music can help. Which is why I'm taking 20 minutes off from working on genetics and thermodynamics to show you a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  , because some commuters had trains to catch, but most of us. 2. On ... their children. It is a bit too crowded to do homework there on a ... at South Station on Friday night South Station is a transportation hub

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  nerds (yuck!) To be fair, this depends on your definition of nerd ... is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... of students dislike the idea of having to cross the bridge every ... rushing there. This is my morning walk from my fraternity house to MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. If we are unable to offer you an ... their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  Point in a couple of days (this one) and I plan on trying to clean my room ... used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... to using heavy machinery, there was a lot of "station work" where

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100% acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... says he is convinced, depend on "exposure to the unusual, to the diverse ... Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  , there are a lot of things that need to happen before an application is ... lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline. So ... sort of document it is (this is why documents that were sent in the same

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or ... the application. My favorite spelling error on MIT applications is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008