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  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  (without logging in!) at my.mit.edu. I know this has been long requested by ... 're looking for admissions officer blogs, look no further than MyMIT, where you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  : "Should I have my November scores rushed to MIT?" And Sarah Bana followed ... rolls around and you're thinking "gee, I should probably send my scores to ... . ------------------------ He-Who-Does-Not-Want-To-Be-Named wrote: "I got really bad scores in my

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that parents really trusted me and my decisions. Sure, they talked with me about ... look at a school not already on my short list. Their advice was helpful

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  my Philly school visits. I visited Girls High (Alia's alma mater), then ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... that my mom has moved back, I'd really like to get to know the city

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  had throughout my life. Throughout my time at the 'Tute, I have heard ... ." One of my greatest role models is my mother, who went back to work three weeks after I was born. I had a nanny who looked after me, even when my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  So on my way back from my BE.370 recitation, walking down the Infinite, I heard a loud boom coming from Lobby 10. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that not only was there the booming, there was FREE FOOD. Cue the

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  happy to be at Six Flags. My group spent the first several hours in ... coasters. But when I was eleven, my parents got divorced - and when my autistic twin brother came up to visit my mom, he wanted to go to amusement

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  As part of my desire to make this blog more interactive, and since you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and I've hit a creative roadblock.) I am

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... the new cycle, it's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs. Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  care of a virtual pet! My Tamagotchi, fondly named Tamako, was like the ... . From the very beginning, I wanted to make something cute and fun. My mind ... selected were a TFT LED display (the screen that would show my Tamako pet

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  our dorms and watched my roommate smash random electronics on the ... having fun is one of my favorite things about this school because it ... we don’t want to. So with that, I’m going to try my best to give you

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  blog post.']blog post[/annotation] on my freshman fall cooking experience. Now, allow me to present the sequel to my assortment of culinary ... Keller and the dishes he invented have fueled my pursuit for the finesse

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  started work, i woke up to an email in my inbox saying that my e3 ... my entire e3 experience: demo the damn game. here is a recounting of my day at e3 (spoiler alert: i achieved my goal). GAME START: [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... I saw this book that promised to inspire me, to reignite my passion

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what ... thoughtfully, “This tastes like detergent.” That's how I lost my fear of cooking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... ? =P So Momchil, here are my thoughts, short sweet, and to the point ... , right? I don't think I'm going crazy. On Monday I had my first shift on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  Meet my roommate and me: [carousel image1="105826" image2 ... our minds. Sometimes, when I found myself gazing for long enough upon my ... of me that I'd thought I'd outgrown or discarded— I'd close my eyes and

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  teachers and students on Course 2 work. I talked about this in my last writing (with more words), but my work builds upon some of my high school ... image1="96896" /]   On my first attempt, I set the power too high

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024