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  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I've been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the ... . Apologies. ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote: "If i'm living in ... decisions will be made available online for RA '06, but we are working on it

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  Orientation, I will be living on the MIT campus all year! Hooray! Everybody ... public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... on the internet figuring out where my favorite stores and restaurants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• 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 ... ." Look out, world. It was a really, oustandingly lovely day today. Just so ... 's Mom tonight. Good thing she reads my blog, huh? Today I also completed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  behind those goals are good, I’ve never found them actually very helpful ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an ... student "studyblrs" on tumblr, and I applaud them for being very specific

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at ... looking for. I was hoping someone would have an MIT shirt on or something

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  for August. I was continuing my research with the Isola lab on inner ... 't, and it was interesting to be there. It seems on average a bit more ... on my turkish skills again and ate lots of great food. Turkish culture

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  helped make the camp possible. So on August 12, the day camp started, I ... evening “cabin chats,” giant volleyball games (I broke the net on my first ... was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  Living Group). With most of the options being coed, the powers that be need ... you there and not someone who'd rather be in a coed living group. Anonymous asks: "How many people on the waitlist actually get to go to MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  wrist watch." This week that Juggernaut known as US News & World ... questions that I'd ask: How diverse is a campus? What is the climate on campus? What support systems exist on campus for minority students

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post ... found out that 2 MIT alums created this set of video games based on different books. They're actually part of an exhibit  on campus called Games

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the ... would like to live in them (1 = I WANT TO LIVE THERE! 17 = I'm a guy, you can't possibly expect me to live in McCormick!). You submit all of your

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  attend college. On September 8, 2006, four months after President George W ... the law firm Howrey LLP. The Moores, who live in Falls Church, VA, also ... , she also served as an expert consultant on patent cases and coauthored

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  Based on a high volume of document submissions generated by my ... digitzed and put into our system, and today we have already received over a thousand faxes and are working on processing them. In a small number of cases

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  't helped on the retention front. In addition to holding lessons, the other ... a lot of time on this site, cramming various scraps of information in ... eyes set on the Neuschwanstein Castle: Isn't it beautiful? And I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs ... juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science

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

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... D candidates in the MIT EECS Department, and allows girls to explore through hands-on experiments and team-based projects. Please note that all three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  ’ll be a great time constraint on difficult problems, and an attendant ... away, I put my headphones on and I play some Taylor Swift. My go ... , Taylor Swift has been my favorite artist (a fact I impress on everybody

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  , but rainboots are a very nice invention. Especially on MIT’s campus. For ... occurrences on campus, so sometimes you just have to tread through them ... is nice to have something that is waterproof on underneath, and when

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were ... Lobby 7 on my way to take the 3.091 (Solid State Chem) midterm. Quick ... a few minutes to spare (on MIT time). T-6 mins before exam begins. 11

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015