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  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a special arts program for his junior year. It’s because writing is hard ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  combine them for tasty results. With this revelation in hand, I've gotten ... end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... ="Which I got!! More on this later, I'm sure :)"]applied for a UROP

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  right place would be the one with the right "fit". I know by September ... along with a big helping of the word "fit". At this point, it's a buzzword. Fit is something with a million different meanings, highly subjective

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  with your college family. This should have been as high a priority for me ... observing trips with Harvard's astronomy club, for example. This year, I found ... respect for. Last summer, I interned with eight other undergraduates, most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  competing for slots in America's elite colleges. "It's like an arms race out ... Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in ... content. For the record, I have eaten Anna's every day for lunch. I will be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  thank you enough. You brought my dad and my brother with you too, and for ... is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty ... lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  with awesome stuff and learning that is waiting for you no matter what ... was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions ... could get the argument out of the way in advance. I googled for various

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... am not discouraging them from applying for admission, but rather making ... not clear, applying for admission involves the submission of academic

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  would pay for SAT II exams, again. Even with fee waivers, applying to ... approaching Ms. Cleary for help with the CCS Profile - I didn’t know where to ... Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or '6' for shorter)) has been appointed as new Chancellor! This is no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the ... apparatus is that if you spin a mother around in a circle with her head at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  with me past midnight trying (and failing) to build a snowman. I’m sorry ... only two are technical heavy-workload classes. I had started off with an economics class in addition to everything else, and it was too much for me to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  with units is great, but what I really enjoyed, and still enjoy, is ... 't rub shoulders with famous people all that frequently. Friends who find ... due to the double factorial) Eran Ergozy = "How fun it is to work at a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my ... , commutes, communities, and the world for the better. Come ride with us! ... cold has been replaced by stifling heat and humidity, with the two week

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... gets up with the first alarm anyway? 8:24 -- The alarm goes off again. I ... Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... [/annotation] came into my head, and i thought the words were really fitting for the ... because my mind was swarmed with thoughts, thoughts of what my decision

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. -- August ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for ... to lounge around with friends and take turns expressing vast anger with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  For those of you curious about life after MIT, I recently wrote this ... truely is a special place- alive at all hours with people tinkering and filled with some of the most passionate people you'll ever have the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  their experience with the dorm during REX and CPW. Watch the dorm i3 ... pricing, but be careful when looking at the pricing chart. For example, McGregor has mostly singles, so its actual cost for an average freshman is higher

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018