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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  to take either the 2" (50.8 mm) or 4" (101.6 mm) wide rolls, one can conveniently cut off uniform sized strips or squares of 2" (50.8 mm) length. The ... box and logo apparently haven't changed since, like, 1952 or something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  action applications for another month or so, and I don't know what the ... comments on this or any other blog did not have any bearing on admissions ... the applications, so the odds are that myself or Ben or any other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... have them.) Please send us the form once your grades are released, OR by

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular action applications ... : over the past decade or so, the average number of deferred students later ... possible after completion of the fall semester, second quarter, or first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international ... (free for freshmen!), or the growing Admissions wiki, or a map, or the ... your computer or your resume you want to tweak or you don't understand

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  make for a good story, especially if it involves C4 or fertilizer, but ... Water in an unusual or dangerous manner (e.g. cesium, sodium) OX or OXY ... ; strong acid or base (e.g. sulfuric acid, potassium hydroxide) BIO

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  questions you may have about our change. Will you still require the SAT or the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our ... tests, but we will require all students to take either the SAT or ACT. In

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  things, get upset when things don't go my way, or when things or people ... me. I disliked stickers as a child, hating their tacky appearance or ... draw or paint carelessly throughout all of our classes. She'd sketch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  only allowed to be at home or at friends’ places or in public spaces like ... returning to the rest of the world, or from the freedom of being a college ... , mostly because i don’t feel like i have enough technical ability or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  . you didn’t grow the lettuce or the wheat or the tomatoes, or crush the wheat into flour or cut the lettuce or tomatoes. you didn’t bring all the ... didn’t design or construct the building or the cooking equipment. other

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or ... , community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  (or eighth) college interviews -- and I know it's hard. Exactly two ... my knowledge in general? Should I order coffee or tea? In the end ... from a transcript or very basic info -- and the interviewer is human too

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental ... classes or be a music major. Art. If you are an artist and would like to ... . Files on CD/DVD, such as Powerpoint or JPEGs, are preferred, though "real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  only be refilled by the housemaster between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  from you or not help you with an assignment. I think I really realized ... just to make sure you get through that class a little easier or get to ... extracurriculars or major commitments. You can also work yourself and join an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new ... bloggers (i.e. no prospective students or students at other colleges). If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  ;ll have until 8:00am this Saturday to decide whether or not they want ... boorish jocks or insufferable rich snobs, or maybe both. We're actively ... this. Even so, you might have a parent or girlfriend (or boyfriend!) who

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  school unless he or she has verified it with a primary source. Serving as ... lower/middle-class kids can't or shouldn't make time to daydream, or the implication that kids from more affluent backgrounds can afford to be lazy or

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  here. Surprise #1. Once I got here, it was hard as many older bloggers ... to remember for myself. 6 tips about MIT, college, miscellaneous  1 ... hidden among the stacks. And 1 distinctly MIT experience I will never

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013