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• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  students who are thinking about joining the class of 2015, and/or those ... asked me "would you like to be considered for a spot, or have you made a ... sentence, or anything resembling it, was in my actual e-mail; however, it was

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  generally good principle: don't let other people tell you what think or how to ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on ... freshmen to cook with them, or to be in a food co-op with them. (yes, I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  pretty manageable. I studied as much as I needed to and went to bed by11 or ... rows of desks, or rather huge tables and individual chairs. I had so much ... this week. Fifth-week flags, or notifications to people who are failing a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  basis to support or condemn it because they don't know that there was ... future generations of students. Do you like or live in Simmons? Students ... stories of their battles, whether they won or lost them - in the former case

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  or Northen Nevada, one of these kind folks could be your interviewer ... , homecoming, pep rallies. But ask any MIT student/alum about the Brass Rat or hacks or whatever, and you'll be talking to one excited MIT person. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  with only one or two people. 09. I can't live without lipgloss. 10. I can ... sometimes. 53. I have been to one or more lifechanging concert(s). 54. I hate ... or twice. 73. I'm tired. 74. I love kisses on my forehead and neck. 75

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  been to that doesn't serve coffee or tea! WEIRD. Afterwards, we had ... , PhD, medical school, or just to hang out in the area (either working at a local company or becoming an RA). Granted, there are also people

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  , and doing the Lord's Prayer or something. From it, you can extrapolate ... 't have to juggle a four- or five-class MIT workload with play rehearsals ... during the semester, you can still go out for one of MTG's summer or IAP

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  of choosing the ring committee, or "RingComm," of 12 class members ... committee's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on ... bezel, or front, of the ring. Let's start with the Rat which was just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  making an exception. Yes, your parents can call Thursday or Friday, however ... or deferred? NO. I almost hate to post this, because I don't want to ... " where people fake email addresses or hack into friends' accounts. Marilee

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  or stereotypes. I also didn't limit my search to a particular set of rankings or someone else's list of "best" colleges. A school missing from ... 't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was

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

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  at age 16 or 15. Younger students are not a huge population at most ... the comments about this -- or any other topic -- in my next Questions ... their laptops, or do they just lounge around their dorms effortlessly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  occurred at Cambridge City Hall, a mile or so north of MIT. The campus ... others. You can major, double major, or minor in Political Science, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  teaching and learning, or the free food, or becoming better at handling logistics, or from the pressure of other people in esp in making sure the ... two years; are we going to try new things or try to recover old

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a ... burnout. I questioned if I was pushing myself hard enough or if I was doing

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Plus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of-years-more-or ... projects and priorities, or tampered with the integrity of their need ... assembled officers. Most of us got into this business (or, at least, stay in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  anticipated any of this -- any of the things I've accomplished or seen or done ... the past week or so, i’ve been watching my sim grow her talents. from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  changing. I’m a messy painter, or at least… I used to be. The last time I ... ’re done. There’s inertia. Somehow, if I go too long without painting, or writing, or anything else, I start feeling antsy, as if the walls are

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  just to keep my head above the water. 5.601 is more or less the same ... , more, applying to more internships or doing more extracurriculars or

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  , you know, starting at MIT). But time just keeps going, and I’ve more or ... cool people Despite what I said in my previous post, or maybe in spite ... window (or at my phone). I hope you, too, are able to take a break in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020