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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  the rain, I didn't ask. He maintains that he is in fact NOT making a ... background and fantastically nerdy t-shirt, an excellent choice of attire ... round two, we have Richard '13 from Brawley, CA, and "if you don't know

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... longer. I don't think I've ever quite emptied a tube of toothpaste to this ... other about how I wasn't even bored. We talked about what classes I was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  don't have any questions find it interesting and helpful to hear other ... sense of attendance, but RSVPing is not required. And if you didn't ... . But you won't be at any disadvantage if you can't come. For those of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier ... the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  office (I actually didn't end up working with them, because I wanted to ... -long vacation where you don't actually do anything productive. Not only that, it ... started MIT if I hadn't deferred) was one of the main reasons I was first

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  about deadlines. Rather than give you my own "don't panic" advice, I ... right off, don't panic! A decision on your application will not be made if ... doesn’t reflect your test history, fax your score report to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... ;t plunge ahead without any forethought, you’re never going to get anything done if you never stop thinking. Don’t be ignorant

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have registered for MyMIT, which, if you haven't yet, you should do as soon as ... things that you'd like to include in your application, but that don't fit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  didn't simplify matters that another Kim works there). "I'm with another ... mistake them for the opposite gender. But if you do, don't worry - everyone meets so many people at orientation that you either won't remember them by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  , weren’t the most talkative bunch during the Q&A session, but I’m glad people asked questions, or else the party wouldn’t have ... wasn’t my exact concern, it was close. The consensus among the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  ? Alright, it just didn't work. The curriculum was just too big for you. You ... admit. Paula: Oh stop, it really wasn't that bad. You shine, you know ... Simon? Applicant: Um, uh, I thought it was okay... Simon: You haven't

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , the Admissions Officers had a "mail opening party." In reality, it wasn't ... October of November tests, don't worry about not being able to list these ... the deadline. So, don't worry if your teacher hasn't yet sent their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  worth watching. They don't. But the drama between the models does.     The Nine Wasn't considering this until Nance told me it was ... 've never missed an episode of this show. But with Marissa gone, I don't have

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  morning. I don't even know what to say to that, really. I don't look like I ... with the fact that you won't see your friends for a while after this one ... . Because here's the thing you shouldn't forget - you will get into college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  wanted to go there. Only she didn't - she couldn't. Her family, which had immigrated from Mexico, didn't have the money. After she finished high school ... school to go to.'' Her enthusiasm, however, doesn't mask her trepidation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  much top secret). - You can't live in your fraternity during your ... , fraternities are a little bit different here, so I shouldn't just have ruled them ... repair and where broken pipes aren't repaired by the tooth fairy. So for

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  require, but im taking AP stats and AP calc ab. I guess this doesn't really ... more cool! Haven't you ever read Mollie's favorite column in the Tech ... about 2 weeks. If I don't mention it by 3 weeks, it probably means I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  's completely impossible. Some people we just didn't get to in time (and it was getting pretty late) and some people weren't home, didn't answer, whatever. If you didn't get a phone call, your file was put aside into a separate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til ... boy. But over winter break, it really didn't seem so bad. Now that I ... ago, but you certainly don't visit them on a regular basis. You live

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  also economics majors, I didn't exactly escape the world of my major, but ... cashier my quarter and dime, I realized that I didn't need the extra two ... knew I shouldn't have hung out with them!) hassled me so much for giving

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005