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• Blog / Admissions

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

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being ... important if I was to find the right matches for me. I couldn't rely on rumors or stereotypes. I also didn't limit my search to a particular set of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  usually in such good condition that you can't even really tell what's wrong ... says that now she doesn't have to buy it. See? April gives me food, I let ... haven't been keeping up with blogging at all, and I'm really sorry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  a considerable disadvantage if you didn't have your book and notes ... available. Generally, though, if you don't know the material, having a review sheet or a textbook isn't going to help you much, since tests are timed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of light! I'm talking about what happened 100 years ago today. Don't tell me you don't know! (gasps) It's the WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS! Actually

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  work like a true gentleman. He's just a visitor- he doesn't actually live ... do most of the sharing. (I don't know much about how it works after ... ??" Well, according to Jessie, the restrictions aren't reasonable at all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Advantage Card and $10 if you don't. Anyway, if you're interested in getting a ... (water bottles, tons of t-shirts, posters, CDs, etc.), free manicures, free

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  thing I saw was this: Now, really, this isn't that unusual for Conner 3 ... blog this!" Well, I can't argue with that. Luckily, I had my camera phone ... assume were red highlights. I didn't stick around long enough to get an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  First of all, friends don't let friends do 5.12 on video. Especially ... The Rock (aka The Scorpion King)... uh, did something. I don't know, I ... , and then I briefly woke up when the bus driver told us that he couldn't

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  ([email protected]) a link to it, though if you aren't able to host it ... , which is probably illegal, so please, don't do that to me.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  ; Aerodynamics was the reason the license plates weren't attached to Tesseract ... . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer internship, so I shouldn't really be writing an entry, and I definitely can't write funny or interesting commentary on life (unlike Bruce Campbell's #1

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  class and do research in any department; "nerdiness" and quirkiness aren't ... things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist until we hear back from everyone. With postmarks on May 2, I don't expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  Ivy League on april 1st." I wouldn't presume that at all. I know folks ... will differ. Don't lose hope! bocajrs wrote, "What is the first thing an ... action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  sign that we don't care. While I understand how one could feel that way, please don't let something like the automated printing of decision letters

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large ... want to ask.... but MIT doesn't allow triple majors anymore. You can
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  waited. Part of me didn’t think Marla could ever be fixed. But another part ... jump and scream in joy, relieved that I wouldn’t have to settle for a ... try to care for her more, to make sure she doesn’t fly out of my hands

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  you don't care for citation and just wanna know, I explain it below ... , Albatross don’t flap their wings.  This isn’t even the craziest part ... thought this was a really cool thing that I didn't know about before MIT

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  exclusively facedown and the last one optionally faceup. You also get a t ... , the swim test went virtual as well. If you were a Senior that hadn’t ... test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  equations: x = cos(t) + 3/4 cos(-3t) y = sin(t) + 3/4 sin(-3t) [caption id ... components that I was planning to use, but alas no. I can't find a suitable ... , which are more obvious to avoid), and it wouldn't have been a problem

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023