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  an interview? A: You can find your interviewer's information by ... ;s information, contact [email protected] for assistance. If you have ... ;s Early Action and/or Regular Action processes (or neither). Please

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  and plan on going this year. It’s freaking awesome.) I woke up at ... /iPhone game where you match colors in a specific order to clear levels. It’s ... —basically anything that doesn’t involve a screen. Ice cubris! It’s like Tetris

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  ’t help you improve. In fact, that’s kind of what I did after last spring ... of my fellow students could tell you, it’s very easy to lose track of ... if it’s just one thought that you write down, it could save you a lot

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  . You’d think it's an insane amount of time to be doing this, but it’s not ... it’s impossible. Before choosing to attend this institution, you must be willing to ask the difficult questions of why it’s impossible to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  advantage of Student Support Services (S^3) if I ever get sick or anything.  S ... having any kind of problem, they can go to S^3 or e-mail them and they will

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... reading Methods anyway. It's good. It's really good. 

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  's lounge trying to hold onto the comfort that I have grasped to ... , number 15, is possibly the most important thing I will miss. It's the people that you meet that make the wealth of life. It's this group of

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  you to function. Have you heard of Parkinson’s Disease? The condition is ... .01 reaction: Um…yes I am. Cool story, bro. The post-9.01 reaction: Woah. That’s ... is a seminar-style course on ethics in literature. It’s co-taught by my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Scholars. MIT is a very diverse place, but every once in a while, it’s fun to ... . Michael McCulloch (and if you’ve never heard him speak it’s a memorable ... appreciation for the Questbridge program, the Quest Scholars Network, and what it’s

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  ; Connie H. hails from Richmond, CA. When she's not tutoring math or making infographics, she's working on Mixest, a hipster indie radio ... but Connie's cool!!  Natnael G. was born in Ethiopia but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  days, relying on WILG’s resident Course 17s to explain to me the riots ... of MIT’s willingness to pay for you to travel) including England

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  Tech, and celebrated a friend’s birthday. Every once in awhile, I’d step ... played tour guide of the nation’s capital. I had known each of them for a ... solace in the old adage, “Ships are safe in harbor... but that’s not what

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  during Orientation, the Chorallaries, MIT’s oldest a capella group, performed MIT’s Alma Mater, then broke into a rousing “Take me ... nine a capella groups (now, there’s a tenth one, the Ohms). I tried

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  population to the glorious size it once was (sometime back in the 90's). Their ... ; (P.S. We need a proper nickname for this lovely new dorm. What would YOU call Fariborz Maseeh Hall for short?   (P.P.S. Here are some

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  with my hands. I knew MIT’s motto, and the sort of activity he meant, but ... . And so that’s my first point—that you can get into MIT without being an ... . Let’s build more stuff. That drive-by epiphany couldn’t have come at a

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I ... as they raced past. We spent the first night at camp making s'mores; one of my campers bashfully asked if I would be her s

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  explore the country’s development needs, meet with NGOs (Non ... were in Manila meeting with other NGO’s and exploring local historic ... the Philippines. Compost shredder that’s motor was destroyed during

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... investment in science and technology" by the U.S. government since the Apollo moon-landing program in the 1960s, Hockfield said. Read more (and see the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  be some distance away. In a case like this it’s great if you are able ... too so may not be able to respond right away. After a couple of days, it’s ... help but do give them a little time to respond. It’s not necessary for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  . Instead it’s about the complete picture of who you are as a student, as an ... yes and no, but that’s a good thing. The more descriptive and complete ... that she was always looking for that subject that made the student’s eyes

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008