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  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  limits, that we can understand where they fall. Over this long and heart ... 't matter whether you didn't get an A on that test. It doesn't matter if you can't get the last 2-3 questions on the problem set. It doesn't matter

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  prolific. Better get started. :-) If you post regularly on any admissions ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in ... assignment for the year, send a followup email and let us know where you'll be

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  stressful, you will get anxious, and it will seem at times that there is no ... be a nightmare. If you’re a senior, and you really want to get your ... Confidential page. As you can imagine, with this deferral, I had to wait EVEN

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  specific word count, I would still recommend using Google Docs, where you can ... 's enough that you can get the idea of what it looks like. Again, toggling ... has literally every feature I could ever want or imagine. You can use it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always find support for new ventures, and where I can combine my interests in ... will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  email us. You can always apply Regular Action (RA), too. You don’t get ... where people can post requests and offers for various types of aid, such ... , which you can learn more about here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  , and then you can work a Saturday overnight (11 PM-8 AM) and get three ... 't really start getting bitterly cold until around Thanksgiving. You can buy ... flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... ." Don't get me started on selection bias, but if you crunch some raw ... , otherwise known as an Educational Counselor (EC). 2. Where do you interview

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  't happen :) CPW is basically four days of nothing but fun, where you can ... continue on Thursday, so if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't worry; we ... to CPW if you can! It played a huge role last year in my final decision

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  Blackhawk revs up for takeoff, you can feel the power surge through you. It ... out the window, you get the sensation of flight, like you are a part of the aircraft. It can really feel like you are flying. We came up over

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal ... cute little gallery which you can visit by clicking here. 6. A hall has

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  validation you get in return feels good and satisfying and right. Sometimes, it's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... so cool. I sat in a lecture and it was! But dude. You can just drop a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  season is starting! I don’t know for sure, but I’d say you can expect to ... application proce[ss]. I hope you can help me. What do I do with the teacher ... ? Awesome movie...), you can certainly ask the teachers to send the letters

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  page. http://www.mitadmissions.org/mt/mt.cgi As you can see, we use the ... you can see the number of posts and how many comments there are, though ... 't want to give away any surprises, but as you can see there's a lot of neat

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... voice in my head says, "I'll pay you $9.25 if you get out of bed right now ... , shower, and dress. It's been working out nicely. As I'm sure you can all

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  where you can buy groceries from local farmers and get them delivered to ... farmer, so you can directly support local agriculture. Every week, you get ... selection. I haven’t been to these markets, but you can check them out if you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... time here, looking down on all the stairs that I climbed to get to where ... dreams. There are no ceilings because you can always take the next step

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  pattern in those posts nor any clues as to whether you will get accepted ... acceptance as well as anyone else can. If you feel lost and alone in the ... that you can’t afford a $60,000 per year education). I went to info

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  't that terrifying? If you can guess where you're most likely ... CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the ... . That could be bad, right? What can you do about that? Well, to some

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012