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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the ... Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population. Italy is also home to 50+ MIT undergraduate and graduate students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  travelling.] For months, I've been looking forward to the day I'd be leaving for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like ... for Atlanta (where I'll connect to my Boston flight), the fact that I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  every year. Unfortunately, we’re very limited to how many students we can ... in your first year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Students who at the time
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to ... industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first ... supervisor, past mentors, and other people whose advice I value, I decided to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they ... ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you ... people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  lesson: I felt like there was never enough time to commute, do ... not enough time to have all the lives I wanted.' and I really felt that."]I cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of student MIT was educating was being trained to conceive, design, operate ... the Institute writ-large, ought to work: [visually_hidden]We are awake

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  Vote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic ... with institutions to make it available to their community members

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  had any advice they wanted to give to the upcoming class.     ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to recover. Trust me: You're better off learning to balance ambition and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the ... , junior year, post-grad, first job, etc, etc. I originally intended to just ... have you guys been up to? Remember to call home and all that, and visit

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a ... Judith to the shores of our destination. As our ferry cast off from Point

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  myself, traveled over to Hanscom Air Force Base (about a 30 minute drive ... five weeks, we had been learning skills to help us in this exercise. From low crawling to how to challenge intruders, we had to know it all so

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  these commercials, I really don't know what to tell you except turn on the ... , however, is about making the switch from high school to college. If I had to make a shortlist of the changes that I made or had to make when

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to ... to be above average. So one of the most important things you'll learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  pressures of class and work and what recreational activities does MIT offer to ... popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make ... would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my ... . I listed all the goals, skills, habits, etc. I wanted to have/do by

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  threads for applicants to celebrate or commiserate about this decisions ... journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior applicants with those who aspired to join the Class of 2027, and to add to our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  When I applied to be a blogger last summer, “what happened yesterday?” was one of the prompts I responded to. I wrote about finishing my ... ; fairly mundane stuff. But mundane is nice. I often feel like I have to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022