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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  business. now i want to apply to some top us universities for my bachelors in ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of ... guests are permitted in Institute Housing with the advance permission of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... thousands of miles away, who doesnt know anyone who went to a big college, what its like here. i want to convince him to apply. i want to comfort

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  ’s inevitable to wonder how those numbers apply to you, on which side of the ... too well. If you get in, here's a virtual mug of my favorite [annotation ... celebrate! If not, I hope this blog, the same virtual mug of tea, and a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  to learn more things about how our understanding of science came to be ... recommend This day, the Year I Applied, Although of course you end up becoming ... time of applying to college (whether to MIT or to somewhere else), in the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  engineer of cognitive systems at Charles River Analytics, an applied ... the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... -on stuff, outside of a lab, was scary), or any math beyond the General

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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  morning of reading, I had lunch at the Stata Center (or Building 32, or ... another of Frank Gehry's buildings, Disney Hall in Los Angeles, might have ... , and has heated the surrounding sidewalks up to a temperature of 138 deg

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my German language class, down a steep hill with a beautiful view of the ... stellar corpses that emit two beams of radio light and spin around like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  .07, Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science). It's probably one of the easier ... any class like this offered at MIT (of couse, Harvard doesn't really ... being Harv '08, and I've gotten to know some of her similarly cool friends

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  , and social sciences - classes during your time here at MIT.  Of those ... .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the ... Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  feels like to apply to colleges overseas or out of state. The pressures ... your friends or family. The hardest part of applying to college. The best ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  away. Who were a world separate from the encompassing universe of college ... application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... . The list of internship applications I need to fill out. The morning

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... soundcheck and Mocha Moves, one of our amazing hip hop dance groups, were ... for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  today, so there's still plenty of time to jump on the bandwagon and offer ... feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming ... the video and there has been a crazy amount of MIT-related things

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  of Student Pugwash. Pugwash exists to address the effects of science ... Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the ... No, I'm not talking Clark Kent here. I'm talking about the speed of

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... contributing to the indefinite play of the game itself. For example, art ... – here I lay a small piece of this rich tapestry! I see what you have done

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  Magically [annotation note="university wifi, typically found at universities, not hostels 20 km from the nearest grocery store ... beautiful, cold little hostel about 21km south of Killarney, a town in County

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... HASS = Humanities Arts and Social Sciences REST = Restricted Elective in Science and Technology CI-H = Communication Intensive in HASS CI

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Summer?

  MITES Summer is a rigorous six-week residential academic enrichment program for rising high school seniors—many of whom come from ... interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering.  
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?

  MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The