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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  drove up to Portland the next morning to pick up my new car. 5 months of ... completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was ... this!" she said. She was wrong, of course.  I could definitely not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  each of the countries—I’ve put them on Google drive so you can check them ... ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a ... !). It was literally lifechanging. It was my first time out of the country

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  "random" button a bunch on the XKCD website and wrote the number down ... hulu.com) 1 of the cards says "It's a brand new day!" another reference ... Hey, so as Shannon just mentioned, all of the EA admits got V

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone ... on Mythbusters. Along the way, the teams do some fun engineering ... was fast and furious! The awards ceremony took place of the steps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... -- approximately 4.3% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  classy. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take many good pictures because of ... As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it's huge. Like, as rings

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of ... , though, it wasn't nearly that straightforward. I even know a good number of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  of where you are on your spiritual journey, come and pose your hard ... published on 1/23 One of the speakers wrote on the board, "Is there purpose ... a good laugh out of the crowd. The other speaker took a different

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  shirt from someone else and we’re on our merry way. … and in true MIT ... Friday night when I ran into a couple of my sisters. Them: Where are you ... sell on the let’s-do-something-besides-work front. Anyways, the problem

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  completed classes on difficulty, pace, and other factors on a scale of 0 to 7 ... Subject Evaluation Reports. A great way to see if any of your classes ... available for all GIRs. Lastly, Interrogation of Upperclassmen is the #1 way

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  of Sex and the City in which Carrie Bradshaw runs a 5K.) My new ... of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  plenty of vegetarians on campus, and plenty of vegetarian options on campus ... didn't mean that.'" Keep getting good grades and stay out of trouble, and ... , and this question is more thoroughly answered on the MyMIT website. "If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  of it all. When I strapped on my helmet and pads, in my mind I had the ... trip, because the majority of our time was spent crawling on my face ... take off my helmet and push it in front of me. It felt like a good thing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  , "Hey matt i sent my evaluation forms a and b on second of december , the ... . Also, according to some discussion on CC, some of people don' report ... . Also, a very happy New Year to all of you!" No problem -- I've forwarded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  've never been on the news - but most of us haven't. The phrase "good enough ... grade to a B on the condition that I get a B or higher by the end of the ... really find that you're WAY out of your depth - so much so that you're not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  particularly notable. On the other hand, knowing all of the South Dakotans who ... [/annotation] from South Dakota this year. Naturally, I put all of them on a mailing ... to.” I was more on the side of “uhhhhhhhhh.” Scary. Matt: The first

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  'm really grateful for this change of pace compared to the very fast and ... awkwardly crying in Stata in front of one of the 009 LAs. On this day, I ... a blogpost in the future on the result of all of these applications

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  Aether meets a lot of new characters and goes on some [redacted] adventures ... was a new experience which led to a lot of frustration and more ... “Aether” from now on because saying “one of the twins” or “traveler” (as he

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  Ethiopia hung on for twenty, and even now, the major tenets of the system are ... practical solutions too. Good governance is of course necessary, but so is ... up filing a patent at the end of his internship for a new radar

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018