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  MIT Culture Shock

  

  a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer ... stepped out of Logan International Airport Saturday night was, "whoa, air ... shock, even for someone from New Jersey, which is pretty humid as well. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... 's opinions on the types of people at MIT - I know there are a lot of different ... , tufts, etc) but CPW definitely put MIT up on top of my list. I always knew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  -frosh, at the CPW of 2012. My host was a rower on the men’s lightweight team ... of practice, a bunch of novices crowded around a bench swing on the ... make a boat go fast), and that requires a lot of self-sacrifice and a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means ... , it means: Meh, was a busy month; definitely first week of February. On ... a new year bore any true meaning or was just a new page on a wall

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  their new home[annotation note="We decided on this concept in the fall of ... Preview Weekend In the fall of 2017, I introduced a new set of brand ... me from designing web concepts of my own? Of course not. Like any good

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the ... competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international ... welcome. Please check out each club’s individual website for more details.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them ... half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... room has started to smell faintly of mildew, and old people. And all of

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

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... danger of hurting him/herself or others, I couldn't in good conscience ... of access to admissions officers is the way of the future? What has

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... applying. While its good to listen to the advice of others, you have to find

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  tomorrow) on a bit of Media Lab research called the Jerk-O-Meter (?!), which ... patterns and voice tones to rate people -- on a scale of 0 to 100 percent ... research hit the press. Last year, the New Scientist's Kate Douglas wrote on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  way before the start of nearly every year in high school. Of course it ... screwing up on the air. So when the final blackout on the final night of the musical occurs, when you're walking out of Trident on Newbury Street after

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... participated in FIRST, last year I had the good fortune of experiencing FIRST through the eyes of my daughter, who was on a FIRST Lego League (FLL) team

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  had to have plans to do something, to explore some new part of the city ... year or so, my strong belief has been that the best way to get good at ... on the 'reading is very important' train."]with the explicit goal of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  1100 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of ... many people are on the wait list? We offered less than 4% of applicants a spot on the wait list. Not all of those students will choose to

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  1050 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of ... many people are on the waitlist? We offered approximately 3% of applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC ... scenes of how we kind of attack these stories at Pixar. Some background on ... a real fast turnaround but I got to paint, I got to do a little bit of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . But on the contrary, everyone spoke to me the same way they spoke to ... invisible gravity surrounding the way people treat you--a kind of feeling you ... who have helped me in countless ways, one of whom even took the time to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I wasn't actually planning on writing a start of semester post this ... learn to be pseudo-law students by writing case briefs. A good friend of ... nowhere New Hampshire, run by ourselves on what would normally be an actual

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  . While I've moved on a created a new life for myself, they have the same ... it was the end of a way of life that can't be re-entered. My boss (UGA ... introverted guy, so it's on me to keep conversations going. One-way is hard, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005