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• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my ... quite a common problem. We do ask you to write in your standardized test ... of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  ropes so that they do not fray, and how to operate a mill. I also learned ... I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  life of crime. I was doing [annotation note="laundry also has me in a chokehold. I am perpetually in a state of doing laundry ... want to do it in the future. A part of me wonders if we lost what made

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  So, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a man who ... of eternity and create a legend—a legend that people would whisper about across the shores of Valhalla. Then, after writing a slew of blogs

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  physics. If you're wondering why I would do such a thing, and you ... a pleasant experience. You all smile about this whole firehose analogy ... academic masochist. Wait, what's that? You like doing all that work for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  duration of our meal. I do not know why.   12:30 On a normal day, I’d go ... -of-internship presentation to give, and my mentor had invited 30 people.   We have a tradition at my company, see: every time someone has a birthday, an

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  exam. See how we do. And based on that, make a decision on whether we ... thing to do. But I think there's a fine line between challenging yourself ... was always an answer. Doing a math problem felt like ice skating: smooth

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your application will once again be considered ... submitted. (A little historical data: over the past seven years, the average

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  to do so much. I feel ridiculous and strange sitting in a hotel room ... This term I'm taking a class this term called MAS.963, or Special ... D-Lab, a lab/class at MIT that focuses on sustainable technology in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your application will once again be considered ... submitted. (A little historical data: over the past six years, the average

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  a certain temperature, start doing weird things--like having 0 ... Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  I had literally never taken a screen shot until I got to MIT ... at the end of year two here, I have a whole portfolio of hilarious ... .00 on my TechCash account. Do you realize how hard this is? This is like

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  , hard rock/metal and classical music. Here is a sample playlist: "Quartet ... only do I play eclectic works, but I also give away concert tickets on ... is the limit. My radio show is a highlight of my chaotic week

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  Opportunities Program - a way to do research for pay, credit, or as a volunteer ... get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor ... “What’s course 12 again?” That’s a question I deal with a lot when

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  part is a lie. I do not actually have Alan Guth's home address. However ... I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... our exams when the test started, so (all stressed out) I ran up to a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  so. If you’re worried about doing well, and stuck in the middle of a ... Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that ... I'm just going to have to accept that. Still, I could use a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  while you’re on a plane, yet so fast when you’re taking a final exam and all you want is a few more precious minutes to figure out that damn structure elucidation problem… Anyway. The point is I’ve done a lot of work

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  asking them how they were doing on a scale of 1-10, and how well they ... question multiple times, something i noticed a professor of mine doing in a ... five years, and only now do i feel comfortable dusting off the little box

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  physics and math my friends are doing and my head plays radio noise -- a ... and purpose. A want to do. Recently, I had a discussion with my friends ... I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a student here at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  blogger). How's it being a vegetarian at MIT. Do you know any vegans/do you ... has a question: Jess, I had a question, how do you get placed in your ... dormitory, where you live for a week (or two if you choose to do a pre

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007