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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  -sleeved shirt and long underwear; you can get these for cheap at Target. That was ... (well, at least I think that's what they're for...my knowledge of British ... MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for ... to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  than for flashing at anybody who asks for picture ID. That means you ... What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for you to drool over.” of course

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are both named Roger Taylor. I started writing two entries while at home ... , called... Don't let it control you! about the work/play balance at MIT. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  efforts to position your child for success in the admission process, at MIT ... I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... child for success in the college application process?” About two years ago

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  For spring break, the women's tennis team travelled to Southern California for 7 days, playing 4 matches and spending the rest of the time ... '17 made this wonderful video for MIT's DAPER (Department of Athletics

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... 't really care, stay for the pretty pictures, mmmk? Mmmk. Alright here's the ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  , music, or art, at least as far as I've seen to date. For those of you who ... of you: entries for the Intel Science Talent Search are due at 11:59pm ... " question 13. Students who did answer the question for the most part have have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  well for me—I like focusing on fewer things at any given time, and in ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... , and if you took another year for a master’s degree, you would start at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  there are, but I'm glad at least to have a road to follow for the next ... often my 8.04 pset, but that's a story for another time"]at the moment ... PhD would also set me up for. I could work at a government agency, like

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  the deadline for Early Action. Here are some things we want you to know ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... this date and you will still be fine. Please allow five days for the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year ... haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... online reply form at MyMIT. You can reply any time today (April 30) or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  governing bodies at MIT) in another entry, but for now, what matters most is ... , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  for fall 2007! pfffft!), we offer at least math 10 classes in nonlinear ... was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight), cheered at a (VERY RAINY) football game, watched a (VERY ROWDY!) game of ... go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  fantasy vii demo was gonna be at e3 for sure, i pretty much had one goal for ... if you like video games at all, then you're probably familiar with e3 ... los angeles, and i too am in los angeles, and i am working for a game

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  middle school-aged son thought it was mean for someone at the Oscars to be ... I had no real use for the word either. It didn’t fit me at all. I was ... ? Not enough at all? Maybe it is time for proud MIT nerds to reclaim the

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  could live at my current place for a very low cost. I had my upcoming ... experience at a company that claimed to use AI for drug discovery, but seemed ... This summer, I worked for fourteen weeks as a software engineering

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... suit and horns. He stands around for a few seconds, looking like he might

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013