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  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  both kicker and punter and also compete for playing time at outside ... lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the ... Guillen played mostly outside linebacker and sometimes at running back dur

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  sorted out (and has been sorted out for quite awhile), I have a few messages for you prospective '10s. Congratulations to those of you who were admitted! Exciting, isn't it? It's so exciting that I'm excited for you. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  ", and "cognitive science", and you must pick from at least two lists. (For ... workload. (Course 9 is also a popular double-major for that reason.) At any ... .01, Intro to Neuroscience. This class has changed since I took it (for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  morning with a sore throat if you don't waking up at 7:15 is too early ... works Lyft is way cheaper than Uber late at night boba with 25% sugar ... same thing for lunch and dinner every day does, in fact, get boring

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  uncle: "Joonho, how was summer vacation?" "It was fun, I did research at ... at the train station. The university student majoring in Korean that was working part-time at the ryokan we stayed in. The old lady at the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  University presidents are the black suit-wearing overseers who sit at the back of every school event while silently staring at everyone with looks of disapproval. Except they're not like that at all. They're vibrant

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  hours. Techfair isn't just any career fair -- you dress for the job you ... you leave the paper resumes at home in favor of "dropping them" online at Umeqo. I went with my friend and old roommate Anji after tucking in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  longer -- if we don't have it at that point, you'll get an email ... sent to us. But at this point, we're only reading complete ... applications have been read. So don't worry. At this time, do not send a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  Applicants who have been watching the online tracking system at My ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15 ... envelope may not go into the tracking system at the same time). In parallel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged ... a desk job at the BNSF Railway's national operations center, working ... , by automobile - but at least it's not too long) and into my work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  , papers, and reading, but for most, they degenerate into a remarkably fun ... Intercollegiate Service Organization (BISCO) and we have monthly activities at the ... , Boston’s Italian district: Went for a long stroll with my friends, Gwen. On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  I met sophomores Boris Alexeev and Shaye Storm three years ago at a week-long program for Intel Science Talent Search finalists. As part of ... ten-year olds (and even staring at the pretty graphs on his poster), I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  opportunities for pretty much all majors at MIT. 4. Flexibility Since I am a fall ... for Structures and Composites. At first I thought that the positions ... pugh charts comparing all the things I was involved in at MIT and Rocket

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other institutions, so this might be much easier for me than those at ... My friend Eric recently wrote a blog post about isolation at Harvard ... at their own universities—student populations filled with clout

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  occasion is scheduled for June 7, as it is traditional for MIT commencement ... pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to register for spring semester until the first week of February, we get a 4-day

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  to start the "build" classes for my major (MechE). I better understand ... glad I'm not at home, and many other typical college experiences. Today ... material was brutal. 2.007 was fun, but was backloaded (more work at the end

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  leaves me yearning for a do-over, a second chance at the past four years ... what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT ... beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  get ahead on work. And I'm one of the lucky ones - I'm at my parents ... exhausting place to live in at the moment, and the stress of even just looking at the news every day really takes a lot out of you. So here's some of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  completely honest a big reason for that decline is in fact my time at MIT. Now ... (except for you... you know who you are...) For those of you who don’t know, I spent the last year of my life in Shanghai studying Chinese at Fudan

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  at my old high school for an assignment for 11.125 Evaluating Education ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... . __________________________________  Part 1: Freshman Fall I’ve only been here for a semester, but things have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018