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• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now ... warm welcome at the MIT Book Fair from an old friend. Nevertheless ... suggestions for me? A: I know that the application process can be really nerve

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  are practically sporting events, with grown men jockeying for position ... and spinach salad: one of my first attempts at "real food"!   ... -busting, totally superfluous meal plan, MIT doesn't force you to buy a meal plan at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  "vagina chair," at the monthly Choose to Reuse event for free. I was very ... stuff. In August, I went on a work trip to DC for my UROP at Veterans ... On the day before my non-senior friends left for home, we went out on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding ... peer network is a great source for support, MIT students can speak with
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  looking for the most fun thing to do at MIT this IAP. You love to sing ... outside the Student Center for a while, singing softly, under my breath. At ... GOODNESS!" At some point, our director told us that he assigned roles based

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  packed for each presentation. The packed auditorium at TechCrunch Disrupt ... Disrupt, then at noon went straight from Brooklyn to Manhattan for the next ... TechCrunch DisruptNY 2016 was an absolutely amazing experience. For

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  just audition for Concert Choir and join Concert Band. At the Convocation ... auditions, just audition for everything. Chances are you’ll get into at ... ’t think I had much chance at getting into the Symphony Orchestra

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  graduation. For most of my time at the Institute, I fully believed them, using ... any of my academic classes at MIT prepared me for many the challenges I ... her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website ... , but you must have registered for MyMIT. If you qualify for a fee waiver

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  that area for surveillance. I met them at a VR@MIT event back in February ... Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly product launch party for local ... (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  requirements for the Maker Portfolio. For current requirements, see here.  Hello ... make sure that everyone understands what we are looking for.   Q1 ... , for example: new origami designs, a chainmail suit, a potato cannon, a

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three ... expected the faucet water to be lukewarm when I asked for cold, the way it ... ’t built for it. My dorm, Burton Connor, has no AC, and outlaws window ACs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and ... studying for finals, I cooked dinner instead today. =p (it didn't really ... you are sautéing. Keep going at it until all of that water has

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  taking my keys out of my pocket and looking at my recently-purchased lanyard. Now, when I should be writing a persuasive essay for my AP English class (for all those who have forgotten, an essay is the English version

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  matter? I don't know, but I didn't bother to try and find out, and at MIT ... find 3 formulas for them and then you will get an answer, if you are

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) Webcast:   Sunday, March 24 at 2pm EST ... on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a ... email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  to ask for an extension, and at some point figured I could nap and then ... able to occasionally miss deadlines without being penalized at all for it ... whining at me like "what the heck are you doing, you’ve been working on this

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all ... At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  , even at MIT." There are very few things for which I would get up at 6am ... , my determination to put aside art for more "serious" schooling had a ... many arts classes here at MIT as I can fit into my schedule. All of the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  mentor for a class "Make It: Pinball” at the [annotation note="The Edgerton ... it was to them what to do while i just stared at them for 5 seconds ... hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022