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  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like ... neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT ... . People are diving into ball pits at Simmons. An upperclassman shows me how

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  Unfortunately, having my "hell weeks" for the last two weeks has ... of time in my room working on psets and studying for all my classes :P ... bridges. In this class, we look at structures in equilibrium and learn how

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 ... my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once ... at MIT, you're probably really into art. You're probably a huge nerd

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  process from the moment your application arrives at MIT through the mailing ... admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the ... was mailed, for the tracking system to be accurate. If on November 14th

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at the beautiful new conference center at Harvard Medical School, the New ... at 8 AM, and the morning was spent listening to medical and graduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday ... /NJ) four very expensive coffee-flavored quesadillas for dinner in Times ... sauces (honey mustard, mango chutney, pesto, and sundried tomato) at Pommes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  say goodbye to a friend, and then headed back to Logan at 2:30 PM for my ... boarding pass for the IAD to SFO leg (I had a layover at Washington Dulles on ... for each city that he visited. At the same time, regrettably, he also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... LIBRARY! If you like audiobooks, consider getting a FREE library card at the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  After four years here at MIT, I am finally graduating. I have a lot ... me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  expressly intended to be published on the internet for thousands of people to ... one blog every two weeks and check-ins are scheduled at that same frequency. We get paid for each post we write, according to the number of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  that require action on my part"]zero[/annotation] responsibilities at MIT for the first time ever in my 3+ years here. The early ... , waiting for me to unpack it again in August. One of the many things Stress

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes ... for the race! Alix de Monts, a junior at MIT majoring in Mechanical ... year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  haven't been reading your folders, working on plans for the big event. At ... checked the mail at my house, not because of a fondness for the mailman, but ... at the same time, so kids in Massachusetts knew several days earlier

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (CUWPY). So, instead of ... resolution links (for the most part) as those are pretty unpleasant to look at ... out for some ice cream and stopped on our way back at a party going on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  financial aid works. A lot of people look at the "sticker price" for the ... always looking for help. _____ "At Brown you can study abroad anywhere ... Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  going to go to school for chemical engineering, since I was ~good at ... prepare a poster for the poster session at the end of the summer, but I didn ... anxious because I have to prepare a poster for the poster session at the end

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... return home (I did, at least for a time before itchy feet got me moving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... high school and MIT. Karen deferred her enrollment at MIT for a year and ... would never go to university (I did) nor return home (I did, at least for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  “tradition,” I miss (as in, yearn for) at least two of my fall classes: 9 ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... ’t wait for the regular action folks, and this year's Pi Day video

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  is, unless you aren't looking for flexibility), then you're in luck. If ... 's twice as old as the United States. If I could massively overgeneralize for ... at Cambridge and the culture at MIT is that the former has a greater

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011