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• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  ... but I've been really hosed these past 2 weeks. -Freeze- For those of you ... fact that people say an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... into a routine at MIT. Psets due every week on Tuesday and Thursday

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... is by yours truly, Advice: "If at the end of the application process ... or two, at least at first, and spend a long time just thinking. When

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT! Thursday, I arrived at CPW two hours later than intended. My flight through O

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  kids at school. The dogs at home, waiting for their owner to return.  I ... professor that I've had the pleasure of learning from for the past three ... for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Jeopardy at 7:00PM sharp, where our family gathered eagerly in front of the TV to yell trivia answers at an Alex Trebek from the past. It was ... sniff at my hair. It was the feeling of comfort and love that seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at the problems, quickly growing frustrated at the fact that none of it ... good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  grounds at 9:30 and had to wait an hour for two people to grab their ... festivals involve a good deal of standing still for hours at time, which means ... , given how much work we have at ALL times. surprisingly, I was able to pull

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  .k.a. Piper). Gave myself my first zsig. Ate out at Uburger for a fun ... IAP makes everything at MIT more enjoyable. The past week has pretty much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  to try for grad school again at some point in the future it'll be good ... for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... classes in 6 and 18, who went for systems, computational, and mathematical

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  perfectly edible cheese) roared ferociously at me. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" "It ... . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling that he would have drank the entire carton, or at least a significant

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  be funded for research at some of India's top institutions is quite an ... at a hospital). How do I report this in my application?" For ... States for roughly four years ,and I do not speak English at home. While

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  congratulated him for surviving the experience and saving us $200 at the vet ... open after 8 pm for at least 70 miles"]BJ's Branding Iron Saloon ... 2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  are barely enough plates for one person to squat while another benches ... plates is rarely an issue, and you don’t have to wait for various machines ... .  I’ve come to love weightlifting, for the most basic reasons: the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  for it, but the number of classes you take doesn't determine you at ... week. (Your mileage may vary: I'm looking at you, 6.115.) The ... cla— Stop. Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  correspondence. Here it is: So, mainly at this point I am very excited for MIT, but ... to that extent. Yes, there are geniuses at MIT, even for MIT standards ... -overdue things. I found an entry that Mikey wrote for me that I had intended to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  year unknown, at least to me) and I all squeezed into a booth meant for 4 ... Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: "Maybe it's just me ... for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  every principle i’ve been watching basketball on-and-off for a while now ... are way too many kinds of defense for me to be able to cover them all in ... for guarding them and following them around the court. like this

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  : bedtime at last! i need to wake up at 9.30 for a meeting, and it takes me ... about all the stuff i have to do to get ready to leave for the summer. as ... one for this class (today is the last day that any assignments can be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  Planned Parenthood Youth Advocates Today at the Planned Parenthood ... mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de ... awesome people together. Sure, part of the group is reuniting next week for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  years after taking AP Bio, and didn't feel unprepared for them at all ... answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... figure out if you really like it or not. My second term at MIT, 18.100B

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006