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  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  such that we lost sight of the whole. A drawback of classroom learning I ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  introduce its attendees to the world of transportation, as seen through the eyes of a potential civil engineering student. Though the seminar ends in December, Professor Wilson will remain the students' first-year advisor. The

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  lot of questions about the new Maker Portfolio supplement on the MIT ... information about all of our supplements and portfolios on the MIT Admissions ... of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... haven't rollerbladed since I was much closer to the ground. Speaking of ... of the only people I knew in Burton-Conner at that time was Spam. But

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  , there is one clear trend: I hate being sick. I hate the idea of not being as productive as possible, I hate the idea of not being able to do ... weekend here, a whole four days before classes started, I got COVID for the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  the source of positivity that you wished you had been the first time ... Khan '98, perhaps best known as the founder of Khan Academy. There is ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  store on the first floor of our dorm), which is pretty much the only place ... interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools ... -- he knows, according to his own estimate, 70% of the skiiers on the US

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  . After hours of tweaking CSS and reading nearly every page of the j ... . An inhabitant of East Campus(5W) and an active member of the class of ... , this is the story of that project. [Disclaimer: What follows is going

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  of the whole thing... I was, um, thirsty ;) It's made with coconut milk ... class called the "Nuts and Bolts of Engineering" in case I, y'know, decide ... the rather long list of things I did - rather, watched - instead of

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year ... moderately important later). But let's get to the heart of the matter. Let ... pursue the arts any further. Sure, the admissions website has a whole spiel

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  first one fell through. I’m the Vice President of Next, and I put so much ... tendency to just sort of... not follow the rules), and as a result I never actually picked it up. I didn’t even remember all of the names (much less the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  " because they remind me of the old custom of barnraising, where a whole ... Even while I was excited by the thought of MIT, I spent many years ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  the MIT Admissions homepage. That page will launch soon, and I'd recommend bookmarking that page, and not this entry. But this should get the ... have been schooled in the home and under the umbrella of larger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  corresponds to one slice of paper: what you get after you cut up the whole strip. The whole column is the "sum" of all those slices of paper - we ... charge of operating the telescope, and collecting data. Bear in mind that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  student groups doing fun activities. 58% of the admitted Class of 2009 are ... , Kelly, Jenna and Lulu loved it. One of the highlights of the Festival is ... . Another nice shot of the liquid nitrogen ice cream (aka "CryoFAC"). Cryo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  poem of mine I could find in Google Drive. It was my first-ever high ... from the smell of newly cut grass Tangy, sweet, like a fresh Saturday ... the page.  Still, I wasn’t sure if my poems mattered to anyone other

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  take 2.009 in the fall."][/annotation] The persistent stings of the metal ... in the art of making. We were on our own, and had just a few months to ... realize that the only thing I ate that day was a cup of vanilla greek yogurt

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... teenager, I unconsciously start tuning out the ends of all of their sentences

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  finally picked the first 30 seconds of this Frank Zappa piece. Directing has ... happens when you realize you missed a whole dimension to the play? A lot of ... first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  vector originating from each end of the first segment. Connecting these two ... What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020