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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  sought after by top colleges -- a remarkable achievement for any teen, and ... and psychology -- 10 in all. His straight-A record made him one of six Franklin valedictorians. But his performance on AP tests and the college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  warned by all of my friends and by all of the informational videos about on ... tested. Medical and Next are on opposite corners of campus, about ... ="Next is known to have one of the best dining halls on campus, and so far the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  ."][/annotation] Thanks. My parents never got insurance, and neither did any of my friends ... . Crossing roads. Back at home, if you’re on one side of a major intersection ... from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a ... don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how to appreciate the good things, like a letter from home, fried eggs and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny sink, where more water ends up on your clothes and the counter than on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  , and then I came home and passed out on my floor for two hours. Ah, it ... and I spent the better part of an hour catching up on our summers ... commodius vicus of recirculation has brought me back to Turkey vs. Spam and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than ... have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions ... and prayers are with you. We know that for some of you, it may be weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  we're all apparently busy out of our heads with schoolwork and the fact ... extracurricular activity or two, plus a UROP, and still graduate on time and happy ... , Assassin's Guild, and APO, plus a UROP. (This requires a great deal of moxie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  doused in olive oil and parmesean cheese. On the way home, Adam and I got ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central ... don't have any questions find it interesting and helpful to hear other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  parents, and that I place a lot of value on nurture because of it. Derek ... walk along the Orange Line, and we could choose at any point to hop on ... a little plaza just outside. We talk about playwriting, and Dream of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  about prices, distance from home, community, and/or ability to perform well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let ... It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch ... elaborate on the many wonderful aspects of this Institute, namely its ... place of its kind trying to come at diagnosis, treatment and prevention of

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere ... of Indian higher education, and Shailendra Raj Mehta is a prominent ... has previously considered the history of all three epochs together, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  my psets and work due on a given Friday, and then immediately start the ... and cooking and stressing over psets while surrounded by all of this ... . So even on days when I’m stuck at home, going to office hours after

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  Course 24 - Linguistics and Philosophy is on the top two floors of Stata ... -Based Learning (read more on CBL). Instead of seat time and class completion ... Aaand… Semester #3 is done! I’m on the plane back home, music

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  all night on this sort of thing because I won't have any finals this ... week so far is a bittersweet concoction of wonderfully free food and ... thought as tightly as I can." Kim D: "I'm on the 6th draft of my MEng

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  everything and ship it home. But even lugging my things down two flights of ... single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home ... on that later. But first, a State of the Institvte address. The school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  . And what we don't want people to think is that they get any sort of edge ... getting a lot of calls and emails from students concerned that their mailed ... igloo of them and am posting from inside it right now in fact. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  (out of 7) on the undergraduate subject evaluations. (And of course, we ... 'm sure a lot of you high school seniors are. On one hand, I've had a super four years here and I love MIT to death. On the other hand, no school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006