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  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... did not know much at the time. I was absolutely terrified of what the ... home. I was worried about the academic rigor that was to come. I didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was deferred myself, i was eventually accepted to mit. such is the nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the ... would be prepared to open my decision and see the deferral and it would be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit's statement. the land on which i'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the wampanoag nation. i acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  .[annotation note="Pappalardo is a gigantic course 2 lab/workshop that fills the ... take 2.009 in the fall."][/annotation] The persistent stings of the metal ... the last chance I had to work on and impound my robot. It didn't work

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

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  've finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy. No, not that kind of P. The pass kind of P! I passed calc, writing, and ... few days before the project was due, I restarted using Lua. I ended up

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  opportunity that felt right at the right time. This did not happen for all of ... remote graphic design work for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. We did not know this at the time, but apparently, the MIT Game Lab was collaborating

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... weeks, the fact that such a renowned place as MIT decided to fling open

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  (sometimes the hard way) after making it halfway through hell. Without further ... , making the effort to know, rather than meet, others has always led to the ... returning the favor. MIT feels like a completely different (and much better

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.   MIT can be overwhelming will all the advice you hear left and right. But

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  work out at Stanford   h a c k e d   then stop by the Stupid ... ;   First, here's Danny demoing the World's Worst Spoon, which him and ... also had the idea for a plunger that would scream at you while you used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I ... /not good it was, did at least spark the pottermania once again :3) 1. The corridors and staircases move I used to have to take the 3rd floor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own Wikipedia page. Fun Fact, 100 Summer Street is shown on the TV show Arrow as

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

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  semester begins Tuesday, and so will begin the class I’ve been diligently ... on this blog! Coming from Colorado, the weather itself actually wasn ... stare at all the flakes falling from the sky, and it will feel like magic

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston ... semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to learn more about what we cover. the class was started by seth teller and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of ... Family Weekend. I had a 6.01 pset due Sunday night, the last part of a 6 ... really due Thursday night.     After calling the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the celebration, the President is hosting an inaugural White House Maker Faire, where more than 100 technically creative folks from all over the country

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in ... . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to develop a docking port for little satellites on the International Space

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  /Chris Perry) It's pretty much felt that way since the beginning of this ... a lot of work all the sudden, and it's terrible. Ask my roommates, I ... and heat/mass systems. That all being said, I do really enjoy the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I can assure you that it is much greater than the sum of the complementary ... 've been a firm practitioner of estaloam and have had the opportunity to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013