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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  -set." Punts take various shapes, from kittens meowing on Youtube to the entire ... logged into an online page for my Electromagnetism Class and saw the p-set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  Khan '98, perhaps best known as the founder of Khan Academy. There is ... it here, or let you read the full text below: It is truly a deep 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 / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  This time of year, Educational Counselors all over the world are ... be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational Counselor (EC) may be the first interview you’ve ever had. Some of you may

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  The February 13 edition of Time Magazine had an interesting article ... , you can see the article here. Basically, what I gathered from the article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... to the "freedoms" of college life.  As exciting as these summer ... if you have any real problems but at least your summer will be in order. The

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... demoed my final project before the last day of classes, with my two final exams looming the following week, I did have something to look forward to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible ... blog. The reason being that costs me twenty-five cents to send these ... the local 7-11, well, the local one that wasn't shut down last month for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  in his college workshop, during the Christmas break when no one else was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.” The only condition ... understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad school interviewing in biology gives some insight into the admissions process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  So it's snowed something like 15 inches in Cambridge in the past 14 hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  the draft saved in a folder outside of the vortex folder on my desktop ... from him over the last 17 years. For those of you trying to figure out who MF DOOM is/was, I guess I should start with the most simplistic

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack for the event under my regalia. But a fateful gchat with Chris '09

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of ... about your next blog you kinda promised last time on the blogosphere last ... posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... 't do that! The interview isn't anything like a test. But each EC can be

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  I really should be napping or something right now, since in the last ... , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The ... by three hours of MedLinks training, but I got pushed off the front of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  In July we posted the blogger application. 88 students began an ... . Here they are - we're super excited to have them on the team! Say ... . And I love the creative process of writing, which has been part of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the way until the day it came out. We (the exact same crew) also created ... several different art styles and con the admissions office into buying us

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  When the CPW schedule came out  when I was a prefrosh 50000 years ago ... miserably failed at attending all the events I had hoped to be at. While this ... best to get to know them! Remember that your host is fully aware of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor ... of the neatest peer groups in the world. So many of my fondest memories

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  by the amount of spam and youtube videos that are coming into my inbox ... ...can't beat that...that's the American Dream!" :) --- ps. I am going to be a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010