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  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the ... front of her. It reminds me of exactly one year ago. When, MIT was a new ... all of you! So, welcome to MIT ‘22s!! We can’t wait to get to know y

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... run through MIT’s Office of Minority Education (OME). That being said ... was to come. Coming into MIT, I never really considered myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... ...what’s the difference, really? (featuring an actual MIT lecture, 2.051: Heat ... fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were ... know him as the MIT janitor from Good Will Hunting or as the astronaut ... important things." Photo by Dominick Reuter, courtesy of MIT News.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  my MIT experience that I've been sick for more than a few days. I ... it here because I imagine that MIT Admissions attracts high ... ’m editing for the MIT chapter. We've been live for only two weeks, but I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT ... sort of emblematic of MIT. No matter how hard you practice for something ... chance your roommate will beat you. Because this is MIT, so the odds are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  a tech school. We’ll have guest lectures by MIT speakers who have ... their format is shocking after a year at MIT. It’s odd not to pset here ... con of such a lifestyle at MIT is loneliness. I am the only humanities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  circumstance.   (Note: before I came to MIT, I did not know the ISOs ... to MIT; most of our admitted students were not a part of the ISOs at ... consider applying to American colleges in general and MIT specifically, if

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

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  attend as a prefrosh. But this is really fun as an MIT student, too~ I ... much at MIT--I thought I was top notch at failing, but I leveled up and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  the Class of 1954. Tech Reunions are exactly what they sound like—MIT ... . Basically post-MIT CPW. The Alumni Association searches for current MIT ... current students about what life at MIT is like nowadays. For example

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  clarify something about my path at MIT - I now know what I am concentrating ... able to attend two acapella concerts at MIT this semester - The MIT-Wellesley Toons and The MIT Logarithms! They were both fantastic. Here are some

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  things with them that you can both enjoy.  Some of my best friends at MIT ... 't enough for your parents, you can tell them that MIT has a 24/7 student ... also have MIT Medical right here on campus, which has a walk-in urgent

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  the same office as my MIT sponsor, a Course 2 alumni. I had never been ... ways you can spend your IAP. The MIT Externship program is expertly ... they're up to these days! It's not surprising that MIT alumni have found

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  , and across rivers with the MIT Outing Club (MITOC) (4) Eat BLT. The ... you appreciate it. True for food, true for MIT. Because as good as it ... MIT. The bipolar weather. The strange architecture. The random middle

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  during study breaks? I know, tough question. MIT is all about tough ... people would agree with the fact that MIT is an academically rigorous ... uncontrollably in the lounge. Seriously, these guys are the best. MIT isn’t all

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  will unmistably help in my attempts to tame the beast that is MIT. I ... : (referring to the tube MIT sends out around decision time) My reaction was ... comMIT (as they say). After that day, so many conversations began with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  leave campus every month with an MIT group. There are heaps of ... important things I've learned so far at MIT isn't related to genetic ... MIT "bubble," meet new people and reflect on both MIT culture as a whole

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students, professors, and even tourists think about MIT. Why are they here? What kind of ... in that class was fine-tuning our ears by being guided all over MIT

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  MIT class. It was quite a party with a record number of classmates and their families in attendance and ended with the final celebration of MIT ... and brought them to the point that made MIT the right college for them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past month or so. Let's get started. I got a 100% on my first MIT test ... : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011