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  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Drenched If you are reading this, you are lost on the path to MIT. Your ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... , there is a goal, the destination to your journey. There is no winning path

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to ... own. You might want to wait until nighttime and open your letter under

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  .  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the ... evening, I had plans to hang out with someone, and on my way to their room ... up on them as often as they did to me. To mollify my ensuing guilt, I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  to document my journey and I’m glad I could take you on this trip with ... gritty I: am a blunt and hard to get along with individual get hangry pretty easily So, I guess I combine all of these together to get: Hi! My

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same ... can consistently rely on to accept you and look out for your best

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  On January 1st, I enjoyed a nice New Year's dinner with my family. We ... Vegas. I had the chance earlier to go to CES but I passed on it. A group ... kicking in. It's one thing to follow the news on the Internet and tweet at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. (Later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted Posting for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates (and, later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal).

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and ... managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... 't psetting all the time. On Saturday morning, I woke up early to help run a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new ... essentially look through the listings and decide on three to apply to. If you're ... 're working on. At these presentations, you get the chance to hear directly from

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  only do you move on to campus earlier and get more time to get acquainted ... wanted to take the time to reflect on what these past four months have ... . Every day, I am grateful that I get to spend time around them and spend

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood ... train to New York City too often. Mama's Boy, Dustin Lance Black, 2019 ... nation I'd always loved was finally getting to know and love their LGBTQ

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  provide some good restaurant recommendations ;) If you're on campus ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  information for international students here on our website, if you're an ... advise you to find your local EdUSA office and look through the resources they have there. One of the best things about my job is I get to travel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  world of GIRs my freshman fall, I saw them as obstacles. I had to get ... if I`m conforming to the HASS requirements...), I reflect on just how ... , `innovation randomness` has both increased and decreased, depending on your

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  , a TA is hovering around Google Earth on the side trying to show us ... always get past it and immediately get behind another battle before we even realize... Spring semester so far, the new battle for architect majors in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  pass your class you just get a "P" on your report card. If you fail, it ... of ways to do it, visiting, info sessions, websites, etc. She mentions ... schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... simultaneously (!) Armed with the skill of ambidexterity, he was well on his way to ... decided to focus his career on finance and technology-based entrepreneurship

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there ... accepted after. Then we move on to complexity, and considering the question ... new content that is not usually covered from measure theory and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  class). Plus, you get to machine your own flashlight out of aluminium ... taking the class - it'll give you universal shop access to many shops on ... like to put a nerdy spin on things. During a lesson on food and water

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014