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  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  closed on Oct 11. i am confidence to get high scores. I really want to be ... 's written; rather, we're reading your essay for its content, to learn more ... answers are brief, but I hope that by publishing answers to all of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  your new (or old) friends want to go; go to events you want to go to ... your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn ... . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  ’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our ... come to an end. But let’s not dwell on the past. I’m with spring semester ... is not the greatest idea, especially if I plan on getting any sleep

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  get to feel understood and seen, that you understand a view on who I am ... that even after that, I will get to collect these sweet postcards on the ... then moved on to language, and get solid results on the mechanistic

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  deep down they really just want to study alone in their rooms and go on to be traders on Wall Street. I think the class of 2012 t-shirts say it ... brought to you by, well, Harvard. Two days ago I was chatting on the phone

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  speak other languages. It’s eerie to ask someone what they work on and get ... I think that the moral was this: you can try to micromanage your ... deflect you. You should work hard so that you’re prepared to take advantage

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  specifically to getting an internship at a company external to MIT. Research ... lab doing research. "So you’re the new urop?" 3. n the work assigned by ... is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the ... qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... [annotation note="feel free to vent about your application

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and ... competition to see whose engine ran the fastest. This year there is a new ... display to read from 0 (joystick on the far left) to 9 (joystick on the far

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  CPW should be spontaneous. Plan it out, and you're liable to miss out on ... Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you're not here yet, hurry up ... you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  sent a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet where we were supposed to fill ... it was something to the effect of “You should have used a Google Form ... you disagree with your leadership, speak up! Get the snowball moving! I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  on a gravel footpath between the station and my office. I have to get off of my bike for this part, so it’s easy to just not get back on ... get rid of a stolen bike wouldn’t encourage someone to take their time

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  was on a plane headed back to sunny southern California. My parents and ... recognize how my chronic worrying and distress were beginning to wear on me ... those available as opposed to having it automatically arrange your classes

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  to skim, if you're into that). Location: East Campus Although ... .[/annotation]although i should be trying to get back to sleep, instead i start thinking about all the stuff i have to do to get ready to leave for the summer. as

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  trip to China every summer, but this is a brand-new cultural experience ... , so we get to manage our time for work, travel, leisure. (At the moment ... of interactions, so we get to manage our contact with co-workers, local

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  want to meet some Super Dope gays on campus, consider coming to these ... ’s default event -- playing gay content on a screen, serving snacks, and then ... experiences! Ask questions about coming out to family, being out on campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... taking us around the machine shop and giving a boring explanation on how to use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  some wear on the back netting. So, I basically got a brand new backpack ... ’s often easiest to just toss or cross out the whole page and move on instead ... lit on cloudy days or evening exams, so it’s a lot easier to simply see

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... little about myself. First, I am from New Jersey. Now, to be perfectly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• 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.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new ... (here are a couple). And every new year, I find his musings to be just as ... “Congrats, Ceri! So you’re going to MIT?" to which I could only respond with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013