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• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  . I want to see it work the way it's supposed to, so, if you're an ... passive way, by taking what was given to you instead of understanding your ... 's special about your own place, you don't have any valid images with which to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  , which we do every year to introduce new staff (and refresh returning staff ... you need to do something different, more in line with your goals. This ... -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  'd go to events to meet new people whenever possible and seize every ... to new music. my schedule shifted from sleeping around 1 am and waking ... student" permeates every bit of your existence on campus and influences your

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre ... prefrosh until convocation when President Reif gets on a stage and says that ... plenty of building going on next week, and we are so excited for you all to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... ? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering ... whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your ... Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  phase where I wanted to go into cybersecurity but I went on this trip to ... and its content is everything I've always wanted to learn about. I hate ... the process of learning, but five days isn’t enough to get me over the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  different ways to use them. You will not get the answers only by guessing ... you try your best to answer a game-problem.) To make sure they are well ... -problem-making-person did not plan for, or if no checking-person is able to get the right

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  've told that story before. What I want to talk about, is a tiny detail on ... MIT was one of the few who (on their acceptance website) congratulated ... name to Paige Bright. (If you noticed my last initial on these blogs

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  sacrificed my best chapstick to the Copenhell gods. It fell out of my pocket on ... vendors) get on the big screen try the festival beer ride on someone ... . Strangers offer to put you on their shoulders when you can’t see over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget ... , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  econ PhD programs go on to research/teach as professors or employees of a ... from other departments to launch a new product/service and change the ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  might add: please allow your interviewer some time to get back to you ... applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular ... are conducted in your home area (not on MIT's campus) by an MIT alum, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  baked (here's the recipe, in case your mouth just started watering!). To ... new store, I took a different street back to my dorm. [caption id ... on the banks of the Charles River to restrict British passage on the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  of times just to see how they were doing. They seemed to be getting ... engineering. Solution? Ginny '10 found an invention contest on AbsolutelyNew ... , and look to your left, you'll see a large display case full of 2.00b

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a ... timer on a carton of milk and a slab of chicken waiting to be thawed. An ... event, and I don’t need notifications to remember what’s going on in my

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and ... slacklining, so I gather, lies in training your leg to counter-wobble against ... pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  to give examples on MIT chemistry research. Prof. Tim Jamison's lab can ... students get so excited "they sometimes forget to eat!" 10:05am: Prof ... burrito at Anna's Taqueria, I head on over to the UROP panel. There are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  ’m getting one anyway"]I want to be on the rowing team for one more year; I ... , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living ... extracurricular opportunities, a brief four-year respite on my journey to become a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  working on my own terms. Also, being able to watch Avatar: The Last ... , and to go on long bike rides around Cambridge/Boston is absolutely ... pandemic hasn't wreaked utter havoc on the world. Everyone is mandated to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020