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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting anything else done. But, of course, as soon as classes ended I set to work

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  lead to better robots for everyone. Plus, these are your peers, who you ... in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... guaranteed spot on the final day of competition, and get to relax and watch the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and ... Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... put all my eggs into one basket, and i truly was expecting to get ... , but because we imagine they do. i won't pretend to know what you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple neighborhoods i know well enough that i can find my way home without google maps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you ... returned to us. People around my table of nine began getting their quizzes ... MORE THAN THAT! GIVE ME ADVICE THAT'S HELPFUL! YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH ME

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and ... ! Remember that, and try not to travel on your own. There are no cliques during ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8 ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... ), then you're looking at around 84 units beyond the GIRs. Add that to your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . You get judged not only on how many points your robot scores during the ... your process – the teamwork, intentions, and values that you bring to it ... building things that did), that it is actually good to change your direction

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  during MIT's [annotation note="IAP is Independent Activities Period. Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please ... , Raymond had to get a hold of a fully automated, fully electronic nerf gun

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that everyone has had a chance to receive his/her decision via mail (or telephone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get to know your group Schedule meetings with your senators and ... in order to get myself from Zero Knowledge to Some Knowledge. My fellow

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your application, and often serves to amplify the strongest parts of your file. I remember several of ... to get to know the real you. And definitely schedule the interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... embrace and dedicate yourself to whatever options life throws your way will ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  site layouts and she was given the freedom to size the elements of the ... the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the ... to help you out). If you don't get the chance to see all the dorms, no ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006