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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  that you could get D's in most of your classes and it wouldn't affect ... 'll have to come up with your own). By freshman year I actually knew I ... morning I started to get nervous. I'd been told that decisions come out 15

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  last weekend just to get a Starbucks Green Tea Frappuccino. Well, I ... you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  ’t the best of matches; but ultimately I was able to get it to stick, and ... , with padding around the bar-rope joints to protect your joints. The only ... enough to do it on your own. Since this class, I have been trying to make

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  down to the country kitchen and cooked ourselves dinner Diana: your ... was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after ... moonlights as a rockstar. And now to our regularly scheduled program

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  the sailing class next semester, so maybe I'll get this to 50% before I ... percentage to like, 75% on its own. But I do feel shitty and sad about getting ... the qualifications to get those jobs. Cons: I will be a broke

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  . You’ll work hard, really hard, but you can get used to it; you’ll strike ... . I was reluctant to get up from bed—I always am, really—but I managed ... otherwise might have. In contrast, I had been able to get my physics p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk ... be left with a heightened appreciation for the 4 years I get to have at ... name off the top of my head"][/annotation] Hi again blog, I write to you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that ... potential future classmates... in short, get a taste of MIT. If you're already decided on MIT, CPW allows to meet your classmates, check out which dorm you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... a steady flow of snacks that ranged from burritos to late-night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  .189 Intro to Python to get up to speed for 6.01 in the fall. Even if you’re ... , it gets slightly easier. Your third language? Okay now it's easy. Your ... ) concepts. 2) syntax. With your first language, you have to learn the concepts

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  getting my work done despite drooping eyelids and an intense desire to ... Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3 ... , to be comparing your school to a home. Cue eye-roll. I have been

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  in mind as you tackle your question? Break down. Now get to ... the process you're taking to get there. Technical Technical questions do ... product manager is that you wear a lot of different hats. You're going to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• 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.

  

  : If you're not into this, don't worry—you don't have to be very good at ... , listening to songs about Alexander Hamilton on YouTube, and flipping through ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably nearing the tail end of your paperwork. If you're applying regular action ... ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  are becoming more familiar to me; we are getting closer and closer to ... me "how did you get into walking?" The first answer that comes to my ... take in the city and surrounding areas and to get out of the Cambridge

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... list probably won’t get done anyways. So here are some things I wanna

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  number 4: This is where it starts to get really good. I'm hoping the MIT ... structure in action (video) We also get to play with higher-tech sorts of ... The shadow of my plane, surrounded by rainbows Lately, life seems to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  to deny. My goal is to hear your stories, learn about your dreams and aspirations, and read the amazing things your teachers and counselors have to ... to look at all components of your application and try to holistically

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  goal is to put your satellite in three different columns of air and try ... know that if you get a skeleton to kill a creeper, it drops a music disc ... My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  -next-to-what-you-plan-to-do-with-your-life” forms, I went to her office ... go back to the student services office. “But then I would get stuck in ... gigantic tesla coil to set stuffed animals on fire, and inviting your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009