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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  sounds silly, but I'm first afraid that if I try to get a position, no one ... , and this year I signed up both to host a prefrosh (it could be you! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... community to be a smooth journey. The process is inherently one that requires

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if ... easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... tell you that it's a crazy experience that you don't want to miss if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  . I will try my best to keep this short, as I'm sure this is a sensitive ... across the world. I know how frustrating it is to hear "It gets better" or ... time as you need to process. Here are a few of my favorite You

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  mode they are traveling by, and what route they are taking to get there ... enables cities to function and people to get from point A to point B. Even ... /reforms/goings-on in the Middle East, a Japanese student group to hear about the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• 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 ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  . Get a burger at Tasty Burger ⛔ People have recommended Tasty Burger to ... freshman get to go on a Duckboat that tours them around Boston. Unfortunately ... ’s license ⛔ Really wanted to get a pirate’s license, but unfortunately, I can

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  freshmen are supposed to show up by Saturday so that things can get started ... . Anonymous asks: "How many people on the waitlist actually get to go to MIT ... the past two years they haven't had a chance to go to the waitlist due

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I ... ;   Things to bring Your cell phone. Your cell phone charger. A ... with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Hindemith beat me to that by like 40 years), so I've been looking for a good ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... 'm doing right now is writing a blog entry. I'm doing that because I went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  to Physics. She also had to state that her book had been reviewed by a ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... particular, used mathematical concepts to reinforce his optimism that a supreme

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  plan and cooking for myself, so I’m trying to get a really good idea of ... account. I hope to get on a path toward more self-sustainability. Here goes ... said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  of food we get. Here's a picture of the corner of the selection room ... knew that. I need to get back to it - more updates when there's something ... It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  butter to any meal qualifies it as a meal of substance. Sure, it might not ... a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding ... MIT: People Are Good. To some degree, this idea has been reduced to a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... 've been to the Cape a number of times, so I was confident that we could get ... local: I can go home to get things. Sometimes that means I can go home and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  deferred applicants, I thought I should post a quick Q&A about what to do ... . It continues to be a great pool of motivated and successful students. Anyway, on to the questions: "It's over! No one gets in RA

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  managed to get a shot of the frenzy over the final few paces. Now, I’m not ... ’m referring to the Boston Marathon (won by Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai in ... is a nice place to watch the marathon because there’s so much space and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  studies at MIT by getting a Masters in Engineering (M. Eng) in Electrical ... with him today and asked him what it was like to receive such a ... admits that his path has been partly determined by a series of coincidences

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  Musical kids yet, either) Tomorrow, I will get to have breakfast with the ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to ... A quick shout out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I am attending

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  didn't get answered? I had a fun time meeting a lot of you, and I hope to ... (She's a rockstar by night) So Thursday night we got a preview of ... Marilee Jones. Now I don't think you'd really get to have the chance to see

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006