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  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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  ; people often stick around for a few years after graduating, whether to get ... . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were ... ! Summer before freshman year = time to relax."]desperately needed a break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  , processors, and a basic operating system. By showing you how to take some small ... to the window nicely doused by the rain. But that's ok. It was a good ... distribution of hours, to give you a sense of how you will be spending your time

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• 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 / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to ... a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... . you might procrastinate at times, but you definitely know how to get

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  us. And so, MIT tries to get as many researchers as possible to come to this by bribing us with things we would otherwise not be able to afford ... slowing him down a whole lot. Skate skis are a lot easier to learn since

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday ... time to vacation as a family again like this, they decided to make it a ... Medical, but suffice it to say that several xrays and a diagnosis of torn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010