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• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about ... pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ... and day to day obligations became the new norm. A shift of reference

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  a lot of life reflected with each mile that goes by. I am not a ... the gifted sprinters, and us "amateur hobbyists" were less likely to get ... in all of HS track was to scrape by and qualify for the away meets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  .[/annotation] I learned that I did not want to be a computer scientist, that I did ... handle. 2) Decide to change majors This came to a head during finals week ... came to terms with the fact that I wasn't preordained to be a computer

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  unproductive weekend, was to make a to-do list. I was then faced, however, with a ... more hours to the day, though…     You are reading a blog post about a ... , what?:   Or else!     I was delighted recently to see a pile of

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  to date by our (again, outstanding) records office staff. So before ... mail day of the early action season, so I encourage you to get your ... that, but you definitely want to put your best foot forward by ensuring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  by a Harvard undergrad), which I think is awesome and she be required ... - answers to all your questions. Promise. (I say that a lot, don't I?) ... Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you're welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  who happens to drop by! Think of it as a CPW for adults =p - check out ... singer to come to campus and give a concert), and guess who came! :D (no ... ." Just watch the video - it speaks for itself. A big thank you to all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  really start learning when you get to MIT. I have a few friends who row ... So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to ... teams all raced (note remember to post results).   Now crew is a

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Headcover – Show off your MIT alumni status to your golf buddies by impaling a ... time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to get merch for my parents. It’s your standard college merch store, plus a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  top of that, I”m a news editor for The Tech, which requires me to be ... clean, or at least in navigable condition. To this end, I have a much ... never bring back to MIT), and stored at least six crates at a relative

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  to be a waiter. :) Although most of the guys wore dress shirts and ... any photos of the food, so you'll just have to take my word that (a) it ... Dan '12. I convinced Dan to let me steal Claire long enough to take a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  a textbook we're all forced to read for class, were in fact monumentous and grand and large. All it took for us to understand that was a ... and made a notes document of everything I wanted to accomplish in high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  makes me feel like I’ve exercised enough to last a lifetime, though. On Friday, Linh ’13 and I took a train to a nearby city, R√ºdesheim, where Di ... every time, it makes more and more sense to me. Because the school had a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  to get more folks to watch it, since the director/producer is a friend, and they're hoping to get picked up for a third season. Also hoping to ... to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not ... season, and there is a line to the summit past the 8th or 9th station - but ... cost me my firstborn. Fuji may be a rather strenuous mountain to hike

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  So, a quick recap of my week before I launch into repsonses to the ... a pretty cool tour of the reactor and learned how to decontaminate ... label. The end. It's actually a bit harder than that, because you have to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  ", leading with a question like "what does it mean to be you?" or "what ... . Looking back at my September 2019 schedule, I went to pretty much a ... listening to someone read a slideshow in the background. It turns cramming

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee ... to your family, you are welcome to wait until you learn if you've been