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  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  quantity to crowd out interest in the common good. Because when you get to ... goal for a student should not be trying to get into a specific college ... often marked by the phrase, “I have to go do my community service.” We

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  evening, I left New York on an Amtrak to back to Boston. After getting off ... to the Student Center for Tech Twinkles, an event run by the the MIT ... (center)[/caption] I went to Thanksgiving II, a show by Roadkill Buffet

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  ’s a real thing) to trying to get to find classes when buildings 26 and ... picture below). I am aiming to become a certified pirate by taking pistol, archery, sailing, and fencing. I get the month of January to do anything and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  satisfying to us, especially when you finally Get It and Make Connections ... , we get to learn how to code a variety of image manipulations from ... be a photograph made to look like a paint-by-numbers painting or a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  Waking up to a Cinco de Mayo band playing on Memorial Drive after getting ... numbers involved. You may know that most buildings are known better by ... MIT milestones often have something to do with 3.14159... 7 years ago

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  "]EECS[/annotation] department, I’ve noticed that it’s easy to get funneled into one specific kind ... a team who wanted to learn how to build an autonomous car by building ... who were willing to take the risk and get their hands dirty. 3) You

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  by MIT?" IB is generally equivalent to AP in terms of academic rigor ... wouldn't unless I get into USAMO? And if it does help, to what extent and ... internal hoops. In an effort to get the blogs up and running as quickly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working observatory. It was here that Foucault experimented with his pendulum to show

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... get in to, like video games, but I doubt that I will, because even if I ... writing. Anyway, this year I'm trying to get actual medical attention

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  anything to do with what the water is actually surrounded by. A single bubble ... you may not to get exactly the position you want, but you should be able ... OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  /not sleep deprived we were to run the 10-minute-walk to our bus stop to get ... up to only a small sample of MIT experiences, painted a beautifully ... after they happened to try to remember if we said everything we wanted to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  . When I came by to pick up the key the person in charge was flustered and ... because I had no idea how to match colors. I ruined all my textbooks by ... me meant, ultimately, getting into MIT, leading to some unknown secure

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  that some others seem to be taking few lectures and still not getting it ... he was sometimes struggling to get some medieval poem in arcane english ... not like at the respective parties, were found to be very attractive by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  the dock. In order to get away from the dock, you have to get the boat ... towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat ... watching, you also may remember that I got asked to prom. What??) If you

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  A collaborative post by guest blogger Jessica Quaye '20 and Caroline ... feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you’re just not getting it? And you feel bad, because they keep trying even

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  just happy to see fresh and current MIT student faces, but after getting ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT ... completed by you, the applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your ... are looking forward to getting your form on time. Thanks for taking care

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... ." You got all that? We are looking forward to getting your form on time

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... ." You got all that?   We are looking forward to getting your form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015