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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount ... ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  New House, which basically means I get to help cook dinner once a week ... "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... , so we get a long time to decide our final schedules. I've been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... 's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... , discarded my plans to see the city. I wanted to get inside. My sense of safety ... myself by making things up. I sat a while. I called my mother. I began to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  these new challenges, we were able to get pretty convincing data that ... off the class as you get to invite your friends and family to listen to ... universities will offer lab courses in addition to your introductory Physics

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  you get judged/criticized by your peers at MIT? That's a tough one! MIT ... Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me ... 't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... great idea, because that way you can get your MIT ID card, which has your ... else to do while walking around campus by myself. Now, I'm not exactly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  very beginning, since as time goes on and you get to know your brothers ... heated. I just want to start off by saying that there's no reason to bash ... 't mean you're "paying for friends," nor does not getting a bid during Rush

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  happened, but I’ve got to get back to making pretty pictures for my ... come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  New month, new classes, new semester, yet still my cramping hand sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  school - whether you get into MIT will ultimately come down to luck, so you're ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a ... .  Sometimes, people send me: Links to fun websites or videos, "since you're

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  dorms, and choose a new one if you wish. After you get your final dorm ... rejecting and get some free food. You're not expected to switch dorms, but at ... assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... 't patently obvious by now, that you don't have to know much about computers to ... , Indian, or Thai food before I got to MIT. (Come to MIT! Expand your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  , complete with a "Chaplain" duck (handed out to new students by the chaplain ... wanted it, but mine turned out huge. By that I mean, we built it to the ... painted the same colors. Yuki wanted to know why I was getting rid of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  conclusions / decisions last year. Then I read your new app from scratch to see ... very beneficial to helping the committee understand your experience and ... is read by multiple people, it goes to committee where it will be seen

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to help get them ready to start blogging. But first! The last two weeks or ... events that will help you get to know the different residential communities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  ) I was REALLY excited to get this new room. The coffin never really ... ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... single.) First step to moving in: the room required a paint job. Getting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  . Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To ... A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  skills! I'm super excited to just learn and get introduced to all these new ... so this is good!) Have a cup/bottle of water ready to drink by your ... Toks..) If you're struggling to get out of bed, play a playlist of morning hype

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023