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• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  . If you're right, you get points; if you're wrong, no one else on your team can answer and the other team gets to hear the rest of the question ... drove two hours to New Haven on the morning of and two hours back the same

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  if you're not sure you're going to go right away" (oops), we ate at The ... able to do any work at all. Also, we have a totally sweet new 3-axis ... it came together, finally. So Wednesday I went to check out our new

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not ... be subjected to the new modular lab requirement. These were the three ... anything new. I bought the camera to celebrate the end of my dual degree

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  out a number which reflects your chances of getting into MIT? First of ... to MIT many times, you would expect to get in in approximately 1 in 3 ... 't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  (crossing our fingers we get in somewhere) New York! We went to New York to ... /Exhausting Interviews We both managed to get to the final stage of the interview process ... art style is very unique, and although it took a bit of getting used to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it ... in a show, but would like to try something new this IAP. You are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  want to get back on running, but honestly even just seeing the Charles on ... . I love the diversity of it, from skyscrapers to brownstones to the New ... ="well, technically all of them were used"]new[/annotation] books since getting here

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  our peer institutions; students here are less impressed by your ... this is unconscious -- when you're surrounded by smart people doing cool ... join the group by learning how to push yourself and produce good work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  to wrap up by providing a bigger picture. When we entered MIT in our ... were itching to get better at illustration, we saw Chroma at the ... As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  my freshman year. The next morning, I walked to MIT Medical to get ... this first week. I haven’t left my room except to get my second COVID ... food is still mostly up to par"]get dinner.[/annotation]Some things have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  ? Sounds crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online ... you. I should also note that if your gap year plans are not certain by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  need to do between now and tomorrow: "Don't Panic" (and remember your ... will be ecstatic to get their decision; many more will be disappointed ... thought, "I get it, I know why people wouldn't want to come here." It's not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next ... museums! I went to New York this past April and visited the Intrepid Museum ... more money. In 2021 I traveled to New York City, Chicago, San Francisco

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  planned out courseroad. I would have to find a new training environment and coaches if I wanted to continue my skating career. I would have to make new friends, find a new community and living group, and adjust to an entirely

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  live with thermo by my side. Then I spend so many nights getting all the ... Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I ... morning. To: Bryan From: Matt Sung to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... 0.57 miles long, cost 500 million euros, and took six years to build and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  to send us any scores at all, so I recommend using your four free score reports on each test to send scores to four schools you're considering. Also ... . Dan wrote, "Will I get to meet you at MITES?" Yes! I'll be around all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  students, it's not hard to meet new people. With dating and the like, I don ... N4 O2 (sorry, I can't get subscripts to work) Well, I'm off to ... In celebration of today's "holiday," I decided it would make sense to

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... applicants: I know you're all anxious for Regular Action decisions, but I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  , I have no idea who you are or what you’re like, but I’m here to ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013