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• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  , MI, SC, GA, TX, MO, WA (just to name a few) and getting to know your ... time exploring other college campuses (though, you're not allowed to have ... about where to spend the next four years of your life. But there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  Lavery, posted to YouTube by Team 801: To read more about the game, you ... founded by inventor Dean Kamen and MIT professor Woodie Flowers back in 1989, before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get ... from UROPing this summer, I've been trying to get out and explore Boston ... fireworks! The fireworks were incredible. If you ever get a chance to see

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  little breath of sunshine to your day between cramming your 18.02 homework and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the ... other people who buy a meal plan even though they don’t have to. If you’re

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to ... a pretty cool place to hang out. Especially in february. What you're ... emitted by gases in distant parts of the galaxy to derive a rotation curve

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability to gracefully flail on the ice rink, while dressed up as your favorite ... , by learning the choreography you’re performing with your sisters. Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  to New York City with me. there's also the fact that I'll be in Africa ... ...," nor can I quantify the anxiety it evokes. I did a "senior sale" to get ... significance. I get stressed out if I'm not taking every opportunity to see my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  fire shows. I spun to “The Lighthouse” by Halsey for my very first show ... want your soul to be revealed and exposed and perceived beyond belief ... Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  , but you should also be prepared to survive on your own if and when they ... within your control that you can take to preserve your well-being. this is ... new projects to work on, and why, despite my current courseload being

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... high school (duh), and most people had to fight to get the opportunities ... everybody could get a 100% or something, so people take it upon themselves to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  's online column, appears below. They began by pointing out, "Your comment ... divisible by two, due to the principle of bilateral symmetry to which nature ... just profoundly bothered by the alien invaders' use of hulking, unstable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought ... out The Akamai Story: From Theory to Practice by Tom Leighton. Akamai

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  . You’ll work hard, really hard, but you can get used to it; you’ll strike ... problem set on Tuesday afternoon and get done by midnight with a few breaks ... . I was reluctant to get up from bed—I always am, really—but I managed

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many ... On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... undergraduates play at least one varsity sport. If you're a prospective student
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in ... I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... world. One other thing many people do during IAP is get an internship. So

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  new special topics course called CMS.S62: The Internet as Social ... of diversifying your sources of media:     Ethan and I ... description: There is often a tendency to consider technical systems as 'purely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  escapes from the tennis courts to a vast Briggs Field trademarked by the ... ? (Carved by Andrew Hoy '10) Do you see what's in here? To no surprise ... in the wee hours is hard to come by around here. -- 3 Days before the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009