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  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like ... opportunity to get to know fellow GEL students as well! GEL Year Two ... ! After getting to know our mentors the day before, the GEL students

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  best to be as resourceful as possible. There is a process of getting our ... chances to boost your grade and less pressure on the final. Also, there are ... them. I'm hoping to get most of the classes and credits to transfer over

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  put into it. And now I'm probably not going to get that. And last night ... EVER TRY EVER WHEN I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF MY ... told me that whatever grade I get in this class: it's really not going to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  'm going to do? I'm going to find out your username, and get my workstation ... pick up your mail. I'm going to contact your file server and remove your ... I was going to name this post "Things I enjoyed reading this year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  abroad program. I figured this could be fun, getting to work somewhere cool ... the more I hung around, the more I wanted to get to know them better ... [/caption] We went out to the pub together a few times to hang out and get drinks

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found ... this … You become just what you have given your life to be. Not merely ... ability to transcend the goal, transcend the success of the best, if you get

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  learning." "Get a PhD" in your field--even if you're not literally getting ... crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where ... . Everyone--couples, mostly--fresh and glossy and prepared to go out, or just

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  , I'm playing Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon Bon" in order to wake up ... Update #1 (1:40 PM) Currently in 13-4101 trying to solve our first puzzle before I have to go to lab meeting in 20 minutes ... ahh! Update #2

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  days, is what I want to do after I graduate. Lillian: You're a senior ... that your work has, and wanting to own a good chunk of the product. But I ... engineers. All my previous companies were smaller, and I wanted to get the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  , there were a zillion other events that I'm still sad I didn't get to go to ... to the Freshman Pre-Orientation Program called Discover History and ... letters for saying that a group of us pre-frosh got to go tour some really

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  , who's going to be a Nobel laureate, taught 7.31. Favorite professor at ... time to apply to graduate school. Favorite MIT event: Rush! Free food, seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  , or the exam that tests your ability to choose correct responses to 144 ... the SAT is bad, wait till you get to the MCAT. But that's enough ... So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to make it to these mandatory training meetings which conflicted with field

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount ... As the blogs are quick to harp upon, MIT thrives over the month of ... , all of which are numbered very inconsistently with respect to the usual

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  fun. We get to spray each other with water while prototyping our pump ... . Sounds pretty fun! Feel free to email Tiffany at tifa(at)mit.edu or get in ... of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  . (note: Montreal is a really beautiful city and a great place to get away ... you're curious. Then I went to Central America, and within the ... do you get exposed to all of these opportunities?" I think the simple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... , although we only managed to get up to around 38 before program coordinator Dr ... at 10:30? Then quit your studying and come on over to Conner 2 for $15

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is ... note that you do not need to express mail or overnight your application ... until the very last moment to submit your application. If your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to ... to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  managed to break away and get on the plane. If there’s anything I learnt ... whole experience and draws your complete focus to the exotic creatures on ... good forum to interact with upperclassmen and get to learn how to MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018