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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And ... differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to ... -Lab is. This one's a nice overview. I'm too sleepy to add much to them at ... I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to ... i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... CONCLUSION: I wish I had a conclusion to this rant. -- And here I am, going

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... 's Anatomy. SPOILER ALERT! This entry assumes that you are up to date on all ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  many things, have many talents, and are focused on what is really ... : How walkable the city is. And how, once you've been here a while, every ... ), Annie HallFavorite food: A corned beef sandwich from Katz's deli, with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement ... Commencement speakers, with a link to their speech: 2004, Elias Zerhouni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  already thought to be true: that angular velocity saved my life. p.s. a ... / admissions wiki today. Amita Gupta, a freshman member of the inaugural Tech ... immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  actual event, I might as well try to take a different angle on it (i.e. Sam ... work off of during practices and games, but you don't want to eat a huge ... a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  excited to see how it impacts the environment. i can go on and on about ... both in my life. i dont need to… pick? i feel like that’s a question that ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance ... some stairs cj: why would you put stairs so close to a rink wayne: i ... feet hurt wayne: mildly. i mean your foot's been on a thin edge for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  this. If you don't believe me, the lowest score you can possibly get on the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point ... [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Boring Friday what did you do last friday?

  

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  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  for myself. a friend i talked to about my dreams thinks it's neither ... of myself as a very trusting person. i like to think of myself as ... enjoying my classes, or i'm struggling on a difficult problem set, or i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  , compared with 22% who choose to have an interview. The reason for this is a ... I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to ... about this time for early action for things you might want to be doing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a ... , with nothing to block its view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological ... Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Plano West Senior High seniors will have the chance to make a difference ... biology teacher Barbara Pittenger for inspiring him to pursue a major in ... is a school he had heard of before coming to this country," Mr. Taylor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006