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  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  President Reif during Commencement, or simply walking down the street as a new adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  2016 through a partnership with the MIT - Italy program of Dr. Serenella ... ’Agata Bolognese a first MIT graduate-- Patricia Das, Mechanicals Engineering, Class ... .091 = “three-oh-nine-one" There is no apparent logic to this. But when a group

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... , my dorm, and the opportunities I got as a rare HASS major. I stayed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  documentation more than a month ago. There are a bunch of long, thoughtful, well-considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited ... next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  . Wait, I think I need an acronym for that acronym!). That’s a lot of letters for saying that a group of us pre-frosh got to go tour some really ... independent country, and, in the process, to create a pretty awesome place for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  ? Failing. It might sound a little weird, but I came here certain that if ... at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my ... knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus Preview Weekend (CPW)! Over a thousand students will be on campus and there ... introduce you to a couple of them here. Enjoy! Quynh Nguyen '15    Hello

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... D at Vanderbilt, and Hendrik, a current MIT graduate student.   ... vision. He was a second-year cruft (cruft [krʌft]: noun; old electronics

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  A lot of what an engineer does is makes things more efficient. As I just did in 20.109 (Bioengineering Lab), engineering a system can mean ... a surprisingly relevant fashion. ELL: Make a decision on what type of

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  Fun fact number 1: I'm a drummer. You probably knew that, but you most definitely didn't have a gratuitously-added picture - in which I pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  February 15th, whichever is earlier. A few notes: You should complete the ... quarter (if your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your first trimester grades).   You do not need to have a hardcopy of your updated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about ... visit Boston a bit once it stops being absolutely miserable weather out there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  , there's usually a table in the back of the room that's piled full of ... Things to Do Before You Graduate." It's a shame that I actually misplaced ... particularly remember, however, is "Attend a Nobel Laureate Lecture." I think it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  September 12, 2008 - September 17, 2008 I spent a nice weekend in Mc ... friends from Michigan, who is down there doing a Teach for America placement ... is already teaching AP English classes. We had a great time catching up

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... into a host of international development issues. Whether your passion is ... development at MIT: D-Lab. D-Lab is actually a trio of one-semester classes; the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  A few weeks ago, I sent this email to a bunch of my friends: Hey everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions ... want to (a) be famous, (b) brag about your awesome summer, (c) help show

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  [To be honest, I've had a little bit of writer's block lately, under ... out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone comatose on a San Diego beach with some friends, I'm revisiting this entry. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  expresses a lot of prefrosh’s current feelings. This is quite seriously how I am feeling at the moment. Like a lot of prefrosh, I am dealing with a lot of senioritis (yes, there is a wikipedia article on it) and I

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  . I think of my "list of potential blog entries" as a stack, not a queue ... , the correspondence usually isn't so great, but it's still a good ... distribution of hours, to give you a sense of how you will be spending your time

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008