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  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  complete - gym registration usually opens at 8 AM, and when I logged in at 8 ... ’m preparing to double my collection at the Career Fair, which is apparently the ... and being Good At Stuff. But all it took was one step onto campus, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that ... pics for proof At the end of her show (which was great, as expected

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  weekend baby!!! Some people may sneer at how MIT folks seem married to ... (activities include hanging by the pool at the Cosmpolitan, Red Rock Canyon ... ... What I miss about MIT: Making two packs of Shin ramen at midnight and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  . Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish ... at 10. We got out like half an hour early so I just sat on a random bench in building 4 until my next class which was 6.005 at 11. Um. We

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  I like writing. I like writing about issues at school, like mental ... , called a concentration. After my third semester at MIT, I had no idea what ... at MIT. Hopefully. Too good to be true? That's what I thought. There

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  problems at the end of this post, and if you enjoy Mike’s writing you should ... lame. U-subs all the way. I showed up at the event. I recognized a few ... people can’t do integrals. At this point, I ask myself a very fundamental

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  at MIT. Don’t ogle at the amenities. Talk! REX Life ≠ Real Life. A ... . Visit museums at a free or discounted rate. Get a card from the Boston Public ... like the Blue Man Group at 1/2 the price through Student Rush or MITAC

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  at this hour a fly's footfall would be distinctly heard. As you walk ... personals nearby. His head is bowed in concentration at the floor in front of ... name, Smyly the Juggler. And you wouldn't know it looking at him, but he

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  tallest building in Cambridge - 19 stories tall and on stilts at 277 feet!  She brought up her giant telescope and we looked at the moon, Mars

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There are many ... browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  problems that involve infinitely stacked carts, people running at 80% of the ... linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT™! Aside from a cappella, dance is another big thing at MIT.  And the largest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  processed your newly submitted documents. If at this point you would like to withdraw your application from consideration at MIT just email us. Back to

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  't like science. My reponse? When you're at a place like MIT, it's easy ... feat of making science unbelievably boring. So while I was at home this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks ... computer. At this point you're probably wondering if I'm going to dictate my ... the desk job. But while the shows were taking jabs at office culture

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  MIT Transfer applicants will receive their decisions today! All applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email ... unsuccessful, my advice to you is to make your next 2-3 years at your current

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  set), two hours total in the van, and four hours out at Wallace ... hours of my life. Eric '14 and I tried our hand at some astrophotography

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and ... over winter break at all. And by not doing anything, I mean I REALLY did ... how scholarly my future can be, or looking at internships to apply for

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  .  Look at the boots! And here is a picture of my roommate Maggie making ... work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we ... very accessible people that students can talk to at anytime during the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012