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  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  learning process. One of my good friends is a professor and administrator at ... performance!) Here's another example. Let's look at two students who we'll call James and Etta. Let's say that both are taking multivariable calculus at

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... book ever published. It weighs in at a hefty 130 pounds and sizes up at 5 feet by 7 feet. You can even buy the book at Amazon.com! (For those not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  the word limit because if you go over it'll just stop printing at the ... online application does not cut you off after 500 words, or at all as far ... almost "ALL" of international students at MIT have earned some form of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  . After marveling at a 240+ yard drive (just off the green) I encountered a ... like but I quickly vacated the area. It was at that moment that I ... like chicken. The MIT Central Meeting was held at Catalina Foothills

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... Burton-Conner with loads of wash. Mitra used to say freshman year that at Stanford laundry is free but printing costs money, while at MIT printing is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class ... to do. And it was good. I'm working for the month at my UROP, reading ... things too: cheerleading practice, cheering at basketball games, traveling

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  weird stuff lol, Op.133 Grosse Fugue? I don't know ... at least I don't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... awesome. The music program at MIT is actually quite strong, and one of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  to college. We at MIT Admissions are willing to be very flexible with ... your situation, please call the office at (617) 253-4791, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Boston time, or send us an email at admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  " with service projects and fellowship events. At MIT, among other ... friends that they should join. This service project was at the National ... room when I was five. Once at prom, once at a dance at a band competition

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  stress of college applications and the stress of just being at school in ... things, but I was only met with radio silence. At that time, I was on ... my boyfriend at the time, in between crying sessions. We would watch a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  categories: Central Meetings: major events, held at large venues, to which ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I woke up at 5:30AM and caught a taxi to Logan Airport for my 7:30AM flight ... as (if not more) important than quality. After checking in at my hotel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... before CPW?" Well, it depends, do you want to spend it at MIT or not at MIT? At MIT, you might want to check out some classes or maybe swing up to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  . We consider one applicant at a time, in their own context. In your case ... really make something of that time? "MIT 09er who's not at ISEF" wrote ... class?'" No, no, no, not at all. You were admitted because we know you are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  . The midterms happen at the end of a month. The final is only called a final because it's at the end of the semester, it's not "cumulative" in ... grade will come from three projects. Project 1 will be assigned at week 4

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  naive attempt at a very raw and honest reflection on the past year +/- a ... their goodbyes, she said something along the lines of: "at least we get a ... to do exactly just that. On Getting Burnt  At the same time that my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Jeopardy at 7:00PM sharp, where our family gathered eagerly in front of the TV to yell trivia answers at an Alex Trebek from the past. It was ... sniff at my hair. It was the feeling of comfort and love that seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . Still, remember that you’ll be out exploring both during the day and at ... toiletries. Pretty self-explanatory. You’ll need to take a shower and stuff at ... . If at all possible (i.e. if you don’t have The Most Important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... absolutely surrounded by prefrosh? Because I'm sitting at the Brown Yale MIT ... individual schools. At the end there will be some Q&A , which I probably

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  Japanese couple who loves to travel (the grandmother, at 67 years, is ... stare too hard at "interestingly attired" young people in Harajuku - and ... . :) Although I'm still not qualified to comment on what it's like to spend IAP at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009