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• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is ... family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one ... off-key at the top of their lungs. It was a gorgeous day, 85 degrees

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  first concept to understand is the General Institute Requirements (GIRs). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the ... in your major, but for the purposes of this discussion they don't count

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Harvard Admissions Institute. The first day of NACAC is mostly social. Some ... , and registered for the conference. The first big event was Freeman ... lobby of our hotel, to the tune of $10/day. Ouch. At 5:30 PM, we got the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  the wheel after six months of no driving and navigate the roads by a map ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and continuing to grow elsewhere. The idea of flying 6 hours (+/- the 3 hour time

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a ... fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American ... for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help ... nerdy side of things, I also joined the MIT Science Fiction Society at the

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  already looked at this, but if you haven’t: here’s the complete list of REX ... tradition of building some very impressive structures to showcase to the ... . Come party with us in the completed fort and participate in a variety of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  traditional ecological practices within the context of the first civilizations ... ~ but it didn't start out that way. I spent the first few weeks trying to ... classes the first week, made some tough decisions, and dropped down to 5 the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  first problem sets, sampling a slew of clubs, and losing sleep all the way ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... already knew a good number of my classmates from high school or from the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... without knowing what day of the week it is, you can spend all your time ... Learning division). The office was located at the end of Memorial Drive, so

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in ... plan, at the start of my junior year, I  scheduled 6.0002 for senior fall ... 'd already taken. I considered pushing it to the last six weeks of senior

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  Alright so my laptop is alive again! :P Sorry for the lateness! ><" Here are the Valentine's Day pictures that I got! The first entry comes ... inspirational examples, see: the 2013 kids! and the class of 2012! You have till

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... variety of summer programs that I can suggest, first I would encourage you

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  gravity. Without the presence of artificial gravity, astronauts would endure ... the effects of head turns in artificial gravity on the neurovestibular system, which is the inner ear structure that creates a sense of balance

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall first and think about what might go well together instead of immediately

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... -Conner Porter Room as part of the BC Bonanza! Super Smash Bros & Other Games

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible ... student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... the dropouts usually have at least one year of college under their belt

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  libraries. I think most of us are fine with the first two, but in terms of the ... called Viaweb, the first platform of its kind that lets you build your own ... possible.) The purpose of this message was fivefold. First, I wanted to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  , and settled into its new home. The first flight of stairs was no issue ... TV. As such, yesterday evening found a large majority of the residents of Conner 2 sitting in the floor lounge, eating Hsin Hsin (a great

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... any of the vending machines at MIT were, so we wound up walking up the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017