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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a prep course, you can ... issue, and you don't want to spend lots of money on prep books either, you ... center. Or buy them, take notes, take the tests on a separate piece of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  hands-on workshops. As the resident earth scientist of the group, I wrote ... This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the ... massachusettsian". (shoutout DEAPS '23!) As stated in this post, IAP is one of the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  itself focuses primarily on the computation aspect of the course- teaching ... ’m also taking a class on the history of science (STS.003), although for ... Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  Wait. Why am I here?  For those of you who don’t know, I actually don ... new job, and I’m kind of nervous. Well, kind of is KIND OF an ... moment of my life since I was probably 12-years-old being [annotation note

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse, soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60 long days

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  left before EA decisions. Given that the average length of a TED talk is ... to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within myself. Some of my favorites have been: The game that can give you 10

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  of experience to go back on, and I can't reassure you about the next 3 ... 200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating ...  combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten minutes later, there were hundreds of people behind me. Apparently, I got ... last row of reserved seating. We did, however, throw a few jealous looks

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  ?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is a common source of pizza and rolls at MIT.) And that made my day ... Alpha Phi Omega, is a co-ed service fraternity on campus (Jessie '07 has

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  Perhaps the second most exciting time of the year (after selecting the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with freshman orientation quickly approaching, that time of year is upon us! As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  laboratory, was one of the most exciting aspects of her research. She worked on ... version of the robot that she worked on did not have knees but had a simpler ... cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  , what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other ... each other on birthdays. usually.   i only have vague recollections of my summer before college. i wasn’t really doing anything but also

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... , upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and intensity. I wanted to address some of the fears and concerns I struggled

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  students on the subjects of leadership and service through a series of ... adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  few months.  On Living  Back in March of 2020, when all of campus was ... am also so exhausted. On Learning  The insecurities of the med school ... decisions”, but you can make decisions right. On the other end of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  curated playlists, and realize on the highway that there's a little piece of ... 't know how to drive, and chances are, that's an important part of going on ... day of your first driving lesson. It's raining. On the way to where you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  on mae, who recently dropped out of college and moved back to her ... 's been gone. so one of the themes the game touches on is what it's like to ... silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... guide on "How to Do CPW", and I heard it was "amusing" though I was really ... least not officially. Come on MIT, what is that? It’s breaking tradition

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  write 6,000 words of blog entries on an 8-hour train ride, if you just ... DID YOU KNOW? Super Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out for the Wii on ... the form of a McDonald's in Marseille, France. Seriously. As Samuel L

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007