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  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  I want to focus on my last Friday at work because it was one of the ... a lot of lacquer. I put a Union Jack on my helmet and was really ... front may or may not be the CEO of Hasbro ;) On a sidenote, we made a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... have led the way on some of the most important reforms to the MIT ... Today, the Class of 2018 graduates from MIT.      

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of ... 'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of ... decisions online on Saturday, December 9th at 12 noon Eastern Standard Time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  she has four years of life experience on me and everyone around us. She ... The class average on the first [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms ... generally feel out of my depth in that class, and every pset is a struggle of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  . From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT students and alums often will create special boats for the occasion of the July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire ... process. We don't advise any student what their chances of admission may be
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a reminder that you care about some things, regardless of how much you say you don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  the blogs. And my motivation for being on here and my favorite part of ... I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions job interview, and I made the HUGE mistake of not studying a campus map

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home ... tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a ... best we can, which is how we've settled on our current format of ... I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  between classes or in the dining halls. Throw on the pressure of classes ... people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  being on break has let me catch up with some of my closest friends, make ... .) And finally, I've been catching up on a number of DIY projects I've been ... health with the power of time, the love of my parents, and the mesquite

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  captain of the team, but not the captian. Someone might be on the school ... Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of ... admissions selection process. During that process, we notice a lot of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having impromptu dance parties of my own... ...I'M HOME AND IT'S AWESOME. More ... 's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  . As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... cruising through the streets of Cambridge on his rusty old Mongoose mountain ... man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  . In the interest of full disclosure, I have had a mild crush on him ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... lot of people have been having final projects due this week. Outside

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  's move on please.) The first day of physics was spent reveiwing derivatives ... , working out how to compute integrals on my own or creating new methods of ... kindergarden teacher handed out 100 snacks on the 100th day of school (10

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

  Hockfield on her first day as president of MIT.   Monday, December 6 ...   To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A ... for Susan Hockfield   To all members of the MIT community:  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of