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• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... be. I was turned down by three of the ten schools to which I applied

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... picture two below. I ran out of MASLab down to room 10-250 to check out a ... a 12-year veteran of JPL. John has "retired" to Las Vegas, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... has been reminding people of that all day, and I wanted to take some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  by sleep deprivation. So we decided to take the ambiguity out of it ... 't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end-of ... , you can apply it to the magnitude of abstraction you take in a subject

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake ... Blogs wide game of Funny Farm. It is pretty much impossible to solve ... with the phrase "On A Farm," which is connected to a bunch of boxes

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  encouraged to attend by Tina (my host). My favorite was the parody of Justin ... group of us prefrosh sat down on some couches and tried to have a ... night, the last night, none of us wanted to go to sleep. We trekked to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  it? "The integral of z squared dz From one to the cube root of three ... misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  lot of attention to MIT Admissions. I didn't read the blogs. I didn ... time. 15,081 students applied to the MIT class of 2025. Of those 15 ... left 70.77% of applicants, or 10,673 applicants, to deferral. This is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... designed to help the next generation of engineers (like me!) build leadership ... put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08 ... Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  friend of a friend’s place, surrounded by students from BU. We set to ... ’t matter now.  I spent a good portion of time trying to find the perfect group that could fulfill all of me. Lately, though, I’ve come to realize

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ...  (GIRs). Basically, you must take two semesters of math, two semesters of physics, a semester of biology, a semester of chemistry, and a selection of courses from
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a ... seems to be going right. Best of luck, and remember that you're amazing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of ... Simmons was equal to 3-4 Regina Spektor Songs, 2-3 Deadmau5 Songs, or 1/2 of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  soiree. Not only did I get to consume dozens of scrumptious chocolate ... set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket ... office decided to take the monthly company party outside of the office and ... them. They've got a lot of healthy alternatives to the typical fast food

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  class (21M.460), open to just about anyone with some sense of rhythm and a desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on ... -raising ability (read: badassness) to get more people to come to the show. One of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses ... there are hundreds of clubs willing to teach you skills that most adults pay hundreds of dollars to pick up. So I went to the society fair

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014