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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  at MIT, I got to be Tim the Beaver.   Get to check that one off ... required “Tim training” and then take a comprehension quiz to verify your ... other MIT engineers to get the AC working, haha!) Then, to give Tim his

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know ... to pad your resume. And try to get good stats - have as few glaring ... they demonstrate your desire to challenge yourself and take risks (and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  that we value your empathetic ways, but we want to learn about you in ... start journaling now so you get used to it), and also let us know about ... apply to MIT if you're a pisces or are you automatically accepted if you're

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  answer that you would give, but maybe not the answer you’re supposed to want to hear. It’s folding all your belongings over themselves into two tired boxes, carrying them by hand over the bridge, and stashing your bike

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... . It's hanging outside my closet in a (probably vain) attempt to get the ... lunch. I'm half-convinced that any minute now I'm going to get a call or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  school's production, remember. I will get to posting integral answers soon ... I don't want to spoil the fun. By the by, I found out the average on ... !"). However, another group gets to explore the heating of Subway sandwiches in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  -of-age movies. When I decided to take a gap year, I wasn't sure if I'd get that ... encapsulate the feelings I get whenever I have to say goodbye to a chapter of my ... run, there's still time to change the road you're on and it makes me

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the ... happy about it because, for like the first time, we get to take full ... time to do independent animation projects, we will swap knowledge

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  [annotation note="It's important to note how I am defining dimension here. By dimension, I refer to the number of independent directions on your space. The ... dimensions. For instance, the Earth is locally homeomorphic to R^2, by which I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  with that beanie. I kind of want the weather to get colder just so I can ... these companies, from Apple to Google to Facebook to the NSA, falling over ... If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my ... pattern in those posts nor any clues as to whether you will get accepted ... either at my school or the local library that I could get to on foot in 10

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  corridors in order to get around campus without walking in the rain outside ... energized by our diversity, with a meritocratic openness to talent, culture ... was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  entry. By clicking this link, you may choose to publish the article to the ... across otherwise. You get to be the dude or dudette who provides the hook-up. And we get to spread our message to people who might otherwise never

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... . I had already committed to MIT prior to getting on the plane, so I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  11/6 from 4-5pm EST! Tune in to get your burning questions answered or ... Friday 11/6/20 from 4-5pm EST! Tune in to get your burning questions ... immensely. Reading journal papers definitely took some time to get used to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... movie was produced by MIT students during the Freshman Arts Program which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and ... , she simply probes deeper in her questions and gets us to think like a ... all the power to us, because we get Professor Maier's undivided

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in ... applying to things and places I didn't think I was actually qualified to get ... me that I wasn't going to get it, but I tried anyway in large part

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  , check. Ability to make R2D2 whirring noises and generate smoke by friction ... pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009