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• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  want to do after I graduate. I sure hope I know by December 31, 2020 ... . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade self than my high school self. It's hard to tell if this is because of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  the sun getting eaten by the moon like a cookie through eclipse glasses ... of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many ... On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  several of my MIT friends were incredulous when I explained it to them. By ... . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... at least 2-3 times a week (by now, of course, I have a group of people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  compete against the rest of your class of 150 people with goals to have ... is really too early to have class; unfortunately, all semester I will have to take it like a champ. So today's schedule went a little like

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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  Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Thank you to everyone who applied. Reading your applications was a huge joy to all of us, and the final ... covered in 6.UAT: in particular, I think it’s worth your time to listen to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  get to network with professionals through networking lunches ... the entry number?) Now to the meat of the story, get pumped! After he ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  you have to get some initial equipment/tools and potentially travel far ... tragedy. I need to go to an airport, catch a flight, and get from the ... hour-ish each way to high school every day.    Sometimes, by sheer

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  -generated (we'll get to that). However, we knew that at least some of the video ... /production process, and 100% of it was conjured by Loren, who I have come to suspect is ... applicants to MIT are drawn by our famous STEM program, but Loren was primarily

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  Welcome back to another tour – and I hope you're excited, because ... only a few seconds for us to be greeted by one of our next tour guides ... thought it would be fun to show what Greek life is like for them. (You can

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  're allowed to paint the walls (and have cats and smoke, if you're into that ... comes time to choose your living groups (because, you know, it's only ... to do. I hope you all have a relaxing break, and a great start to your

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  did a lot of legwork to try to get the performance videotaped, so we ... guess i'll have to start spelling jen with two n's. Posted by: jen(n) '11 ... Jennifer Lai '11 has won the Rhodes Scholarship. This brings MIT's count to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  , New Jersey, and New Hampshire. We're travelling by plane to Seattle and ... immediately welcomed by them as a brother. They gave us a place to stay and took ... Bigfoot, but we did get to see the mountain / active volcano Mt. Rainier

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  takes you to an article from New York Times magazine by Daniel Kahneman ... not by much. ... I thought that what was happening to us was ... those are terrible metrics by which to measure an applicant or an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  , a flame to protect from burning out. I get to study the cosmos with ... , and went off to get her PhD; I stuck the program from her commencement ... the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  MIT, rather than work on your ability to recognize problems you already ... smart! That girl you have a crush on thinks your ability to derive is sexy ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome ... On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  minute, to get a glimpse of their current lives. Chances are, they will ... my hall, and I expect to be detained by people. In the evenings, they ... necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014