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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Terence '13 Christy '13 Project STEEM alumni accepted to MIT this fall By ... Landers for being accepted to MIT," said Project STEEM director Kerri O ... Edner Paul did not allow that to stand in his way. In his four short years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  . I was lucky enough to be assigned to my first choice advising seminar ... was lucky enough to be assigned my first choice class here too- 21F.716 ... have no problem with this concept where everyone refers to classes by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  character-building stories are for bloggers who secretly want to be Charles ... ) can score an online reservation for Jean-Georges and expect to be served ... he would start to pull the chair again, to which I would respond by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  buildings (or groups of buildings, to be more specific) were quite special ... ’d-bronze way. I remember a long hallway that seemed to go on and on. I remember ... snows. I think about the nine year old who was already being told to dream

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and ... admit, I wanted to be an engineering major for at least an hour after the ... : Google, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Dropbox, Amazon… They’re all here, ready to talk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  summer is still comprehensive enough for you to take what you will from it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I ... 'm considering applying to be an RTA this summer, too! Along the same lines as CTD

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  -distraction walls. It's a good place to study without being tempted by your computer ... treadmill looks like.) This is the Porter Room. Back in the day it used to be ... floor, but there's no way to get from one to the other without going down

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // lifting the curtain off an artist’s life // being brave enough to face the ... it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over ... way too short // didn’t regret it // caught up with old friends

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  slavery; I would like that to be true, but I'm doubtful. The evolution of ... on the Enlightenment, we'll be in 1789, on the threshold to revolution ... fault for not doing the reading, and may be attributable to not knowing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  there will be many people along the way to help and mentor you. Along ... application numbers will be mostly similar to last year's. I'd expect that our ... 's along the way). PhDs in science can take anywhere from 3-10 years to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  ,” which refers to how relentless we are to goal, and how the only way we ... Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to give y’all a little recap.  For starters, it's important to know that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  recruitment travel) we'll be launching a centralized Q&A blog, in an attempt to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the ... 2399 on the SAT I, do I need to retake it?!?" :-) More on the Q

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to learn more about making ... trapezoidal configuration such that a bird or butterfly will be able to move up ... more. 3:17 PM –  3:52 PM – The conveyor belt is turning out to be a lot

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  with being productive was a way to simultaneously be happy and satisfy ... the way to resolve the guilt and jealousy from not being like alternate ... wouldn’t be able to tell from this blog given that i tend to complain about

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to ... adequately describe the incredible sight of 20,000+ people on their way to ... [edited 05/14 after first posted at 2 AM; corrected by Clara '10

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  example: It is true that my beard appears to be growing only my neck, like ... , instantly, by its almost insurpassable beauty. Most are not brave enough to ... Novembeard can, in this way, be a burden, as few around you are of such refined

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a ... in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what ... he has befriended hundreds of MIT students, alums, and parents, not to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  custard" (from the drinks menu, which turned out to be just a bowl of corn ... several ways: it's small, relatively far from MIT (I walked about an hour to ... If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by November 30 ... . (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by December 31 ... . At that time, there are three things that could happen: You could be