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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  good reason. There is way too much knowledge in the world to ever be able ... look like. In a year, I would be in college. I would be exposed to more ... , and I had reason to believe that the coming year would be better than

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  cooler you could be doing with your time that will do far more to help your ... SAT scores are really just a vague way to predict if you’re academically ... do simply for the pleasure of it,” I’m going to be a little worried

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  they shit out a monster, if the stalls go all the way to the floor or if ... submit updates to their favorite bathrooms. This would be done through some ... would also probably add some way to filter bathrooms based on gender or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  to be shared” as “tapas” in the same way that MIT refuses to refer to ... ugliness. Fulfillment proved to be elusive, expensive, and less compelling ... , unless you can throw a stone all the way to the Boston University vicinity

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  these meetings were the way to come to a conclusion everyone could be ... feel hope that it doesn’t have to be this way, and this could be a ... presidents aren’t just figureheads given arbitrary choices by administrators to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  security desk is the piece "I DON’T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU" by artist ... , let's walk to the dining hall, which is right by the front entrance ... . Walking to the other side of the first floor, we pass by several common

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... realize that you’re only going to be as good as you believe you can be. I ... morning or afternoon, I had the added bonus of being able to eat with the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  . I was lucky to be surrounded by kind and passionate people who ... shortbread cookies with another friend, though the cookies turned out to be ... best to look at everything I was seeing. I had There She Goes by The La

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  having my own pan - people don't tend to be very gentle with nonstick pans ... . Basil and garlic are easy ways to add flavor. Easy Recipes The USDA ... 've got basil (pronounced bah-sil, by the way. silly yanks always get it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  calling to congratulate me on being accepted to MIT!!! zomg were they ... the one doing the interview. I wanted to be cool but serious, fun but ... trying to get an idea of who I was interviewing and whether MIT would be

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  a mechanical engineer, decided to address this issue by designing a ... has to go through an experience like mine, and, by recognizing injuries ... can vote fr their school teams to be equipped with Jolt sensors funded

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  corridors that do happen to be indoors are famous and steeped with historical ... --Stanford's pretty different from MIT. It's a very different atmosphere to be walking ... . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  over what I initially mistook to be stiff clouds, but which turned out to ... . "We're not far enough to be over the Rockies." He then explained that ... previous posts. Essentially, I worked on a new way to obtain precise

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  [annotation note="this was by choice, to be clear; there are lots of singles ... next battle. If the walk is anything to judge by, it'll be fun, chaotic ... . It took me two or three days just to be able to walk normally again

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your ... sure to read through the listing of advising seminars -- you'll be glad ... happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  . l need to remind myself that being confused by a lecture or struggling ... : Cool. Now we all know integrals. So what? I don’t want to be super ... need to find a way to understand. Freshman Taylor did not get this at

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  delivery I ordered to arrive. The sun was out today, fully, in a way it hasn ... "]snow[/annotation] on my birthday, and I’m glad to be spending this one [annotation note ... people to reconsider their identities: who do I want to be in this new

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots) into their consumption, but the loud mouth-crunching tends to interrupt the rest of the committee's ability to read without annoyance

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or ... MIT. Kind of weird, to think of the different life I could be leading

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  . (By the way, being a TA for junior lab must really really suck. What a ... it, and take way more classes than they would be happy with. Do what ... parents' money, you know. Besides, it's cooler to be really good at one

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007