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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  originally drawn for the awesome Aquil Fannis.  But I decided to take a break ... past semester in the Destiny Lounge of Random Hall, an abode for ... unholy amount of Netflix. But we were better off for doing it together, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... essay writing fun for an entire semester! Because it is a writing based ... -H classes, but the tutors for 24.09 were extremely nice and willing to help

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  to do laundry by myself or to know which medicine I should take for ... I had to wake up early enough to clean and prepare for their arrival, so I set my alarm for 8am. I woke up at 11. After throwing everything

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST ... totally reasonable concern). So much for waking up well ahead of time. I ... didn't quite have time for at the end, but I'm confident that my method

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  decision for me and I might have hunted for wifi at intersections. When we ... still works. I felt that I had passed a crossroads. For about six years ... . Happiness is not a place. In the following months I went to CPW, shopped for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  appreciation for the chocolate chip cookie (which we both think is TOTALLY ... !" without contracting hypothermia for much longer) - some people are laughing ... everyone else was celebrating - I was celebrating going shopping for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... .   But the same is true for college essays, as Orwell doubtlessly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  dadlike way, corrected me, kindly but sternly: I was not lucky, he said, for I had worked hard, very hard, for a long time. Both of these things ... fact, they are both necessary conditions for any kind of success. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  , we found science/engineering fun and easy; thus allowing time for us to ... hard work, so I came prepared to reduce my nonacademic commitments. For ... could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... grew out of the ancient battles for Anglicanism, but rather an even more ... whom I advise, and who work for me, think of me as being almost

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  around for summer UROPs.  I'm Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and ... designed to be used for research on topics like flight formation and docking ... competitions for middle- and high-schoolers, culminating in a NASA

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  cards are actually blue and yellow! The two-letter abbreviations stand for various capabilities of engineering leadership. For example, IR means ... Regional Championships, the qualifying meet for NCAA Division III National

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... , at Regionals, they'll compete against a field of dozens for the chance to qualify for the Championship Event in Atlanta. But the competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find ... recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  -up company called LiveScribe. They flew us into California for the weekend to ... . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... , so you can check his blog out for some videos showing the pen

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  This weekend MIT Japan paid for all the MIT interns in Japan to meet up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples ... the free tour and food you'll all have to hang out naked together for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... ’s working on a tricycle attachment for wheelchairs that will allow wheelchair ... MechE is that I would likely use it for biology or international

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  - that's 21F.704, 7.02, and 5.12 for all ye eager beavers) this week ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how ... don't know if you guys remember when you first learned Calculus. For me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009