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  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Ruminants." Get it? Cows? (Yeah, it took me a loooong time to catch on to that one ... hours and you get to choose your session) each semester. You're only ... staffing the ambulance- you get to make your own schedule and of course you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  experience showed me once again how easy it is to get lost in the production of ... other day (and once in a blue moon, on a Saturday) and expects to see your ... to how well you do; so when you do receive criticism, it’s always your

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to ... of a small town--one of the best places to live on this planet, really ... everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and ... you'd like more information as well as advice on how to proceed with ... but unfortunately I think I'm going to be awful at answering your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life, making you rethink your values, and so on, MIT can do interesting things to ... 't intend to take any computer-related classes, any engineering classes (hands-on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... to see the lights turned off and people napping, sitting on a couch ... check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . Thanks for doing your part to keep these threads on the right path. As you ... sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let ... - on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  you want to research in grad school, and how seriously you're committed ... life.) I've also been getting stuff together to apply to grad school. I ... to write essays about what you do in your free time -- they really don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... it rains and I get to wear my rain boots When it rains and I get to wear my waterproof flip flops Warm weather When I get to Mass Ave

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not ... deadline to remove from your transcript any class in which you were currently ... money. If you drop any later the class will show up on your transcript as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  to get into the city. If you're coming out to Boston on a plane anytime ... usually take to do a Ph.D. program? Like how long is your Harvard one? It ... tips on getting one of those NIH internships here; you have to fill out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  languages all around the world. How many? Enough to populate a map like this ... project - but a good two weeks in, I found myself getting a refresher on ... and I will probably get to work with another language - R, a statistical

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  show's creators center the plot development on her trying to get with the ... your story. ...I often wondered how I could be drawn to Japanese culture ... teens who get perfect scores on their PSAT's and participate in a host of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  , or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations ... something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage ... , and meet, the dates and deadlines, get everything in complete and on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... guaranteed spot on the final day of competition, and get to relax and watch the ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  'm so and so and I read and comment on your blog all the time," I want to ... my best but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of you ... this will give you a little inspiration as you work on supplementing your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  . You may also want to keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This ... and insight into your particular situation. They're more than welcome to ... disappointed, are remaining upbeat, continuing to work on other applications, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  eternal summer you left.   Distance is to learn how to live on your ... stepped down from the plane and learned how to laugh Typing “h”s instead of ... ... How could she know what an ounce of milk was supposed to look?  

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... . There are a million ways to get involved in a million different activities ... House when it was -20 degrees outside. But, now I get to complain about it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006