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  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  to get advice on UA stuff (I still do this - Ben teases me and says ... by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is ... ...but dreams burn bright. To me, this is a decent description of how I see MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  's...so...beautiful...[/caption] In my last post, I mentioned how therapeutic it felt to be able to drag a bug report to the "Done" column on Trello. This might be Stockholm Syndrome, but I cannot explain how satisfying it was to see this website

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  Point in a couple of days (this one) and I plan on trying to clean my room/get ... then repeat. That's right, theoretically there's order to what you're ... excited for that! I'm filming this year (have I mentioned that?) and get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... questions about how people live and what matters to them: through asking ... understanding how they work and being able to trust them. But it also means you

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  how you're feeling right now. Senior year is hard. I know that to be a ... ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have ... unluckily for me, everyone seemed to be holding a copy of The Tech on Tuesday

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  ages 5-14. McGee gets his greatest joy from parents' feedback on how ... head off to college. I'll often get emailed them, though this summer I ... Heroes," based on local, hometown news articles about students goign off to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a ... awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how ... I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  you and figure out a way to make sure we get your application and ... allows you to get the rest of your life in order first. And, most ... students who share your motivation to learn how to solve hard problems and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  their favorite professors, and people go on to get into stellar graduate ... fingers on your right hand (probably). More MIT undergrads get into stellar ... last-minute answers. It's fashionable here to loudly announce your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  . How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then ... ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather ... activities -- make sure you convey that to us. When you describe your extra-curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  ’t going to attend any of my Monday classes) Sophomore Standing If you’re scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this ... You know you’re hosed when it takes you a week after classes start to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  Spaghettios to make them not worth eating on a Saturday afternoon in your ... my generational unmooring, I've decided to always look on the bright ... shovel then they are not going to help. (Still working on this one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  -offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done ... , Chris '06 and Wes '07, allow me to test how obnoxious my flash would be ... Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of days, relying on WILG’s resident Course 17s to explain to me the riots/reforms/goings-on ... then tended to be on well-defined routes. To my grandparents in Utah or

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  't really know how to get here anymore. I tried being a software person at a ... of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the ... a masters and/or PhD and go into industry research. I would get to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a ... , mentor, and (now) admissions liaison since 2002. Before I came to MIT, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... if I am not there to contribute? How can mom and dad help me with my OWN bills, if I cannot contribute to the household income? How can I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... ’t had much structure to my IAP thus far, mostly just focused on moving, getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  probably wouldn't list that, personally. How much do you have to study to get really good marks in Physics (Maj.) Depends on how smart you are ... information out there. Narrow your field of major choices down to only subjects

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007