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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  student center, to get her new ID card. And now I'm sitting on my bed. In ... Observatory to give talks, mine on pulsars and Raphael's on the exploration of ... longer living in Charlottesville. I said goodbye to the brick house on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant ... ’m hoping that my friends and I make more time to get out to the mountains ... quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• FAQ / QuestBridge

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

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to proceed: You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early ... .) You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Regular Action
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  had to stay up all night working on that (favorite expletive) p-set." Punts take various shapes, from kittens meowing on Youtube to the entire ... commenters and my occasional check-in to bemoan your exponential progress or

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let ... to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of ... help you make your decision? How can we be of assistance?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend ... agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  . And that was to film it. On video. And put it on the internet. Whether ... carried away there. Time flies when you're talking to a camera, I guess ... schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... Force. I have too many great things going on now for me to worry about ... [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] As he walked up to us and stretched out

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  : 1 hour. Count hours on timecards to ensure desk workers get paid. To ... paper and meet with someone in the WCC to get feedback on what else to fix ... sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See ... brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships ... was expected of me to get it. That made me feel invigorated enough to go

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  way to fill this out. Do your best to place things where you think they ... " answers, rather one attempt at sorting. As long as you've done your best to ... -scholastic" has been causing some confusion, based on web comments and phone calls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach ... freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  you're SO MEAN WHAT THE HELL ur literally charging ur phone on MY laptop ... kayode is about to leave soon which means that i get to say what i want b ... need to be heavily grammar checked later on. It's been real, y'all. But

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  ! Originally, I was banking on getting to take the glassblowing class over IAP ... art; it was more me struggling to learn how to use 3D modeling programs ... working on my projects for my liking. The closest I’ve gotten to drawing for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  simultaneously (!) Armed with the skill of ambidexterity, he was well on his way to ... decided to focus his career on finance and technology-based entrepreneurship ... honor and a privilege. Serving on the Corporation allows Berry to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... going to happen. I’d spent the last two weeks on various phone calls ... to get (along with my math degree). I was and am grateful that so many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would be different - but I didn't expect everything to be so weird.  It made

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ... the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  more insight. I feel like I'm getting closer to that moment, and it feels ... , Germany. I'm working on a research project applying machine learning to some ... term. I like to blame this on MIT, the hectic nature of structuring my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022