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  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  ? Check. Dating? Check. A wedding engagement? Check. A little bit of class? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the Admissions Office received a wonderful serenade from the beautiful and talented

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying ... Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot ... Playfair, we all headed over to the Student Center for a party with more free

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the ... participate, and we had a blast. We've been participating ever since then, and ... created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  awesome folks at the East Campus dormitory built a giant hammock ... top of a lounging student's head. A touch football game broke out on ... doubleheader. Inside the Stata Center, the parents attended a panel on student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities: I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I ... " section: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a rigorous four-week summer academic experience that introduces 20 high school
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples: Biomimetic Robotics Lab CSAIL MIT Media Lab Edgerton Marine Robotics Team
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  This is a blogpost from my friend that is a boy, Raymond Tran '23. I wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope ... EMT exams, I am trying to take a less stressful courseload, and so far ... microstructural scale.  I am still a bit confused about what we are learning and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... into strands of spaghetti. Our professor obviously had a good time ... that your uncle is in fact crazy.) Cutest observer ever: A note

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of ... -changing potential. Sam Altman (president of Y Combinator) gave a talk today at MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  by Tananya Prankprakma and Sophia Wang   This post is a love ... thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of ... often marks the start of a recipe, and by that understanding, 'mince' is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR's status as one of the oldest colonies, definitely more than could fit in a ... Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Miami, but I've also seen a handful of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... recruiting season again, but this year, I escaped from the cycle by accepting a ... actually getting an internship or a job. But as somebody who is now removed

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020