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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  picked up my pset and glanced through it quickly, counting problems to ... Now that it's too late to turn back you've decided to matriculate to MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in love with a problem and wanting to do something about it. Most people ... something about it. It's funny. As he was saying this, I was thinking to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  tells us that it’s sometimes useful to read articles we disagree with. But if it’s too hard, we don’t have to read this piece again. She concedes ... 10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  United States and the former head of Google[x]. It's been called MIT's most ... of what it's like to be a mechanical engineer at MIT, and something of ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

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

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  schools around this time, and it can be super stressful to see everybody ... , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... In case you missed it, MIT EA decisions come out next Saturday. That

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don ... not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... some stuff in my mouth that I can NO LONGER FEEL. It's at this point that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  favorite band or sports team. But it can also be a chance to really customize ... . When lofting a bed you can basically choose what you want to use to build ... anything you can think of. My roommate and I have used the drawer sets to

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  from place to place. I'm dead serious. --- Happy May! Yay. It's the final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an ... teaching SAT (probably it was an opportunity to finally "get back" at ETS for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  with. To my surprise, it’s a little easier than it used to be. Maybe it’s ... "]CPW[/annotation] 2020, except it isn’t. It’s the first day of CP*, a virtual answer to ... got the rare shot, I blew it. Talking to people virtually made sense to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  reaction for the nth time because you just can't get it to work... well, I ... time. Sometimes it fails even more than that. Sometimes the scientist can ... you believe it. You have to realize that being the best at everything

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... active class so we're able to have our laptops open, and it's acceptable ... So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  REAL bubble tea everyday? So it really hit me when I logged on to the MIT ... myself (no, it doesn't have to do with the band - though I did start ... I managed to stay off it for a month!) and 2) I like giving advice in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interview; rather it's because the interview can add a useful, additional ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  't enough for you or right for you, it's easy to start your own. Some past ... to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34-101. I was moving quickly down the hall last Thursday, not paying attention

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  neat trick: you can use the inside of the baking soda packaging to scrape ... can be hard to believe that all of this is all so close ... use butter, but according to our more experienced baker friends

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i ... , sometimes amused by who i used to be, sometimes saddened. whenever i think ... to a time in sophomore year of high school when it made me so happy i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the iTunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i ... Episode 10 of MIT's video podcast, ZigZag, has been released. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And ... . But it snowed. And then is started to hail. And then it started to sleet. And then it started to rain. And then, because the snow on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  remember why it was that I went home, but one Friday I took the train down to ... not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... bit. It’s a pattern at this point: I’ll walk to Boston and feel a little

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021