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  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 goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  were admitted or not by the size of the envelope...the bigger the ... checked the mail at my house, not because of a fondness for the mailman, but ... weeks as all the schools release their decisions. It's not fair, it's not

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  .5 hours Recitation: Once a week for 1 hour Problem Sets: 8, not graded Exams: 4, graded Final Exams: 0 This class is also taught by three different ... : Professor Yaffe is from Baltimore and his dialect is very strong. Thus, he

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... can see the Green Building and the Prudential Center in the not ... .           Harvard Book Store Another favorite place is the Harvard Book Store, which

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the ... not censored here on the blogs... I think naked pictures of Timur might ... 's definitely not, although I get the feeling that most people pick up a certain

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  . so you're diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the ... liters of water -- for the entirety of finals week. S^3, which is really ... this time to get sick not only at the beginning of the semester, but at

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  is admitted without calculus and physics at the college level ... At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both ... . Fortunately, each decision is made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  is. It is not an expectation, but the reality. And it normalizes that ... will always regret that, but regardless, the feeling is still the same. I ... might not matter...I got to matter in the spectacular way I wanted to and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  it say E.Jones when I am B.Jones, and why is it squared? Here's the ... (E.Jones) instead of E.Jones2, but the truth is, our power really is ... . The reason that we don't have a separate form for EA is that the form

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from ... reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office is
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  infection. Dad: This is not the phone call any parent ever wants to get at 10 ... their story was particularly relevant because this is the time when the ... thought I knew how the place worked (not quite, Dad!). Our family has a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  , because my head is imposing this map that the territory does not follow ... nature of memory is that each time you recall something the image corrupts ... for the first time. Please, I've never left MIT, not since I came here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  is a dynamic place, and MIT and its students are not the same as they ... not something the majority of students want to do.) The best bet is to ... NOT go to MIT. Apparently, MIT graduates are like the worst med students

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  "wow, this is actually a little heavy," got on the bike, and roamed ... mood passed and my bike balance improved. Not to mention that the scenery ... ): I'm not sure I had ever seen a horse when I was that age. The final

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the best on the planet. Mathematics provides a language and tools for understanding the physical world around us and the abstract world within us. MIT
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  more than the planet it lives on. Joe is also an extremely talented ... . So is the sentence before it. Right now he lives in Burton-Conner and ... R. ‘15 lives in Simmons. Her major is a unique combination of the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  The start of spring is an important time — not because summer is drawing near, not because the temperature is heating up, and not even ... — the mitlwax community is truly unlike any other I have been a part of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of ... that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your ... unable to complete your application by our deadlines. In the interim
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  and was happy to see not only that the mural is still intact, but that ... of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year ... be restored, but this renovation is still impactful on each of the dorm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  “It’s not just a working tool. It’s a thinking tool!” pronounced the ... is not always interactive nor designed with educators and learners in ... it is on the forefront of the ed tech movement. As early as 2001, at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017