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  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... do on a day to day basis: try to make the world suck a little less ... have led the way on some of the most important reforms to the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate schools. It's not an easy task either. Waiting on pins and needles to hear ... , and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  ]hould I [s]ign the part on top where it [s]ay[s] I waive the right to review ... while part of me desperately wants him to get the girl, he’s way too good ... 't seen her blog since I got hooked to the MIT site - four months ago. Is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... '16, to sustain high school students through the application process ... collaboration, we can give everyone access to the inside knowledge they need to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  more on the things that matter to them while still preserving our ability ... MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests ... the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the ... noted MIT professors have helped to select the freshman class while I ... our admissions process, from the reading to the selection subcommittees

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  not, I hope you'll drop me a line here on the blog to say hi. And if you ... ), Andrez (an awesome hands-on engineer), Nathan (already saving the world ... -professional rapper!). After visiting the projects, I went to host the MIT ISEF Lunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the ... pandemic. the president takes sick leave and no one knows what to do. an ... meetings. but it takes time to set up the infrastructure for good knowledge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring ... . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... think that’s what poems are supposed to do, and I think it’s what the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  but god, this semester is not what we all wanted it to be. So all the ... , and making everything seem rosy feels false. On the other hand, I definitely didn’t want to write about the things that made me sad. We’re all

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  'll tip my hat to you and look forward to the end result. On Sunday we find ... have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the Rrrrrrr part of the title). I could devote an entire entry just to this, but

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  said goodbye to my parents ten times. The first time they dropped me off ... tried, the moment refused to hit me. Almost accusingly, I remember, she ... enough skepticism to do the math) If I had to guess, there are a number of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a ... course, but do you really want me to elaborate? Anyway, working with the kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  transition from being at one of the greatest intellectual hubs on the planet to ... dangerous mentality to have because it encourages you to become fixated on the ... , except i suppose they’re also allowed to be in the office. but when you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ; recommendations will need to be on paper and mailed to the admissions office. We ... better approach than just leaving the recommendation form on their chair ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  with my dorm being offline due to renovation: find another dorm on campus ... experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... . cooking for myself, on the other hand, is easy, fun, and just better for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  new admits in the ATL Be sure to check the listing on your My ... the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to ... Tuesday • Put a bird on it at the admit gathering in Portland, OR

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here since the age of womb-dom. Now that I look back on it, though, this ... . I knew that NOVA was the absolute most inspiring television show to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a ... not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor ... pointed out to MIT’s provost that the Duke of Edinburgh's housing allowance

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011