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  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  post that connected the bed to the wheels. Fluorescent lights flooded my ... rooms; walls do. The room contains equipment to treat the most severe life-threatening problems. Two doctors strode into the room, not wasting a second. As he

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  on the show? I was contacted by casting and asked to make an audition ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... knew him as the guy who spilled apple cider on my math homework

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  has trouble understanding what one does on a vacation to the beach.) No ... two major problems: first, you have to write a proposal, and second, the ... at UROP minimum wage ($9.00/hr). The second way to be funded is through

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  the responsible Career Fair blogging to someone more qualified than I ... , though that is very subject to change] My second impression: FREE SWAG ... , but I'm fully willing to sell ad space on my body (and my integrity) for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  to solve whatever I'm working on at my job, not the crushing pressure ... I've sort of been implying this on the blogs for a while now, but I ... the school year has progressed, I've sort of come to the conclusion that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  working on the software for. The Hobby Shop is a fun machine shop open to ... few students had seen fit to revive the traditional Olympic sport of DDR ... leave it at that. Its most heavily marketed capability is the ability to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  people you know are going to be your classmates for the next four years ... party. Go on hacking tours. Hug a beaver. Especially since you'll get to ... roommate the morning of the lottery, who turns out to be your soulmate - just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  to do well on the next two exams, final, and psets for us to pass the ... badly as I did on the second exam, I’d know that I’d be in a position ... both did better on the third exam than on the second exam, but not nearly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  . Cambridge, on the other hand, might be more akin to the experience you might ... undergraduate. I could go on to address some of the subtleties and differences in ... [Justin '08] Hi everyone. I went on the exchange for 06-07 (so I

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  on the topic of extra-curricular activities. We collectively lamented ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  my “formative years” in Orange County, I’d like to think that the years leading up to my second grade move to California played no small role in getting me to where I am today. At the very least, it was the source of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  : Can we all take a moment to appreciate the cheekbones on my Sherlock ... What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class ... . But first I want to tell you about the most exciting part of the trip

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  until 4 am everyday to work on it. Then, the day before our final was due ... year with a cute new cover! This year, mine (the one on the right), had a ... *much* I cross out items, especially when compared to the way Danny

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT ... completed by you, the applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your ... grades to report, you should still complete the February Updates &

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  just the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to convert ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  Ina doesn't want to be cooking while the party's going on, so she gives you helpful time-saving tips on how to prepare everything for the party ... , tremendously sexy voice, like melted butter on velvet, to the point where you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  , reaching out to nations all over the world. By 2015, 9.77% of the ... committment to diversity. In fact, as early as 1917, the Boston Daily Globe ... 1885 to 1895. Technology (as it was often called at the time), didn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  . Pictures to come soon! The end of IAP also means...the 14th annual Charm School! The very first session I went to was "How to tell someone something they'd rather not hear." We started with the example of how to tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  second thought, let's add “Learn to parallel-park” to the list. ... -cooker minutes before the curtains fell on our loose-spined textbooks and leafed ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009