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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  everything you write and syncs it to your computer to be used later in a ... notes you're taking. All it takes is a tap on a word you've written to ... change your mind. Here's the important stuff that you get in your box. You

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... would have been the kind of math that causes a ringing in your ears and ... Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new ... commit to in the cup holder next to me. At last, I was able to open a ... where it was. I got reminded to go on this page because I found a video

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  thinking in a collaborative manner, and the exams humble you to accept that ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  exam results after you submit your application, you are still able to add ... We have some important deadlines listed here, but please take a look at our more detailed Deadlines & Requirements page as well. The
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... a barber in 5 years now. At least, not one where I had to tell them ... really spoken to a barber in the past 8 years, I walked trembling into

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... that you have to go to an Ivy or a Stanford or an MIT in order to become something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to avoid flooding in nonapocalyptic scenarios, is almost certain to lose ... before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  bikini. You see Stephanie get the message, clap her hand to her face in ... to the quiet, mysterious part... "...message in a bottle, yeah." In an ... in front of a palm tree, and so on--each one to the rhythm of the music

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  an MIT student so i can't really get a glimpse of how life is in MIT ... anything, if you want to get in? Extra-curriculars are pretty important. You ... So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  . Okay, so let's get right to the... MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Cook with your ... exploded in the oven. Luckily, we took a page from the book of "lifestylist ... started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... in to 8.012, they do really mean it - it isn't like your high school ... .01 when others are taking 18.02 - you'll all get to where you want to be in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences ... the airport, drove to my grandma's house a few miles away, and spent ... college, you're doing it wrong. I had a double Wilbur with double cheese and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where ... will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... 's hill climber gets stuck in a rut, meaning his multiplier bot isn't able ... hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to ... if possible. 4. Take a writing class -- you really get to know your ... September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real ... materials. You have a whole toolbox of reactions to use. If you're able to ... again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  four hours in the 6.002 laboratory trying to figure out how to use a MOSFET in a first order circuit. When I got home, I still had to start ... when you get it." You could cut the anticipation in the room with a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  has a rhythm to it. Sentences vary in length. Some are short, especially ... essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... ’t write about your time in prison.” I heard this in a video once. There are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  % worth the effort to try to get to know your roommate(s). But my freshman ... . And in a stroke of great luck, this past year I even got to move in with ... those hang outs, I could feel the loneliness getting to me. A lot. The

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025