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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate Certificate. It looks like this.   I'm showing it to you because you're ... prefrosh are reading this, pls get your PE classes over with quickly so you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  blurry memories of restaurants, relatives, and a zoo. I flew over to ... , bringing just a few clothes for the week, we brought 8 suitcases in total ... turns entertaining my little brother, and somehow, I managed to get him to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked ... : Stayed in a [annotation note='dome-shaped tent that feels like a cabin ... fort party Got a temporary neck tattoo Popped a balloon in front of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  urge you to contact your financial aid officer. At a press conference at ... leaders to have a deep understanding of science and technology in order to ... decisions, and I wanted to take a moment to offer a few thoughts, and to thank

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of ... ... Whoever writes a comment that makes me laugh the hardest will get the scrap

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Mollie starts tomorrow and I needed to get things to a certain point so that she'll be able to do the work that I've hired her to do. So ... applications (thanks!) and I have a file with all of your questions which I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  the Internet) went to Maker Faire out in CA last year and wrote a blog ... huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the ... be there! Oh yeah, its got everything. In addition to all of the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the ... schedule, or the work that needs to get done, but it does mean I never have a ... back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  street. We were in suburbs again, the sort that cling to a highway, where ... . In fact, some states were so thin that one could cross them in a day ... excited. I haven't gone more than 20 miles in a day in... ah... I'm counting

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  everyone! My name is Alina. According to MIT, I’m a senior in Course 20 ... ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  performing in a group recital in the spring. As an Emerson Fellow, your lessons ... /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for ... This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... set up and eclipse glasses to pass around. There was a huge crowd even ... country in Idaho, Chris Peterson was witnessing a total solar eclipse

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and ... undergraduate years in Economics? A. Keep your eyes open! Take a broad interest ... elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2020. You may access your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  an exercise in color theory or proportions. It’s a chance to experiment ... in rotation. Is the decision of what to wear that much of a burden to ... wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  best to get a noncompliant five-year-old ready for school. Not easy, even ... went to a bookstore in an old white house and looked through old Indigo ... in right-side-up, so I just left it. Whatever. Here's a toast to all

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  Part 1 in a timely manner (as close to November 1 as possible), materials ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... right off, don't panic! A decision on your application will not be made if

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  : elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... 've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my ... to dumb it down make it my own. Here's the week-long process, in photos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  teachers and schools.  Your recommendations do not need to be in our ... ;re here to answer your questions.  How can we help?  Answers below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  ends Let's celebrate Remember a year in chain email spam Remember the ... refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008