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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when ... bell curve), and 3.091 got the lectures recorded on video (for the ... same applied for 7.013 in the spring. Alright - to be honest - it isn

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

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  managed to break away and get on the plane. If there’s anything I learnt ... [/caption] 2. The subway is awesome, boba tea on the other hand… Since I came to ... his assistants take us out for (free) bobas, and sadly I couldn’t make

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  Street Bridge. Continue straight on River Street for about 7/10 mile to ... tracks; the drop-off point is ahead on your right. For those flying to ... balance, how to find on-campus student employment, and how your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  Amazon’s six-month free Student Prime trial, I would like to offer a personal apology to the BC front desk (and also mother nature) for being ... ’re a little more work to hang/remove clothes on than slippery plastic

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  (when you come to campus and check out the dorms for yourself), the highly ... Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... to take an exam tonight at 7:30 pm, but I'm also waiting to go home for Thanksgiving, and waiting for the weekend, and waiting for spring to come so that

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  them. For the I-9 form you will fill out once to receive access to all on ... . Always feel free to consult an upperclassman for directions and advice. We ... compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for ... from 3-5 for my own physics test on Thursday, and then find my friends to ... mass transfer problem and then go on to the rest of physics. No DDR or

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  video on for a long time. I knew that I didn’t want to do it on something ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... signed up for the course this fall. I also wanted to take this class

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  presentation. And many go on to become real products, like the Avive AED ... outfits. The vibes are good. Also, while we were waiting for the show to ... watching 2.009, but you're two-double-oh fine. Feel free to use this. 7

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  me to work overtime and on holidays. The project on which I work long hours and weekends is a project that's been mine from start to finish -- I've done probably 98% of the technical work on it, and am largely free to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for ... courses, I began to see the layers. They let me take the course on startups

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... free time on your hands, learn ozonolysis. Oh man, was that a meta ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  have to start drinking it in mushy cauliflower smoothies. On the other ... . It just meant now, instead of waiting for things to happen to me, I was ... hackneyed clichés. But on my own terms. College is the best time to try what

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  progressives made it crime for us to labor in the mines ... 2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... so lucky, but I did write a handful of rhymes for giggles on our bus

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  made time for things that made me happy. Everything seemed to be going ... the few I missed for tennis) and I was still finishing my psets on time ... allowed to have for the exam, falling even farther behind. I felt like I was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014