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• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the backyard. So clearly I picked MIT, and I wore an MIT t-shirt to school on ... nature very independent, and I didn't want to have to ask my parents for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  President Quincy to mark the anniversary of his birthday, on which he entered ... importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak ... public in New England to give way, on the ground that the Union should be

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick ... /14) TODAY! Stop by the Student Center 5th Floor lounge at 8pm for free punch ... .14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510..................... How many digits do you know? More to come later today about how MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  Daniel, who occupied the seat next to me and who’d already decided on his ... Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and “hands-on”. Before I got here I would've listed, off the top of my head

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  a number of events and fundraisers on campus to raise the $65,000 we ... decent and not-sketchy job of describing this; please feel free to question ... distill my reasons for wanting to become a physician scientist, it only made

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  , and are both going to Stanford for grad school. Say it with me now: "Aww ... not touristy enough, we headed on over to the Space Needle to continue ... (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a ... escalators reach over to their neighbors on the up escalators for high-fives as ... pasted on the side of a bus. Having a dedicated 5+ hours/week to really

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  'm working on a project that somehow has managed to capture everything that I ... So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  of free time to socialize, relax, and simply enjoy everything that ... to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a ... name) to coordinate details for the Hunt,which starts this Friday. Our #1

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  "]witnessed.[/annotation] I let the chatter go on for maybe ten minutes, then walked to the ... "]ESP[/annotation] in which MIT students teach classes for high schoolers on any topic ... , and How to Stay Private on the Internet, the list goes on and on.  MG

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  manhandling at the door. They even gave us free French fries to apologize for ... obviously on edge and constantly trying to act cool while sneaking glances ... talking about for days. So I guess this is your sign to go to fancy

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  free tickets from MIT Course 6 department to go to the Grace Hopper ... stability this year and I hope to focus on that more. Maintain a 4.5/5.0 GPA ... for romance novels and I LOVE enemies to lovers so this was great. Red

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  ? There’s many guides on the internet for how to do this that you can look ... , you’re free to just walk in and work in that classroom. Or, lounges for ... the how-to :P This is a guide for how to restore an old, dingy

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another ...  Answer: Stuff that I paid for. Right Answer: Stuff that I got for free at the ... ” and wear it around my neck along with a reporter’s hat. Oh well, on to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST ... the MoMA: On the way in, Kandinsky tells the visitor what to think about. I'm a little rusty on my art history, but I was very excited to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  earnest to think about where to apply for college. For some of you it means ... we hope you'll like enough of what you see to want to apply for admission or at least want to come for a visit. So, you go through the box

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  link you'd like to share, feel free to put it in the comments :) There ... there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most prominently for you, oh reader of this post, MIT EA decisions (which come out

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  was working on my thesis I put out a call for a UROP to help me collect ... research game for a long time. So has MIT. Just to name a few of the media ... There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  fill this form out? The form has fields for you to report your ... any new updates you want us to know about. Feel free to write in bullet ... trimester grades. If you have more classes to report grades for than

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Time, James Baldwin Free Food for Millionaires, Min Jin Lee Love Me Back ... made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions, reading assignments, projects, and permission not to follow through with any

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015