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• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the ... , but, you know, I still manage to be a part of the discussions just fine ... incredibly good fortune for being here in the first place. MIT is an exciting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 2012. The topics of my application essays were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  's Hex team, I'll be focusing my energy on recruiting people willing to do ... Cambridge skyline. The legal loophole proved to be useful to the ... I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  . 5PM. Courtyard. The feast inside is waiting. It might be a bit ... . He will be remembered always, and we wanted to dedicate a part of our ... coasters, swim the across the Charles river (YOU HAVE NO PROOF), and have a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  floated about—schools would be next, kids were in danger. And the feeling of ... the things my mind constantly grapples with will reveal a list of dreams ... about how bad things can be, especially in the face of darkness. No, when

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  expected almost everywhere in the country tomorrow, I suspect there will be ... 12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... the information session for visiting high school juniors &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  fine print on this offer reads "Students will be responsible for travel ... !" Jeffrey? Seriously? Jeffrey? Okay, the zippertastic green-grey striped dress was nice, and the jacket in that material was also pretty hot. But Heidi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is covering the material that it should be. Mugho Pine asked: If you come in ... , it really depends on the purpose. If you want to be course 6, then you

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  says a lot about MIT. It says the kind of things about MIT I will be ... and who described the problem of solar cells being too heavy for the ... and celebrations usually last for the entire day and are structured

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  think my next computer purchase will be a desktop. In general, a laptop ... speakers will do wonders. 15. Flip flops. The floor of the bathroom and ... housing assignment! I *believe* every room comes with the following items

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  the pan. The first crepe will probably not be as good as the rest of ... motion; this will be more difficult now because the pan is hot and the ... batter. From here on out, the crepes will be ready to flip almost

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  haven't processed the sadness of being robbed of a year of my college ... the quilt, but I will replace the in progress pictures with the actual ... got to be a part of the team. Splash 2018 - I had attended Splash as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  the summer, I had ample opportunity to compile what may (someday) be the ... about the things in your life that are cool and unique. Don't be afraid to ... 't have to rub it in.) The bottom line is, don't be afraid to reveal what

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  chance of being admitted to MIT. With that said, in the last few years we ... in EA. That's a small number, but to be honest so is the number of RA ... otherwise, the decision would be different. I understand this ambiguity can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  about how life will be and also an innate satisfaction about the beauty of ... the Barbie’s aren’t around–they merely sit and wait for Barbie to be in ... sounds, I was always used to being close to the top of my class. After a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  う一度　いつまでも - though I don't think it will show up on the URL =p] Can't believe it ... the topic of Japan... This is where I'll be spending IAP this year ... Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  've helped make that will live on after me, this may be my favorite, and it ... coming week I'll be tabling at ISEF, the world's largest and most ... with the international strategy recently announced by MIT. I'll be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  live free, or die." "Ha, it could be the name of a Die Hard movie. Live ... police car, the only title that could possibly be better is Die Slowly 4 ... DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  happens to be the official name of the course. The class has been offered ... . Several years ago, Sussman said that he wanted to be the last person to ... the students will opt for other means of learning the material, but for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  will essentially be submitting the same app into an equally competitive ... students are excluded from the count). Will this discrepancy be a matter of ... how the essay will be seen. If you see this as the best response to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005