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  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Beginning a week from Saturday, MIT will be going on the road with ... , North Carolina, and Texas. In the fall, MIT will be going it solo ... calendar to be released later in the summer. We look forward to seeing you!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  world, too long to be only one thing, too fleeting not to enjoy myself, too massive to not have a plan. When I graduated, I grasped the edges of ... , the unbreakable backbone I will need to continue in this field is no

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  at work until 5 PM, I’m not going to be productive for the rest of the ... exploring the city in my free time. This blog is meant to be a slice of my ... procrastinating, of course, but I had left a chunk of the presentation slides to be

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  !!!!!!! Lol...... Why the caps, to be honest, I am not really sure. I was just ... ........ It can be in the most seemingly insignificant places that you will find ... you face to face you would be like... Dang, I like his use of the word

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... to be the least glamorous and least enjoyable part of the overall ... it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  's easy to see how verb conjugation arose the same way. English seems to be ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems ... audience. But most of the time, he stuck to the topic, which thoroughly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  events that all happen to be occuring at the same time, usually not ... When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... - but the post, it will be made. It's all because I looooove youuuuu.

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  't very organized hadning out the reserved books, and they didn't seem to be ... in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ; recommendations will need to be on paper and mailed to the admissions office. We ... mentor. Also -- you do not need to choose the teacher that teaches the subject that you want to major in. You do not need to choose the teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  transitioned to our group project that we will be working on these next four days ... is 1 in the morning! I am so sleep deprived! This is going to be a ... coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  of the crystal. Will he be able to heal the crystal and restore order ... is not healed now the control of the evil Skekses will last forever ... to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  studying, I work best when I do not listen to music. The best sound ... particularly loathe the phrase “work smarter not harder”, probably because it was ... trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  by immigrants, why would we signal to the world that we no longer ... safer. We would all like our nation to be safe. I am convinced that the ... back to the United States. Students (including yours truly) joined Boston

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  first day of the term where all the first year students to the university ... to a really nice dinner with the fellows (mostly professors) of the ... . After talking to the other CME-ers, I've concluded that ours was probably

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  be horribly difficult. I'm hoping that the lowered courseload will help, although it's a little hard to tell, because the first week of the semester ... good thing if what it creates for me is happiness. It does not need to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  no better. The legacy of Jobs, however, will not be the terror he was ... . It will be the fact that for decades past - and maybe decades to come ... ruthless in his pursuit of production. It will be the fact that he possessed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  ...heck, it essentially went to "Not Responding" every 30 seconds. The professor ... the day of the final review. I left several hours in the morning to draw ... also, well, created too many lines for computer programs to handle

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011