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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  maliciously assaults snowmen, we will never back down and we will fight for the ... everywhere (except for the sidewalks, thank you facilities). Students here have ... , and we're starting to see winter hats. I, for one, have ordered the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  People sometimes say that it doesn't matter where you go for undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have ... undergrad, and your undergrad school will change you, whether for better or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  Triton, where I am hanging out after my UCSF interview, waiting for the shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind of glad I'm interviewing for graduate programs this year while writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  fields that are totally unrelated. For me I love both physics and ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two related fields (like Course 7 and 9, for instance) it's obviously more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  talk about for one entry (especially since I have a hockey game to play in quite soon), but I'll do what I can for now and try to cover other ... to a camp like RSI for admission purposes - other than for its own sake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Indian Trail, North Carolina, the qualifier for the US Championships in ... throwback to last year's Eastern Sectionals, as I was vying for a spot on the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego ... be clicked for larger versions. You can read more blog posts by and ... and settled into their seats for the 80 mile drive from the airport

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  resource/guide for MIT first-years. This is a program under the Office of the ... advisor: How do I know what to take this year? For starters, CJ has an ... informative and offers a lot of good information on how to search for classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  nothing at all, which wound up being quite a bit...but that's a story for ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the ... "]headaches,[/annotation] but overall, I enjoy the satisfaction of cooking for myself when I have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue ... of high school that ensured there were designated times for meals, play

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  peacefully arrested in their homes for murder and aggravated assault of Amaud ... . For every death that blows up on the internet there is someone being locked away for 15-30 years for taking a TV from the corner store; for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  taught the 6.810 class I took last semester. For the past few weeks, I've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the ... 're reading technical papers each recitation. For example: Last week we

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a weekend, Seattle to visit friends, twice to Colorado Springs for training, Detroit for a competition, Chicago to visit my cousin at residency, and NYC

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  Fast Food Cooking for yourself (*gasp*) Dumpsters, free food mailing ... fundraisers in Lobby 10 Making good friends who cook for themselves Creating a group and cooking for yourselves on rotation Free coffee in select

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  dorm dining halls (currently only open for dinner), students who live in ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply ... , compared to the current five days a week for some. Further, the dorm dining

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  small number of hours late.... whoops) tired and ready for a break. At ... for the weekend before diving back into the school routine. Fortunately ... fraternity would not be a good fit for me.) Anyway, with all the fraternities

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  I win. So I apologize for having disappeared (somewhat) off the ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... nice break from the rigors of MIT during the term. Whee - no physics for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  setting my alarm for 9:30, blinking and realizing I slept for another hour ... test yesterday morning, and a final assignment for something else due a ... interning elsewhere for a railroad, and made a few other phone calls as well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8:00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every ... alumni interviewers in NYC and Larry coordinates the interviews for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006