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• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... was back to cramming for finals. I did have friends who came to visit Boston during two separate weekends, which made for some nice excuses to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  decisions for Early Action have been made. We'll release the decision date ... next week, so stay tuned. I'm just popping my tired head up for a moment to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for ... Friday night if you're here for CPW! I quote, See the folks behind the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  and what you want to eat for the next 4+ years. For some, it’s as simple as picking which dining hall you want to go to. For others, it’s a ... Chef, and Chopped. The overall formula for most of these shows is simple: you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world ... showcase their independent research as they compete for approximately $4

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  graduate. In other words, this is for life. Fear not, though. After ... for clunkiness or awkward pronunciations. It's usually best to go ... nicknames of a sort for people, so consider whether you'd be comfortable being

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  a seat. Of course, for Jasmine and I, really early actually meant so ... . Eventually, they started setting up for the lecture. The decorations were awesome- they had balloons with the equations for surface tension on them

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  for IAP: Mighty Mugs Cocktails 101 FormLabs Bad Ideas Getting ... love mugs!! One mug for me, one for my mom, one for my mom's best friend Joan - ALL THE MUGS! IT IS SO EXCITING! We signed up for the class right

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  SMASH stands for Students At MIT Allied for Student Health. I am on ... through these MIT Admissions blogs and what my role in the search for ... Training Coordinator. I'm also designing a booklet for the information, and I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Another Cat Post We have kittens and people are sad - thus, there shall be pictures of cats…

  

  This is a really difficult week for every single student at MIT. I do not want to talk about that yet. Instead, I am going to show you some ... are all alone sometimes, you are not alone. MIT is here for you, the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends ... the career fair began for me (and everyone else I know who isn't course ... major works takes up all of the time allotted for a standard

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some ... toupee" is not a bug, but expected operation. Thank you for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... media studies students are thrown together for a semester to work in ... for two reasons: 1) We would be working on designing an application for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends remain here for another couple of weeks. That, and my family will be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  Hey all! Time for another round of Q&A. A few general comments: 1 ... Internet for logistical questions before you ask me. 2) When I receive ... go into the "respond later" or "respond much later" pile. 3) For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... provides a "broad base" for physics at all. The approaches in the two fields ... replied: Whoops. Thanks for letting me know! My most loyal, dedicated

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... strong on my quest to get the Pirate's License. While I came for the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring people's dreams to life. They made it possible for people like you and me ... : To come up with Medieval puzzles and challenges for an upcoming

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  essays for our awards applications, was on the drive team at the regionals ... semifinals for the first time in our team's history. And I realize, only now ... always wanted to go to Hogwarts (college name pseudonym, for privacy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  build interactive exhibits for museums AND design/build interactive walkthrough adventures.  The company I work for is called 5 Wits and the CEO is ... being a lab instructor for 2.009 and I give back a bit by being a lab

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012