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• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  we only need to write a few lines of code to build powerful machine ... I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... pitch of their clean energy business to a panel of investors and other ... President Hockfield formed the Energy Research Council to "assess the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  create is a self check-in of: would I be willing to put in the work or do I ... need. I felt guilty and sad for missing this opportunity to give a friend ... to another friend's last-minute need to hire a thesis editor in order

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  Cluster to: Still going. I just had a DATA breakthrough. I want to hug ... I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  "Body Battery" - it's basically a measure of how much energy you have at ... demonstrated with every blog entry why he was destined to become a successful doctor and I was destined to become a twice-terminated project manager in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  it very much. I've even used it to answer a comment question or two in ... . A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this ... everything you write and syncs it to your computer to be used later in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... design a ring to be used as the Standard Technology Ring. The committee ... bezel. After much debate, the committee decided to adorn the bezel of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  have been a waste of the energy required to get to the top of the hill ... 's much easier to jog down than to jog up, so in about a minute and a half I ... . It does give you a chance to see the Bunker Hill monument from a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this ... had changed so much in the past six months. I didn’t want to go out on ... years of my life to a novel I didn’t believe in. [annotation note

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... that when you come to MIT you'll be moving to a different area code and might want to look into getting a new area code or a different carrier

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  intelligence in such a vast array of ways. I was very attached to The Smart Kid ... for advice and when to just make a decision. My spine is much tougher, I ... gotten to know a much wider cross-section of the campus community. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... ? I love to work. I'm a hard worker. But I'm not so smart when it comes ... things MIT students do to afford college. Does MIT offer sholarships to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  for the fungal blob scene. Audrey: of course we also had to have a ... went back and forth for a bit trying to decide whether our bebe should be ... very large because I don't have a heart (editor's note: angela does have

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  output (I guess being an undergrad made it okay), I have a poster to ... decided to give it a shot this year. Unfortunately, I severely ... that was much longer than 1 hour, but the opening banquet had a lot going

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  note="I want to create! But I also need financial support ... 'm supposed to be the smart kid from the smart school. At lunch time, I eat a ... wanted to be a [annotation note="At this point, I was pretty sure I was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  smart enough to pursue what I wan to pursue. I'm a smart kid, but I'm way ... . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... 't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  much faster than I need to be going at this point in the walk, which is ... a small snack break to eat half an energy bar, my only food intake for ... then proceeded to not move it. Two weeks ago, I walked 21 miles as a sort

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  child?" "Does she need a test prep course?" "Do we need to hire a college ... 't need to buy a book of collected college essays. You don't need to read ... to seek extra help?" are a few of the common questions that are running

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009