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  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... they may need a workplace, test equipment, access to a shop, or simply ... Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  needed to take 2.001 Mechanics & Materials I and 18.03 Differential ... ended the class having learned how to use most of the once intimidating ... honestly terrifying, but it was I needed to explore new pathways that I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  ju[s]t need to know what'[s] the right way to do it, and [s]hould I [s ... , they still need to fill out some forms for your app (school profiles and ... all that much trig just yet, but was still firmly entrenched in algebra

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  and had to head off. The rest of the band, much more bandcore than I ... 's rugby game. Our eventual goal is to play at least once at every sporting ... thousands of dollars that we need to spend on people. He had some great

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  , as hangs that once were too painful to hold become easier, and you gain ... and loose, so I needed to hand-sew it tight. My laptop makes a cameo ... have muscle memory of moves that once took weeks to learn. I'm ready to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  as above Is there a summer commitment? I feel the need to emphasize ... does not interest me all that much. My dream job in the Air Force is a ... amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... really feeling all that enthusiastic about studying. Plus, I had to go back

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  really need to go get caught up on work so I can have fun this weekend ... heard this once or twice before, but I think it's worth mentioning again ... on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , friends, and school. You can worry again about college once you have to ... applications. It looks like application numbers will be up once again this year. Lots of reading to be done! If you are a regular action applicant, please

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most convenient times to travel, but being an MIT student can make it pretty hard to spend time in anther country. It’s difficult to justify spending a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  THINGS Kickboxing PE i.e. I have way too many PE credits but need to be ... weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited ... " but manage to smile and say "um, maybe taking a gap year before applying

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  onsite for widget went much better. in both onsites i got to talk to an ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my blog posts. blogging right now feels to me like a sponge—it soaks up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  music does more to me than just remind me of home. Concentration, it ... can be real difficult to sit down and focus when you need to. The secret ... along too much to figure out how to do calculus, which is a real problem

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  in the friendliest sense of the phrase. His trip to Whole Foods ended ... out to be invisible until right after everyone leaves the dinner table ... -sweet BBQ sauce that makes me want to weep honeyed, tangy tears of the same

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  burnt doing other things. REX still needed to occur, though, so my ... experience; I remember organizing folks in the kitchen, trying to get as much ... we welcome first-years to the dorms around campus

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  blog"]upperclassmen[/annotation] to once again rearrange my schedule ... who need that class to graduate, then based on descending class year and ... endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... under $30, and something that needs a little fixing for under $15. If you can't wait until then, I suggest going to http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Next for my first two years) and I tried to do as much as possible during ... Congratulations! You have finally been accepted to college! 4 ... Weekend (CPW), you will have the opportunity to experience what life at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007