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• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  the power to decide your own worth. Part of resiliency is playing the hand that is dealt to you, no matter what that hand is. Folding is NEVER ... say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  a really good time with friends. I went to the movies, I waded in the ... , cramming in the few details I wanted (and needed) to remember. And ... of feeling so scared. -- In the months leading up to coming home

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the ... decision about what letters of support to send for review is left up to the ... while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international ... have numerous accomplishments and aim to help each student improve in ... to everyone who fits within the eligibility guidelines. All skill
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... made my first real visit to the Edgerton Center. The atmosphere is lively ... seminar was arriving. They were encouraged to play with the models in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for ... Engineers (SWE). From 6 – 8 pm, some MIT undergrads had the opportunity to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  show! Since Yiming is currently living in China, the team had to ... writing to comedy and, uh, culinary, which is a testament to the interesting ... . It was originally intended to be an in-person event, but the committee

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8.033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  . The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs ... general academic information. In addition, staff can assist you with the ... The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Kresge Little Theater, MIT Free and open to the public Co-Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  realize is what makes MIT the place it is. It's safe to take risks; it ... nothing about. That's what education is about. So to all the new students ... that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a freshman assigned a particular discipline he is to major in or it is decided

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England ... obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... House. Even at night in the pouring rain, it beats submitting to La

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to ... Class of 2020, we enclosed the following note in the tube:   ... As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  . My email is up there in the banner - I'm curious to see what all of ... AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  to run in time for the speed competition, but afterwards I worked on it some more and got it go at a max of 750 rpm. Moral of the story is to be ... Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  weeks before I shipped out to Harvard, I was participating in the National ... musty old tome in the Harvard library. Pretty sweet deal. As it happened ... Harvard as the primary reason I started thinking seriously about going to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  , which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT ... . Numerous posters in the Infinite advertised concerts, dinners, and movie ... MIT hacking culture. (If the term sounds unfamiliar, make sure to check

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in ... year"]Ring the Alarm,[/annotation] but i got to dance in very little ... conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021