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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  . That class is special in its own way just as the ones that have come ... kinds of thoughts to mind. This happens every summer as the academic year comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  lung capacities can hike to the Pichincha volcano summit, which is at ... songs exclusively about beards!" - but they didn't really seem to get it ... ). The clouds rolled in and it started to rain as our trio approached the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  arrange to take it now since there's a lifeguard free." Swim office lady ... remember that freestyle is kind of tiring and switch to breaststroke. Four ... You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  matchmaking via fingerprint. (To learn about what it’s like to organize Hack ... reverse engineering. Of course, completing the puzzle is not necessary to ... . Registration is only open until July 31st, so head over to hackmit.org now

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  little guy is incredibly sensitive and scuttles around to center himself ... it was fantastic this year. It's definitely something to look forward ... Techfair is here! Held right before classes start in the Spring

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  them my camera and it is thanks to them that you have the three action ... volunteered to dress in gold and play the snitch. The snitch is allowed to run ... /Independent Living Groups. It was great to meet people from all over campus with a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  Committee on Student Life is proud to present to you a new initiative ... move. While it only takes 2 minutes a day to do this, you can get as ... have to do is go to http://mit.gocrosscampus.com and login to play on MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  once. It started with an email to my academic advisor, then a phone call ... are resolved (except my car, which is fixed; I’m picking it up from the ... the break. When I return to MIT next semester, I'll be doing it knowing

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  . It is our loss that we will not be able to offer you admission. We hope ... According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and Professional Practices, May 1 is the "National Candidates Reply Date," the agreed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  an astronomy outreach program I want to do, when I noticed that it ... Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... two point eight? MIT female: It's actually two point seven five. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  offer any advice it's just to emote. Let your psychological immune system ... future. It's time to move on, so I will bid you adieu with an inspirational ... failed to gain crucial first down and it cost his team the game. But that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  to let me in. I think it's important to consider the fact that MIT is ... awesome. Ten out of ten would sit in it again. And since Hayden is so, Empty ... be able to get a UROP?” Thankfully, there is already an excellent guide

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things ... piece of software that will allow anyone to compose music. Tod is a ... the new The Beatles: Rock Band , you know where to find it

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  how they donated money to your charity. For the business, it increases exposure because their donation on your behalf is shared to your Facebook ... most people don't want to think about, but it helps give a peace of mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  to complain, but, hey, it's pretty much the same for ninety percent of ... old. The semester is winding down, like someone's demented yo-yo. According to academic regulations, classes that have final exams aren

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

   when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from ... simply explain it. You also don't have to do this at all —  this is just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  January 1 deadline. Like your other recommendations, it is okay if the ... Hello, dear RA applicants! It's almost winter break and you are trying to finish up all your applications when you'd rather be hanging out

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1.2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed ... , I've been settling in to my summer studio apartment, interning the 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  2008 to do something about it: this is a problem waiting to be solved ... a classic MIT moment for several reasons. First, it was a challenge to ... to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn ... entering. However, it was not quite enough to scare us away, and we ... need to take a shower after the beach. Disadvantage: everything is rocky

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006