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  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  Square. MIT strategically knows that it is around this time that students ... form!”   Weekend 8 Friday night, I attended SPOOKY SKATE! It’s an event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course ... write about it ;)  But summer's winding down now.  The time has come to ... -coordinated tournament on the ISS. The goal of this UROP?  To write a game, teach it to

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  contemplating the concept of writing something is closer to the goal. Though it is ... application. Or it may happen all at once, after this summer, when I decide to ... many projects to finish. My shelf feels like it will never be completed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you ... interesting ideas or amazing things they had struggled to accomplish. It was ... starting such a program, I knew I wanted to be part of it." Sometime during

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  it's Tuesday or Thursday, go to class from 7-10. If it's MWF, go to ... it harder to make that progress. So I feel very stunted and though I ... buy pastels from the store. I'd go to yoga classes and pole fitness

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  cash, got strapped to a skydiver, and was pushed out of a plane.  It was ... it take, how much does it cost, is it self-paced, etc etc) and ... redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  any news in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if ... 've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all ... in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if anything ... action applications for other schools. You should still put the same energy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the fact that the earth's revolution around the Sun is not perfectly 365 days

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... to or support is even tougher to get into, because it seems more ... is not to get MORE students to apply to MIT, it's about getting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  already because they mailed it back to my house (along with my ID, which is ... tires seem really skinny. ANYWAY - this is another "don't let it happen to ... you say it is, because I am a sane person."So yeah. A list it is. 1. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  with the radio. Sidenote: I love Cape Cod because it is slightly cheesy ... . Best idea ever.) I even managed to not get sunburned, which is really ... , ate a leisurely lunch, and went into the city to shop a little. It was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  accurate, but it is true that the work done by a chemical engineer usually ... engineering researcher is to turn turkey carcasses into oil. Now, my grad ... is forming giant brown-black polymers akin to bread crust in the 250 C

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  your life in interesting ways, if you let it, but you have to let it. I ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  . 2 Maybe this is because I’m a math major and it’s hard to have casual ... of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in ... molecules and processes. The picture below is what the board looked like last

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  get to attend their funerals. People keep telling me that maybe it is ... live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... opportunity. And what matters is what I am able to do with it. And boy do I plan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport ... of my system first. i’ll preface it by saying that this is my very ... draw of this city is to find different ways to spend a lot of money

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  to be traders on Wall Street. I think the class of 2012 t-shirts say it ... happy to tell you if you come to CPW, but our first story about Harvard is ... ? Or even a prank? Let's put it this way. Dear Zug, You attempted to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is awesome, what's not to love about the combination? So here it is, *groan ... ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010