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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Franklin High 'regular guy' bound for MIT by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian ... , too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT ... stacked up an academic record prompting Harvard, Stanford and MIT to court

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  —the people who read hard sf books, who dressed up for the midnight showings of ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT ... 's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  him and Ted Kennedy speak to make up for it or something - Caroline ... voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... make a life's goal in which I attend a rally for each presidential

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  open up for transfers each year. Last year several hundred transfer ... . Generally speaking, sometimes it takes awhile for things to show up on My ... few answers up for info on January scores, but since the transfer

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  Daniel wrote, "Any idea what date the application for '07 will come ... registered for MyMIT and live in the US, you should receive your application by the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology ... ready to write up the results. Talking about lab reminds me that I need to ... engineering grad school admissions (both for you guys and for my favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  -booking. whilst 6.905 is 14:00 to 15:00, i signed up for another class that was 14 ... ." "got a long day ahead. mondays are stacked for me." after 99 seconds, i ... is the lecture for 6.UAT oral communication. this is an unusual class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  this class did not start out well for me as all I had from high school ... that scary mathematical jargon for the first time. The fact that I have ... lectures, my professor brings up some interesting facts about the early

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up with somewhat of a plan, and you'll probably be fine. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... ? You know this question is required, right? Whatever, just make up some ... -motivated undergrads; overall, a win-win situation for everyone involved. Additionally

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  : Critical Worldbuiling with Nisha, and for my latest story, I drew up a map of ... For most of my life before coming to MIT, I had been really into ... things.[/annotation] I had sketchbooks full of Digimon I’d made up when I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  the visually impaired, from the ground up. For some of our users, this ... . It seems odd, reading that post, to do it again, and for much the same ... up with folks from MIT Comms, who were leading the redesign of MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  for a one day trip. Well, as Ling's itemized bill clearly shows, it was ... .25 + $.50 for Nick) Erica gives Simon $5.76 Nick gives Simon $5.18 That might ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... ’ve put an amazing effort into ~keeping up with the times~ by building digital collections! You can borrow almost any audiobook you want for 2

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them ... . having rediscovered my love for reading, I decided to embark on the ... read, I see a lot that I remember vividly and still love: The Wind-Up

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  had written "Come Together" as a campaign song for Leary! Getting sucked ... fascinating, so when I was looking for a [annotation note="the art requirement ... I ended up rearranging my schedule so I could take it. The class is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  blogger, I was [annotation note="REX stands for Residence EXploration, where ... "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and ... decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... stayed up in my life (with the exception of New Year’s Eve in Ukraine and ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did ... ? Eternal freedom. No homework. Staying up past midnight every night. The ... this unusual freedom were rife with extravagant eating, curling up in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013