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  Train Coming on navigating

  

  coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the ... ?t=5756 -- When I got to the airport for my first ever flight, I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought ... home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes. In college

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... [/annotation] came into my head, and i thought the words were really fitting for the ... would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  officers showed in you when they selected you for admission, it is not really ... it this far if you didn't have someone in your corner. For some it is a parent, sibling or other relative. For others it is a friend, teacher

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  love?  It seems that this may be the easiest question of all for ... for its nerdy interests – and our president is no different. “I ... the subject, her passion for climate and her belief that climate change

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... , especially if you were just not accepted by MIT for undergraduate admissions or ... out microwave for stove, metaphorically, and unwaveringly pursuing your

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn ... political science, or whatever, but for purposes of this post let's assume ... lock, and take measurements for a new key. I can tie knots. I can design

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... because this class is really relaxed – it’s just not possible for my stress

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  tests, long before I contemplated completing an application for college ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to ... , they should be a viable candidate for admission to a highly selective

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  using his own intelligence and sweat of his brow. I would love for that to ... for the name John Underkoffler, and write down what he is credited as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I ... , I have worked at a university, a non-profit, and, now, a for ... Arabic. Christian and Muslim evangelicals jostle for the same space outside

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  belongs here, then you obviously don’t know what MIT is about. (And for the ... so few spots for so many qualified people, which means we can’t take ... answer you’re looking for. I wish we could just give you a perfect black

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  have a language requirement to prepare you for a serious language immersion. For example, my start-up’s Slack channel and some of their variable ... ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  If there's one thing MIT students aren't known for having, it's spare time. But if a challenge is laid down for the MIT community, odds are you'll find students making time to rise up to that challenge. That's what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I ... you Cam's LED project. He worked on this thing for like two weeks

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice ... it for some reason. one time someone even told me to like, shut up ... "this guy is extremely shirtless," jeff says, pulling up a messenger

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  time for packing or doing dishes or eating or...well, lots of things ... .03 again next semester), and have packed up just about everything I don ... working with it again- it's one of those things I like to do for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  that you signed up for on whim, and the best conversations you'll have ... opportunities for that in the future. I wake up now at 5:45 AM on most days ... Phone. Oh yeah -- that's right, the iPhone just came out a few months ago for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  A message for juniors out there: with the deadline for the June testing date approaching, I highly recommend signing up for SAT Subject ... advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006