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• Blog / MIT Life

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  I think I have ever had and told me to go make sandwiches for myself ... night out with the guy I liked. I willed myself up a bit and tried to kiss ... , but as I was getting ready for bed I heard the sound I will forever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  lived in for the duration of the program"]Almaty[/annotation], but Shoqan ... —Russian, Kazakh, and English—by the time they graduated. Although I grew up ... school up to AP Calculus, about how I felt. “I explain something to them

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  requirements. Other dorms would be less understanding. As for your plasma screen ... your dorm room (in any residence hall), except for microwaves and hot ... : good blog,I am doing research for my Daughter,she wants to apply to MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call ... .253.4791. ------------------------------------- Steven wrote: "Is there any way for deferred students to send supplementary ... file. There is no need to give us a heads-up

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  overview of interests before I wound up at the Institute. Fetus Era For the ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn ... nutshell, my thought process could be summed up like this: This probably

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  of these tabs have been open for nearly a year, with no hope of ever ... back to. Mostly, I just scroll back up to them and read them whenever I ... /Harris Program for Private Study" - MIT provides a program for instrumentalists and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what ... from campus. After Jeffery Yu '22 set up a small server on his home computer and someone made a base plot for the map, the project took off with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  So if you've been reading these blogs for a while now, you might ... came into MIT not knowing what I would study, ended up going with ... for those who aren't quite sure of what to do, I would suspect that the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  ’t worry so much! You’ll be happy wherever you end up!”, and so on. Okay ... to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... mind. But there is no checklist for an essay. An essay should not serve

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... -tripping to Vermont for a [annotation note="The Great North American Eclipse on ... numerous art classes growing up with supportive teachers who nurtured my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  flight to catch up on literature, for example. This eventful schedule ... old. I'm a carefully sensitive romantic and a sucker for international ... something or another. I have a propensity for puns and humor that makes people

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  student: faculty ratio. For freshmen and prospective students, how ... wind up feeling highly impersonal. Now, what is even more ironic is ... participate in a discussion for me. But for STEM classes, there are often very

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of ... for me was the culture. I didn't realize this until I started visiting ... buildings are always open. You can easily find an open classroom for students

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  right place for you and leave without a degree. In that situation, you ... to GRADUATE from a college. I know that this is hard for you, but you ... people with two different sets of talents, abilities, interests, goals for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... psets count for a fair bit in 14.01 (Intro Econ)), your cumulative problem

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Sunday. Just look for the person with the "MIT" sign near the baggage claim ... ), or the subway ($1.25). The subway trip can be a little confusing for ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... in my head. I saw snow for the first time earlier this month. I woke up thirty minutes before my first class, and rushed into this speedy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  stating what you read in the textbook. For example, often bio exams ... freshmen are taught to memorize phylum names and label parts of a plant for ... ." ---- Without further ado, here are the "finalists" for the photo contest from, uh

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  them in to make searching for the actual classes easier if anyone wants ... 1, showing us more ways to build roads for really small things and ... I learned a lot from, but up goer five was not having it with so many

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  for the rest of the day in the spirit of productivity. If you know me ... personal schedule for myself and started working on my first task.  Roughly ... from my parents alerting me that the restaurant was busy. For some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024