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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  .mit.edu. We're coming up to launch on both sites and so I wanted to take this ... out. Based on these findings and priors, our goals for this redesign include: making it really easy to find what you are looking for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  year? Hm. Academically, it was rough, for sure. I'll get more into it in ... Everbridge to work for them in the fall as a part-time software engineering ... experience in industry. But I still had nothing going for me over the summer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  this situation amusing and are making this post "just for the title ... Katherine C. '19 got us for our birthday! Pay close attention to the bottom ... recommend that you do, for no other reason than to understand why both Tina

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these past semesters have been quite a transformative experience for me; (maybe ... am I looking for? What/who would make me happy? What do I want in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All ... do this for two reasons: One, I want to show you that, despite our ... day that I'm still discovering new things about MIT, even coming up on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  sell just broken, beat-up electronics that people buy for parts. You can ... ’d be a perfect fit for MIT and lots of other build-y culture nerd schools ... people’s electronics around Addis Ababa. Here’s a speaker he made for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  -time MIT sophomore/junior/senior? Do you have time to drop 40+ min for ... requirements for my major, I decided that this fall semester was the perfect time ... take This summer, I scoured Harvard’s course catalog, looking for a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  well-documented code. We wrapped up the first class with the "Software ... "Codesign Studio" for short. It's a common perception that engineering and ... as any to remind everyone that MIT's ranked top three in the world for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  to pick yourself up and redraw your life's trajectory for the next ... compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at ... if any of them turn up dead; they work as of right now, but who knows ... Health and Wellness Tips for College Students (from Rutgers, actually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  up in the bottom of my gut, not this strange sensation that was ... more psets. No more classes. No more late nights cramming for midterms ... ’s something we all consider when choosing this fine institution. For every time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post ... dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop ... like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to ... years ago I had mine for MIT, and I had no idea what I was doing coming ... they never came up directly.   First, some words of wisdom from an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  potential to be, MIT's rationale for it was even more powerful. MIT was ... knowledge to people around the world for free, it should and would. I was busy ... X with Harvard. For this and many, many other reasons, I am honored to come

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  be out of there. That means 10 minutes to come up with a plan. You plot ... come across an open area, which you saw on the map and devised a plan for ... us for the day when we may have to take out a real enemy bunker. We put

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... team events, prepare supplies for meets, oh and, of course, cheer. A lot ... they need to have positions/titles like that to compete for admission to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  deceptively suave, are nothing more than clumsy stunt doubles for the ... MIT for a week. I was comparatively oblivious to the importance of ... 's equations. I couldn't have imagined that I would cook for 30+ people on a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  MIT, the more I was certain that MIT is the perfect fit for me. This ... Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to learn about current cancer ... thrilling. The opportunities seemed endless, and for that, I knew at this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  '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 ... before January 1 working on regular action applications for other schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007