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  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  their respective universities slaved away we at MIT got up late, ate ... UNIVERSITY-wide newspaper) who decided that his picture was important enough to ... 'm taking advantage of the long weekend; I look like I'm getting sick from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  ). The conference was held at Washington University (where former MIT ... hosts at WashU. The conference was attended by nearly 400 US university ... abroad, as well as some international student advisors at universities and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  homes, scattered across different states and countries. I sang “Hallelujah ... same urge that drives me to walk long distances, to play the piano, and ... talk about the “distributions” in our future careers—just as university

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  studying, I'm on fire. But it's often hard to get into that state of high and ... state trumps 3 hours of distracted studying, so I try my best to set myself up for frequent maximal states of flow. Then comes the hard part

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  we've all been awaiting anxiously for so long... The fall final exam ... ". Interpret at your own risk: Andi: February: Surf Crush Beach Indie ... Phase March: Twinkly Beach Midwest Emo Season April: Atmospheric Vocal

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  means all the MIT crew teams ship out down to Cocoa Beach, FL, and spend ... next project is a hat. Round needles for the win). Our very long list ... a beach in Tel Aviv *sababa means cool in Hebrew. Yes, it was a bad

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  classes, dorm, extracurriculars. Work for both your short-term and long ... some degree. There is nothing we can do to completely wrangle the world ... asked by the universe to grow. Sure, it’s hard to adjust on the fly, but I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my ... degrees), it isn't for ASEing things, so I didn't get any credit. I was kind ... really like bio - in a slightly different version of this universe, I would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  and I must think long and hard about what our next step will be ... essentially planned. I will be spending the next two years at Oxford University ... apply for degree programs at Oxford (I’m hoping to studying Integrated

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  , and I could talk about it for a long time.   5/11/23 Another ... and I met up at Penn Station to take our 18-hour long train ride down to ... , so it has been a long time in the making. It was so huge and I enjoyed

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has an established agreement, and both universities exchange students with
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... though was that though it was about 10F degrees outside, it warmed up to a ... ol' state of Texas I was in complete awe that something could freeze

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  universe that are not directly expressed in the observable properties of the universe," said Merritt Boyd Meet Merritt Boyd, the smartest student at North ... universe. I've always liked to take the telescope out at night and look at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  other factors going against me. I was dead-set on attending Ohio State University, because I'm from the Columbus, Ohio, area and knew I could probably ... , girls' state... you would sort of suspect that I was doing it for my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... : ??? Uh oh. Visions of watching your friends receive their diplomas while ... . * * * Six Hours Later * * * You return, except now it's MANY MORE degrees

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  asleep after long nights of psetting. I really love that Spotify gives me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  refurbished computer was maybe not the best idea. Keeping it for so long was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  ways beyond having a diploma or not. We don’t have a good “control” group ... working. But data on the minimum wage and employment across all 50 states ... not every state is equally comparable. So how can we do it? The state of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... ="all two letter scrabble words in five minutes and esp classes: real or fake

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  permanent memory of the greatest state in this fair country.” - Sarah W. ‘21 ... love stuffed animals), candles, and a fake diary from me confessing my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018