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  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  far into the future, to what happens after you show up at the school of ... from a lot of new questions). I arrived at a few important points. 1. I ... I have something of a love-hate relationship with 2015. Last year was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  On Wednesday, we had our second to last game of the regular season ... step closer to that goal.  But that was not the most eventful thing of ... and unstoppable. Watching her sprint down the left side of the field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... conference and of course, answering lots and lots of questions. At the MIT ... year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned ... out at all for me.  But in the end, with help and advice from Kirsten L ... totally a secret fanboy of (Hard News and The Panic Virus are fantastic

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away at your application essays, fretting over phrasing and wondering what to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  purpose of this is to help you "network" with alums and find jobs at their ... restored at my house -- I hope everyone who is still without power (and ... brother off at his college yesterday (classes start today), and as far as we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  -driven input than at MIT (though there has been a history of MIT students ... at one of the Harvard libraries (and apparently they’re available to a ... ’s impossible to discount the fact that the culture of the place you’re at can

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  privileges and borrow any of these materials for a few days at a time. There ... for you. The rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Community, so the Rainbow Lounge at MIT is the home to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ms. Jones said the ... -authors Marilee Jones, admissions dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  grew concerned at the sounds of what appeared to be an operation devoted ... dramatically. I don't think they planned any of this out before they did it. At 9 ... terrible day that started at 7:30am after 3 hours of sleep. But really

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  (take advantage of pass/no record and see your friends at other schools ... It feels good to be back at the 'Tute!!! My family drove me up to Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  7 at 11 PM on Friday. · When I visited the headquarters of the ... been peacefully resting in the comfort of my sleeping bag back at Ashdown ... days living at MIT, taking advantage of everything I could without having

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  students plan gap years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the ... picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  sororities and fraternities at University X do have all of those problems, like ... . But at the end of the day, MIT students are, first and foremost, MIT ... fundamentally MIT-y, which makes it unique and different. At the end of the day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  step at a time, with a lot of help and a lot of strength. And one of ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they ... first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early last month I made the terrible mistake of taking one of the 8am-10am ... Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  -year academic experience at MIT. The initiative, which is ongoing, has been considering many aspects of the early MIT education, including not only ... , there has been a special focus on the substance and purpose of the General

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  Wellness (DEW), was amazing. DEW was nobody's first choice of FPOP, at least ... ropes and trapeze—I made it up and out! At the end of the day, the group ... . At the end of the second day, we went on a boat tour of the Boston

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017