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• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  SIMFEST!: Battle of the Fakes Forget skill, your goal is to make it look ... As Vincent mentioned, the MIT Class of 2019 freshmen are currently out and about enjoying their first week orientation at MIT. During

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  out of campus due to COVID. At once it feels like fourteen months has ... wanting to get up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in ... One. Time is not real, because the other day I woke up at ten in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute ... distance. Though I had already completed the swim test at the beginning of my ... (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... wind part my hair a little. At least my chair is made of comfortable ... at which people are moving along and to hear their blissful lack of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  of the fake plants I hung up (not ready to take care of another living ... introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... beloved members of my living group who have now [annotation note="I miss you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  at least 4 full days each week (including weekends), in addition to the ... the same guidelines. Ultimately, we do not admit anyone until all of the ... officer A only read applications from Texas, and officer B only from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  a bit. 12:15pm. I meet up with a friend for lunch at Cosi, one of my ... relatively smoothly. A few of the ECs come onstage at the end to introduce ... rent a car from the local Budget office. Unfortunately, the only type of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  did not know much at the time. I was absolutely terrified of what the ... ’t know if I was going to make it. Today, I’m at the other end of the ... was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  actually surprised at how disassembled a lot of things were here   ... For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... research or industry experience on top of an advanced degree if you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  We’re number 1 — but for whom? the global ranking vs the local fit

  

  a universal, ordinal ranking of colleges and universities is at best irrelevant and at worst misleading to the individual question of [annotation ... to be the valedictorian of MIT or have summa cum laude on their diploma

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching, except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... for them. Congratulations to the Class of 2018. May the wind be ever at ... ; The commencement stage at dawn   flowers of MIT  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  online forums, you can't help but wonder at your chances of getting into ... through your mind. Equally, at the other side of the dinner table, your ... would you negate your own individuality at the risk of becoming another

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  Yesterday evening at MIT had a fairly random pair of events: First ... 'd expect to hear talk at MIT. But there have been lots of speakers here on ... , we also talked about the legitimacy of pro wrestling: is it "fake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  of my dorm, Baker House. 4) while working a shift at Baker desk and I ... year-long UROP working with polymers as a cell environment. At the end of ... with my writing. Ideas would hit me at night and I jumped out of bed to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  Meet Edmund Jones, a member of the Admissions Office staff (and Sam ... with mother of pearl pickguard, ash body with maple neck and rosewood finger board. I got it on ebay from a really nice guy in Spendora Texas

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• 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 ... Students are non-degree students who take classes at MIT. You will apply ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  year of high school stood between myself and a diploma. I wasn't accepted ... colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009