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  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  and adorable! Don’t be too creeped out if I try to hug you at the end of ... .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  notes, and then if I'm still stuck, then I look at beginning of the ... ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the-final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and I sure made the most of the extra week."]5th semester ... ™: Survive and Thrive. ...and practice what I preach of course for my two

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  on one of his SATII's and now he's a rocket scientist at MIT, so there ... 's offered in terms of back stage work for freshman. Also, are students allowed ... the main office at 617

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

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of ... at 5th East the night before. It's right across the street, and walking ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  about 1mm away from the piece of metal at a perpendicular angle, press the ... advantage of all the cool resources Metropolis has to offer and to finally ... One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  applications. I've seen a couple of these cases so far this year. "I look at last ... whichever major they like at the end of the freshman year. 2b) Yes, you may ... account) really send their application? I guess at least 50% of those who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  story is not unique. Many of my friends at MIT are also on a similar ... My high school life was a cycle of home, school, and church. My parents were relatively strict about sleepovers and hanging out, so most of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  . 71. At the same time that I applaud Tokyo for its number of public ... of gold jumped out at me from the darkly-attired group. I tried to ... actually looking at a huge, but very distinctive, ring on one of the men

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  -run events[/annotation] at the beginning of Orientation, with the aim of ... of that, but geared towards dorm exploration! At both CPW and REX there ... “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... examples, I went to the Facebook and looked at the class schedules of some of ... a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  still loved the class even at the end of the semester, even when I was ... Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... course of my time at MIT, I've had many treats from Mike's Pastry - but, as ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  Just finished reading Paul's entry about the Guy Fawkes hacks at MIT and feel obligated to write about 5th of November/Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New York Times, which at one point made me use so much Rails I had dreams about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  line for McDonald’s at 7 AM somewhere in the middle of New York state; I ... each individual circumstance. At the end of the day, MIT won West Point ... . So at CPW, I visited the crew and TKD info booths, and during

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  I had lunch at Harvard today, on the stone steps of a building like ... “The Poetics of Place” at the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a last ... like the way I’ve turned out at MIT, but you always wonder). The

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr ... of Godel Escher Bach in my bookcase at home, right next to Marvin ... at 5am, this was another “no brainer’ to me. Of course I would go to

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  of campus, and ended up with some great wine glasses at the end. Nice ... While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals ... conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004