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  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... good stuff is beautiful - some of the most beautiful stuff in human ... like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  /meters, approximately (or, exactly sizes, if known)? Is it possible to find in Internet ... wireless access in all rooms? According to the mit wireless access map, it ... in the dorm, so you can use it as much as you'd like, too. In Mac

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  responded with much glee, mostly because I wanted to use a cheesy pun (double ... which list, then: focus your application on the things that matter most to ... , pumpkin drop (pumpkins falling from the tallest building in Cambridge

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  chemistry for the most part, is going to be brand new information for me ... will be all new material! In general, it is exciting to take 8.03 as well ... moment saying, “holy crap” to yourself. He is quite the character. Although

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to strongly encourage you to use the verification functionality at decisions ... password, because if you don't know it when you go to check on the 18th

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  Old City in Jerusalem is exactly the type of place I love—easy to get ... great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a ... Jewish culture. Although there is an obvious bias in the programming

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send the deposit? No deposit is required. Just be sure to send in the form ... gravel delivered to the spot, which was dumped in a big pile. It took all

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  with me everywhere—in the car on grocery trips, to friends’ houses, and ... —it’s discouraging sometimes to see how much the people around me are getting done, how ... yarn monster. It is growing. It is consuming the space in my drawers and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  ). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... talk about them in class. As with most CI-H classes, we were required to ... because of the fact that I had so much room to really write about anything

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  opinions and a willingness to talk about them. -- I also think it is the most ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight ... grouped together). Anonymous '17: Pros: -- Is the coolest place to live

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  about the research process in MechE. I'm planning to design an experiment ... II This class is a 6-unit follow-up to 2.678, a core class in MechE. I ... comics is foreign to me, so I knew the best way to make myself begin was to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  . And I will never have to buy another pen or T-shirt for the rest of ... The MIT Fall Career Fair is an intimidating thing. Over 350 companies show up and they all potentially want to give you jobs. That is, if you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... all the different lab protocols, and since I didn't know how to do most ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  don't know as much about these fields. In addition, entrepreneurship is ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  : Bangalore is the best city to work in India –cool weather, awesome ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... projector based AR systems. The city: I often went in to Osaka, the

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  this year. The only thing we ask that you send in is a midyear grade ... the answer is that you certainly may. You should check in with your ... in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the ... 're professional investors, and you might think their day job is to watch the ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application ... Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application ... . Once you register on MyMIT, you will be ready to begin the application

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012