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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  crufty alums being around in the last serveral days, in part to various ... 't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the ... that this class is going to kick my ass, but in a good way. This class ... ! Staying in shape: One of my goals this semester is to start running on a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... myself back in the auditorium listening to the final round of presentations ... at 8 AM, and the morning was spent listening to medical and graduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you ... on public transportation. Most of you will drive to MIT on the ... tracks; the drop-off point is ahead on your right. For those flying to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we ... offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  plan to admit students from the wait list. How many we admit is a ... list is used to manage the uncertainty of knowing how many students will ... to the Class of 2023. A few years ago, in a post addressed to wait

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... . The primary time to have fun during the year lies in breaks. Whether ... categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  down. One thing you should know for sure is that the much acclaimed weather machine is up and running in order to give you all some of the best ... be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  ), and applying to medical school. One of the most interesting things that ... 't MIT prepare students well in the science curriculum? The answer is yes ... America. At MIT, Dr. Lee said, the focus of science is to teach you to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of ... Lane #106, a problematic (to say the very least) comic in which Lois Lane ... the power of them, having to write a rap about our chosen rap names

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  at most 1.5% to the bottom line. There was a lot of skepticism ... the Field   "To me, this was all personal challenge. I thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A ... a mountain, on a motorcycle - crutches strapped to the back. In the ... staying in Zurich with a host family, and their dog tackled me to the ground

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female ... you can only see it if you want to and you highlight the text:   ... math problem, a video about how my week is going, and my most recent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  cartridges). MIT is the perfect place to start a puzzle, especially when there ... offered financial aid for low-income students in the form of TechCash to ... I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... the rest of my life is mostly on hold until then. Hanna and Liz (both ... apartment-hunting is contingent upon my being in the Boston area after June. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  concert. The set is transcendent, and we're all in the frame of mind to let ... The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  stereotypes were for the most part nowhere to be found. And when I received a ... 've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of ... was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  scheduled to be covered in the discussion. The list went something like this ... fresh ozone, rip the bond in half to make two new double bonds, stick an ... really choose to learn about it. It just sort of happened. In case you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an ... advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  !  Probably to the chagrin of the cops in charge of security.  But they didn't mind too much - the concert was dedicated to the memory of Officer Sean ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013