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• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  a year since I've graduated and I'm happy to report that real life isn ... don't spend more money than you make and things tend to work out ... cash, got strapped to a skydiver, and was pushed out of a plane.  It was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet ... one and stuck it in the pan, then rotated the first one to a second face ... wanted to attend MIT. I would like to take up medicine,perfabely in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let ... to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in love with a problem and wanting to do something about it. Most people

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• 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 ... decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school ... in shape year round. I never have to worry about voluntarily getting to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some ... engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  ."]executive board[/annotation] and how people choose to divvy up the work from year to ... to occupy it, one thing is constant: email. During my two years on Next Exec, I sent probably around 70 emails to our dorm's official

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  I'm going to be honest - The first five academic weeks here were not ... , thinking that it sounds fantastic and you'd love it and you can't wait to try it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  The MIT.01 course, Intro to the Institute, has been very exciting to teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  September. You may have already seen Petey’s post Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to this university since childhood. And now I am about to enter my sophomore ... it really came true. I never expected to be the person who I am now

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you ... early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that ... managed to make MIT feel like home.   [caption id="attachment_45255

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... pace, is that I am constantly being asked what I'm going to do when I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  Applicants who have completed college coursework are asked to submit an official transcript. An official transcript submitted during the ... will be required to submit an official college transcript.
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  This blog post is an ode to whiteboards, which I love very, very ... perhaps most importantly, how to fix old and dirty whiteboards. You know how ... ’m starting this off with the how-to guide. All that other content is down below

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... prodding my siblings ever-so-often to end their summer vacation and return to ... alone. It’s hard to value companionship until you’re starved of it, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with ... weekend of absolute tomfoolery. With that said, I proudly present to you ... was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... 're lucky, all the classes that you want to take might fall on the same two or ... the difference if you don't let others on to your reasoning), you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  Two years ago (wow time flies), I went to CPW, and I came away ... mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come, swayed by other factors important to me, including distance from home

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018