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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  since I started blogging. A year since robots in the FPOP and the free ... ’ve taken thus far. I spend four-and-half hours every week in the lab (7 ... you put a wall 0.6 meters in front of the robot, it will move 0.1 meter

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  about MIT the instant I got my acceptance letter (deferred, got in regular ... 'd been accepted to (awesome engineering schools in NYC, Pittsburgh, and ... years in Houston and didn't stand one day in Boston, go figure). So, there

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  there were seven Apple laptops in the car. I switched to Mac right before ... last year. And yes, graduate students get an IAP; one of the students in ... . Trevor is a fantastic web designer with really good taste in music (whose

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right ... them up around campus, and from 2-3:30, we sang in Lobby 7.  [carousel

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... track playing quietly in the background, periodically interrupted by the ... , faded, green hair that was in dire need of a trim. My stylist asked me how

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  in the nature reserve and walked around a bit before the ride back to ... it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too ... ’ve tried in college. The number of MIT students I have met feels incredibly

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  these things in a ceramic, mushroom-shaped container (which we ... ! And our really awesome friend was in it, performing with a sword that ... got from our lovely freshman (that we counseled in Freshman Arts Program

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  Four years ago, in October 2012, Lydia published a blog post titled ... . In the dorms at MIT, we work adjacent to each other like parallel play ... out. Not with their laptops in front of them, not doing a little work in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  something, feel free to ask additional questions in the comments or email cpw ... load, especially if you don’t need to bring a sleeping bag. Space in ... now there's a winter storm advisory and I'm shivering in my winter

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz, and an 18.02 exam on Friday. In the midst of spending the day studying ... -3. I have a three-hour time frame in which I can grab and eat lunch

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  /husband/estranged son-in-law/daughter/stepson). Everyone seems to know one Halloween baby ... back to my room, then to the kitchen, where people were waiting in the ... . 5 in G) then listened to the piece. A suite is a collection of dances

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... semester.  Or, in more relatable teenager-money-terms, that's the equivalent

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... Naviance/Docufide, the MIT cover sheet would need to be scanned in and then ... teacher letters and school forms (such as transcripts) in three ways, listed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... , perhaps visiting your favorite childhood haunts in a last bid to say goodbye

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  , Sarah S. ’24 and I meet in front of McCormick to head to South Station to ... is in a very good mood.    2:15 pm - At South Station, we are ... entire place and express great excitement over the light in the bathroom

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... explains his life to me in terms of his calendar schedule, which has ... who are all staying in the Hyatt. “Yeah,” he says, “and I might go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  . Maybe it's existed since the beginning of time."][/annotation] Sadly, in ... more quick lunches in between classes, no more much-needed energy drinks ... beautiful sight in front of me: a crowd of students coming in and out of a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  universities in metropolitan Boston that were listed on Wikipedia ... submit, if it's in NCBI's Taxonomy Database then the site will build a ... an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. 6-9 is an ... more unsure about majoring in 6-9. Wasn't really sure why I was feeling that way, since the obvious option is to major in something I liked to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022