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• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post ... with pessimism either. i took physics c mechanics in high school and did ... in 8.01! and boy, did we mcHeckin SUFFER. we spent t h r e e hours on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  course reviews. ~150 Number of students in the class. 1,200 The number of people sitting in Kresge Auditorium during the live product launch, with ... this in a single semester. However, I can honestly say that it was the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  In our last post, we mentioned that we were next going to blog about ... Dear Theodosia, a song that Leslie’s character in Hamilton sings. This reprise actually isn’t in the musical, so we are especially happy that it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... to go to my public library (along with everyone else in town who needed to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  " and Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017."  Note: Part 1 of this ... changed in life. For example, I realized how little I know and how uncertain ... , I thought I knew how to handle life. In fact, I had a clear vision in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  Lamborghini and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology started in October ... of 2017-- to experience the thrill of working in the Super Sport Car ... new collaborations will lead to new technologies in the fields of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  to a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. In a place without ... the United States had twenty years ago. We live in a connected global ... his passion in technology to design a new educational system that gives

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... . You’re putting yourself on paper. Recognize the things you did and fell in love ... . Here are some essay tips to consider (in no particular order): Don

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the wait list ... , historically? In the last five years, we have admitted as few as 0 students from ... associative but not causal. This means, what has happened in the past or on any

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  and audience. My teacher clarified that I was not in trouble because ... , never let my education get in the way of my learning.   Love you ... because in order to teach you have to know your stuff, and because through

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist ... , historically? In the last five years, we have admitted as few as 0 students from ... but not causal. This means, what has happened in the past or on any

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... was wearing a nice dress and make-up and practicing my talk in the ... standing in front of a few dozen professional astronomers (+ Carl and his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  There's a paragraph in Steve Job's biography where famed Apple ... interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time in his college workshop, during the Christmas break when no one else

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New ... was leaving. I'm in love with Oregon, and I'm obsessed with my family ... participating in the Freshman Outdoors Program, a pre-orientation backpacking trip

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for ... from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  . We will reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we ... to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end. Who do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... , yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... here in the first place. But what about those other qualities that aren ... in? Dear God, that's even Avogadro's number! What if that final

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... some face-to-face time alone with each teacher to ask them in person to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  ... ...the first thing you think about is a certain protein used in recombinant DNA that makes C. elegans glow prettily in the lab. ---- 5/1 Update ... , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009