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  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  students (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be ... those already accepted in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am no

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  the fiery shades of leaves in the trees covered the faintest clouds in ... don't know how to feel. We will be sitting quietly in Lobby 7 all day ... the way forward. In the afternoon we might open up to discussion, feel

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  Shepherds at some point in her life.   Isn’t this invitation ... to invest time in making the trek over there, I want it to be worth it ... iced coffee in one hand. Fun fact: Harvard classes start at 7 minutes

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... . Dennis Hopper was an actor who was in a few James Dean films and believed very strongly in the 1960s culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... should fill it out? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... :30 → In discussion section, we discuss an inflammatory article in defense of ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  . Here's the thing: One does not simply experience heat and/or humidity in ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  also concern elephant-in-the-room topics--drinking, sexual encounters, etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... on entering college. So click away! If you’re like me, then in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  Frebel from the Physics department. In 2007, Professor Frebel's team ... starry sky Professor Frebel made at the Las Campanas observatory in Chile ... Time Traveler Convention, held right in East Campus's (my dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... caught a disc was in the end zone, scoring my first point ever. Memories ... IAP, throwing myself into all this sprinting caught up with me in the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This ... measure. In response to this announcement, MIT officially closed at 3pm ... Charles. As for me, a group of people who normally live in B Entry packed

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  myself and my colleague Dawn Wendell, a Senior Lecturer in Course 2 (and ... culture (where students build unicycles in their dorms and hack all night). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... cell phone buzzing in my pocket and loading the text message my brother ... your covers so you're not in public when you find out. You might want to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  (100 yards) in droves, and receive a free t-shirt as a reward for not ... badly sprained and a small bone in your foot was broken. Courtesy of a ... with the wheelie chair and the ramp, which landed you in an x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who ... give in to the hype that males aren't allowed to enjoy things that may be ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... in that class was fine-tuning our ears by being guided all over MIT ... Programs, which you could listen to here). The final project in the class

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  on the floor I realized I was in the wrong classroom, and the right ... , I’m Lydia. I’m a sophomore. I’m in courses 6-7 and 18. I’m not in 7 ... classroom on campus, a small room in Building Four within hearing distance of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012