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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  not, in fact, normal "What classes are you taking?" - Our Number System ... . In MIT speak, I'm a CMS/6-3 and this past semester I took 3.091, 21M.011, 18.01, and 8.01L. In non-MIT speak, I'm a double major in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an ... found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  the class and ultimately lose interest and motivation to do well in it ... 't have that safety net of PNR and I actually, well, have to do decently in classes now, I need to take classes that genuinely interest me in order for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... that were too high in quality), eventually, I came up with the idea of ... school. It made my 57 units look tame. They were enrolled in 84 units, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  semester are spent in a sleep-deprived and over-caffeinated haze, probably at ... year i'll be back in Burton Conner, my freshman year dorm. my EC floor, Slugfest, all pulled up together in our new hall tanks. once the party died

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  song about femicide in Mexico.  Here are two things I weighed heavily: Audience: There were points in my recovery where a post like this could have ... alone in my trauma; I don’t want others to feel that way. Though I know

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  Here are the answers to the questions you've left in the comments of ... know of any other really good vegetarian/vegan restaurants in the area?" Well, there are only a few vegetarian-only restaurants in the area (such

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  .P classes because of the budget cuts in my school. So only the students with ... 't have any A.P classes and I'm not in the Intel Science program in my ... classes, we cannot expect you to take them. Also, not being in the Intel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  into the void of the interwebs…also shamelessly quoting ourselves in same ... did in fact see waitress again this past Saturday!!! We invited our ... in our angsty messenger chat that has an angsty title that shall not be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... popular in Japan. There is usually very little mention of Lilo, however. 52. High School Musical 3 - called "High School Musical - "Za" Movie" in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  this blog post, but unfortunately, the circuits in my brain in charge of ... essay writing buried somewhere here in all these words. Over the last ... . In what was most likely just another subconscious procrastination

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  so far in 2009. Fact 2: in the four short semesters after enrolling at MIT, my frequent flier account has already broken six figures in terms of lifetime miles. Fact 3: I’ve been in an awful lot of airports

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  you're not interested. but for this post in particular, i think it ... ’ll all look back on this period in time. How the pain, the anger, the fear ... all going to lose in the coming months. Who even knows when we’ll go

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  hall food and by the greater Boston food scene in general, and resolving ... . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... the world around me in the spirit of “you are what you eat.” The results

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  spend time in anther country. It’s difficult to justify spending a ... in the world. Plus, more and more summers are being reserved for ... study abroad opportunities as I can! The Plaza de España in Sevilla This

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  seemed to be every dorm but the one I was slated to live in for the next ... I had individual friends in Maseeh, I’d figured, dorm culture wasn ... came out in May. However, after getting to campus and dancing, having my

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I ... those of you who do not know me, my name is Cami and I graduated MIT in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  could aid the transport of vaccines in remote areas. KoolPool, an ... Mechanical Engineering undergrads in a class known as 2.009: Product ... Presentation in which student-designed products were presented. -- I was in the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  process. Dozens of you wrote in with wonderful, funny, and sometimes ... best universities in my country. However, I want to study aerospace engineering. In Costa Rica, we hardly have a decent airport for receiving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to see some images in Old State Clothing Co. that probably seem sad and ironic to an outsider. “Believe deep down in your heart that you are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012