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  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  of awesome Boston-area college students. Considering that a lot of other universities aren’t necessarily in cities or around many other colleges, I’ve definitely considered this a unique opportunity. There’s a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  Independent Colleges and Universities. Pets can help students relieve stress ... Tracy Jan Globe Staff / September 9, 2008 CAMBRIDGE - Like most college ... put MIT at the forefront of the growing number of colleges that are al

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  at my registration this semester: 8.04: Quantum Physics I I finally ... 'm beginning to build a fundamental understanding of the way the universe works ... interest in physics, even if you don't plan on majoring in course 8. At the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  State University High School Honors Science ... Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) Honors Summer Math ... Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) Women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  , will attend Utah State University, and that last year's winner, David Bauer, attends the City University of New York Honors College. ... fields.And in this season of high anxiety over selective college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  , back in high school, I believed that the college admissions rat race was ... and time if I hadn't wanted to attend a great university. For example ... on my physics exam, the waddle in my gait. All of that is easy to love

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... --the creative thrill of design work, the satisfaction of making physical parts ... . While I've been in college, they've grown a lot, and even made it to the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question ... corporation. MIT will challenge you more than just about any other university ... hands-on than most other universities - you work in labs, build roller

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  of my summer before college. i wasn’t really doing anything but also ... home.    And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it 'Til you do

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  note="which we consistently referred to as 'fake money' throughout our ... art after college, but it also proved that it would be much harder

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  team?" I've also had to perfect the sort of fake smile and forced giggle ... this because my sister (who just graduated from college) is $80,000 in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  My previous post about Alex Doonebury's college choice was linked ... , two recent physics-related strips generated a little bit of controversy on campus: The rigorous freshman physics class 8.022 (also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  point: I considered studying CS or physics in college, but liked math more ... majors, currently a master's student at the University of Cambridge ... -answer questions to olympiads to college classes and now to research. I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  the meaning of the highlights in the Fake Bezel: Construction: The ... tuning in, the 8.01 and 8.02 (introductory freshman physics) classes ... "fake bezel" had that little speech "build-up" in the beginning, while we

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees ... sticks, retrieved one of the B2 fake lei, poked holes in the head for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  GC's, the parents, the colleges and universities, the high ... College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... the majority) had no college classes. The most common AP's taken were in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  grad student from each university. Each of the winners is going to win ... Coop, I knew it was my calling. This was the universe telling me to go ... college, not knowing what to do after graduation, realizing that your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps ... Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  requirement. I'm scared that I won't get into a good college because I don ... number of students whose parents didn't go to college at all far outweighs ... ), one in science (physics, chemistry, or biology e/m), and the third in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005