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• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  they’d teach later that day. After all, we are MIT students and we do ... . Clearly everyone else knows what they are doing and learned all of the material in their classes. Suddenly, you fall into a spiral of “how do i even

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

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  they center around “fitness testing”, like running the mile or doing ... lying on your back yelling “I really like this stretch!” Then we would do ... indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  them, haven't you? Do the stats and titles make you want to be their ... in your reader’s position. Do you want to know everything the character wore/saw/smelled? What do you want to know? Mind the flow. Every tale

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

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  outdoorsy, but I do appreciate fresh air and pretty foliage as much as the ... . The lunchtime discussion had something to do with defining the bounds on ... my brother and me. This was our first time doing Family Weekend. I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you ... Algebra) do, while all my other classes have projects or online design labs ... spend significantly longer working on any given pset than freshmen do

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... are the themes of the play? What kind of couch do I want? Should ... entire prod staff on my side. How do you make a picture in your mind come

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  serving in the Peace Corps in Albania (MIT kids do cool things) before ... India, figured out how to do a stopover on the way for a friend’s recital ... doing research on motorcycles for the six months after graduation. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  doing dishes] Scotch Brite Sponges (6x) [sponges for doing dishes ... 'all posted as to how I do this month about staying fed. Maybe I have too much ... buildings. Me: ...coool. Brother: So where do you wanna go? We only have one

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... MIT has to offer, things can and do go wrong.  It’s a law that holds ... blood and fleshy guts that you do (don’t actually do that, just take my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  ;         I don’t personally know Hendrik, but I do know Brandon. Brandon ... and lots of Arrogant Bastard Ale. What did you do off-camera? Did they ... do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  needs it by February 15th! We do. Even if you have no midyear grades to ... that there is also an option in the Report for students whose schools do ... Midyear Report.   Got it. Ok, how do I fill this thing out? The

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  do this, and we'll see them when we read your application. Your ... your application as a PDF. You should do this so you can see how we' ... have received is sufficient. You do not need to mail us certificates. Be

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do ... running experiments or doing work, you're also good at expressing the ... employed by writing new blog posts, and I hope to do about one a week from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for ... back on the past four years, I can finally say I do. I can also cross ... project. I know how to follow one.  I know what to do if I have an idea for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do ... information or any hints about what the volunteer would do. We just asked for a ... money to do what they needed to do.   Meanwhile, the Public

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  realization that you can’t do everything some time during the first four terms ... past, and like some freshmen and sophomores still do: a place to leave ... bending, and trusses became tools for what I wanted to do and ceased being

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  the past few days. Do not call or email looking for missing documents ... have scheduled your interview for the near future, you are all set. Do ... , though, is to contact your EC before Thanksgiving, or even to do it now, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  . Basically, not much has changed since then, except that I now do these things ... haven't the slightest clue what that means, so if you do, please enlighten ... above that. Summers 12: Basketball camp. Not a clue why I decided to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... staff has a problem, I’m the one they call. But who do *I* call? Through ... to do this. Start now, I’ll give you 5 minutes to run around your house

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... 'll be able to accompany your student next weekend. But before I do that ... if you are each doing what interests you the most. With about 700

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011