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  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  . In the other two sections we learn how to draw and use CAD, and ... important that you can communicate your ideas through drawing. So, in our ... In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  hanging around and talking. I can see how I might not enjoy that in a ... . On this note, I love that we can argue in this class. I disagree with ... Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... in 5 and 7, with minors in 9 and 14”. Translation: “I’m crazy.” Well ... are all numbered (e.g. “I have 5.111 at 12:00 in 10-250”) wasn’t enough

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  extraordinary contributions in a variety of areas. When I was skimming through the ... that were featured on the website. So for your viewing pleasure, I ... ! ______________________________ On a personal note, I must say that in addition to being super

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  performance within a group. Now I understand how professors feel. I couldn ... ") in charge of one of the three ELL sections. I kind of think of myself ... . Here’s what we came up with (keep in mind that I’m condensing about 2

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  how people react. Apparently, according to their website, MIT students ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... ,[/annotation] I can tell you that I was nauseous once, too. But as a self ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6 ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  .  I have won an award at a Model United Nations conference, and in ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  "world's smallest" Trader Joe's across the river in Boston (which I would ... time I had a half-dozen, I felt like I just had to blog them (in addition ... spring in your step, you're about to buy lots of delicious food to cook

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  together and “buy” their friend for an impressive sum. (I hope I’m doing a ... time I do something CK-related, I’m reminded of how lucky I am to have a ... my MIT career that I started to do a little more digging. In trying to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  that I supervised about MIT in the Marvel Multiverse. Jade just published ... even wrote about a pair of Spider-Man Shoes I had painted in high school ... -Man Shoes, featured in my MIT college application![/caption] When I got to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random ... :)" Yes. I can't tell you how much it meant to me to feel so welcomed ... . I had another project, though, which I didn't talk much about in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... . The following day, I got an email with an offer for a spot in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  learning English, and now - ten years later - I can't imagine how I would ... tossing around a Frisbee in front of Killian Court at dusk. I still remember ... course, I still remember the chirping crosswalk in front of 77 Mass Ave

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  Two days ago, I won a 35mm SLR on eBay! Now I have something I can ... a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  my hall in EC, Beast, who are my best friends that I love greatly and ... in the gear); I found that sticker in the TechX storage room, when me ... I found on the floor in Boston Logan (gotta stay fresh and rock what

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  problem sets, but as long as it's not full, you can change it online. In ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for ... with classes every day at 3, which is great because I don't learn well in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006