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  Two important reminders

  

  science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  now there's a winter storm advisory and I'm shivering in my winter ... . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a reasonable fraction of the 600+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  ’s halfway through the semester, and I’m in this weird mood lately where I ... majority of it outside. My friends and I biked to Newbury street in Boston to ... around and admired the flowers that are suddenly in bloom. I have done

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in ... it. You can’t go back, because you’re already in your gym clothes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature ... concentrated in anthropology because I've always loved reading about physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we ... friend^2s and friend^3s were there, so I felt like I wouldn't fit in. Plus

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  whether I am in fact "a resilient device," whether I will ... off, but when light comes in my window I wake up optimistic) and I ate ... in the area that doesn't take Patriot's Day off. I sat with

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... worst. Imagine it. And I bet you, you can convince yourself you’ll be fine ... I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  edu. I can't guarantee that I'll answer right away, but I'll promise to try. I love you all, and best wishes in the future! ... Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... object lesson in what not to do. As I've said before, I had decided to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I was in 10th grade (and since that was only three years ago, you can ... living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took ... last year and loved it. Of course, I can't forget MIT's own summer

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  in the future. I am spending the summer in Bend, OR, a small city of ... isolated and it was inevitable that I would need a car. But the car was in Colorado, I was in Cambridge, and my job was in Oregon. So that began my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  , carbohydrates and how they exist in the body. So far, it's been pretty good ... So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my ... pronounces what we know as H20 as "woodur." Too bad I don't have a sound

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  DOTA2 players Tune in next time to learn about how I managed to get ... competitions later, I'm still having a blast. I came to learn how to dance and ... -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014