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  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... never seem to come out tasting right and my chemistry experiments in high ... wandering to new things – I wanted to do something that mattered, and for me

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  . xD) 3.) No, you don't have to pull all nighters in order to finish ... something positive to this world. People here do this in so many different ... what you've done to get to where you are. Answer the question, and it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have ... room for them in the class. It has been our most competitive year ever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  -Entry Thanksgiving Dinner A new tradition we started in A-entry this year. Each person ... ! It's not everday you get to meet a blogger My favorite A Phi lady Leslie '10, and one of the coolest people to ever major in Course 10

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  one, except jump really high. My family used to have one in our backyard ... set and are MAD expensive. I also need to confirm that getting a ... was passed to get an ice cream machine for Simmons, but the plumbing to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that ... 's course, and hope to get lucky in the end. Let the games begin. ... starting with mechanical engineering and now going on to PhD programs in

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the ... -107) and one women's restroom (3-101). But that's about to change. And in ... facilities has finally decided to recognize the Institute's gender balance with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I get used to this "eating healthy food" BS. So I'm going to write ... even going to a fast food restaurant. The food in the residential halls ... TechCash", Campusfood.com allows us to order food online and (in many

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  parentheses in this post, but I’m going to roll with it: the new season of Top ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like ... in my UROP lab around 7:30pm. My worst day was an 8:30am to 8:30pm

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  ." How embarrassing. Anyway, I spent about an hour more taking notes in ... up, put them in the order that makes the most sense to read, and ... yourself stuck on, say, a college essay - maybe it's time to invest in some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT ... , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the class of 2019. So I thought, what better way to end my time at MIT than

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  send it to you?" Absolutely! "Are admission interviews available in my ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... attend the same from India. Will it be wise to include the SSP thing in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for ... to understand the world, but trying to understand how other people make ... mathematical models and quantitative data, and i'm looking forward to getting

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  Korean-American woman who weights 105 lbs. She recently finished 3rd in the ... , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  potentially useful item we had in our shop at the Edgerton Center- no matter how ... event, we had to demonstrate and explain how our designs for Flux complied ... laps in one day or 143 laps in two consecutive days to qualify for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  public in New England to give way, on the ground that the Union should be ... . In my next I hope to have better news to tell. General Scott will take ... giving a lecture in the Dowse Institute in Cambridge, and shall have time

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays? No. You ... already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... admissions to find out The Reason why I was deferred? If you call in, we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... I was deferred? If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the ... applications any school (including MIT) would love to have in their student body

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  accepted or not. But every time I get to thinking this way, EVERY single ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... are, what inspires you, what makes you tick. Once you get in touch with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  you!), how to get around campus, and how to pick a living group (SO MUCH ... . (This could explain why the girl studying in the cubicle next to me looks ... --> no place to stand), not washing my dishes (although someone in my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007