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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming ... qualities, which leaves me wondering how in the world it makes such a ... get him an answer even if they were busy with something else. In

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents ... , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final ... covered that. Let me explain to you my life in the context of those ELLs in

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  ’s currently at said Hatch Shell and tells me in not-so-many words to get there ... line to get in. Ruh roh. But no worries, this entry would not be as ... school year, it’s really easy to forget that you actually go to school in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... pattern, one I still haven’t figured out a response to. In machine shops, I ... thought to myself, “That won't be me.”  I am known, on occasion, to sit in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and ... past 8 years in the Navy, I wanted to be closer to my family while I ... how to answer this came from the Yale Admissions Podcast, which is an

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it ... 're probably trying to jam it in. Slide it in." "I AM sliding it!" "Do you see ... longer drive in college), and you parked your car, and all you had to do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  're still alive, dying for fall semester to start? from hearing about how hard ... in high school and getting straight b's here at mit? Well now you did ... cool to be done with non-applied math (*sigh of relief*). In terms of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  drafts leading up to A New Hope show a vast improement in quality ... must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you ... resurrection of Obi-Wan Kenobi. And how to explain this unlikely event? LUKE: Ben

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  get used to that. I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief ... black cap and black gown to receive two bachelors degrees -- one in biology and one in brain and cognitive sciences. So as I walked to the exam

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

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... 's right there in my pset, how cool is that?? I just know my friends thought I had ... I'm interested in would be unsustainable. I need to choose something

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  see how I didn't need to squeeze everything in as soon as possible. You ... side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... opportunity to develop skills in the field of electrical engineering and it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  standing next to you. You dove right in; there was no preamble. Everyone knew ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... demonstrated to me just how passionate, smart, crazy, and down-to-earth they

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... fear to reproduce it in this post).  Insight: The &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your ... behavior in a given setting is to experience that setting i liked that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... groups, you wouldn't really get to fully experience MIT. Thus, CPW is like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007