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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... -related material on the side in order to “not lose interest in economics.” Personally

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  life sitting in trains to get to the Place With Sky Busses. The Big City ... place. One hour after I get there, when I sit down to work on some Problem ... eating, 17 years ago[/caption] I miss having clear end points in which to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  .631- Systems Visualization: In this class, we're learning about how to ... work in robotics! The labs are pretty neat, since we get to build things ... bridges. In this class, we look at structures in equilibrium and learn how

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  the MyMIT section on interviews. To get to this page, which has additional information: sign in, click the light green tab "how to APPLY" and ... , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the ... it makes me sad that I won’t get to deliver this advice to you in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  had to audition to get in) who can actually sight read pretty well, he ... when he was trying to explain how to be more expressive and what sort of ... stay in all three groups, I finally chose to stay in MITSO simply because

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... don't need a Ph.D. in physics to get a good job -- you really need a Ph

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT's 41 ... letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... American Idol's Simon Cowell really entertaining. To be honest, I'm in love

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to work with actual research, and can get ... really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... need to have in order to graduate."]7.014[/annotation] to my schedule. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... actually succeed in the environment of your choosing. MIT taught me how to ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... in the admissions office to craft questions and prompts that elicit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  heart going to the poetry store in harvard square with alan and getting ... me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  abilities and get Sanatan’s. You would have had to step back and build ... ’t get any closer to a mental model that would allow me to paint like that ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... : Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve ... much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019