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  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  been busy e-mailing MIT sophomores to get an insider's take how to adapt ... underclassmen wanting to apply at a top university is to get involved in high ... how difficult it was to get into the school — only about 12 percent of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  Research Opportunities Program and allows MIT undergrads to get research ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... come to my 9:30 AM biochemistry class. So, after a breakfast in Burton

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  court we decided to make a giant snowman in front of the great dome ... . How did we get the head on? Simple, Ghassan stood on a chair. Finally ... entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  distance of the bridge so they’d know exactly “how long it would take to get ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of ... , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  . We discuss how much sleep we’re getting/not getting/how there seems to ... courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious ... to construct a bridge) -- [Getting started] I've got a variety of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... to be in Boston that weekend, and want to stop by, we'd love to host ... Vanilla Sauce We'd love to meet you and your family in February if you

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  manage to get a spot on an intermediate dance in Dance Troupe and thus ... in which each set performs in front of everyone else in DT to show how ... ’t wait to see how the team progresses in the coming years!   (Brent

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  project because the How To Food admissions blogs functioned as prior art and ... —most students choose to brush up on their culinary skills or enroll in a lower ... aimed to capture the central role that food has in our lives and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  about how to get into the animation industry, and he responded with a ... have done at MIT in an attempt to illustrate that, despite common belief ... ] figured out that our career goal is to work in the Animation Industry, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  “What inspired you to draw your design” question in the submission form, I wrote some bullshit about how I wanted to capture the complexities of the ... figure out how to publicize this neurotic rat-animal-thing along with their

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  pumpkin patch sale to raise money. I was told that the best way to get in ... later and later. I wake up just in time to catch breakfast, which closes ... my heart’s just not in it. So, on this day, my walk to [annotation note

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  of them but there are only 24 hours in a day and you also have to get food and get done with everything early enough to get sleep – at least ... do with math later in life?" Fast forward a month to... OUR FIRST MIT

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus ... that I would see them in five years when they would all come back to ... passage of time I’ve had a better opportunity to get to know them. This year

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  richer college experience. You'll figure out for yourself how you want to ... in the rain): http://shuttletrack.mit.edu/ Computing Get certificates ... : http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/sse/courselist.html How to use the MIT logo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  puzzles. Importantly, we had to start getting in contact with [annotation ... five build directors really saved our asses in regards to getting this ... , so we didn’t get too many people to help strike (I had to pull in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  returned to Next House last week in time for UPOP's week-long training ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything ... be a course 2" "WGS.101 taught me how to think about gender in a ... in course 6/9 related things I'd highly recommend it, to get a taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  , being so deeply engrossed in a topic. And I get to take this depth with me ... particular astro-lingo. There is a danger in this: you might forget how to ... of me; once in place, I could follow them where I wanted to go. So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  get to dictate how its told. And that's pretty empowering. And I guess ... week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... 'm stuck in between the lines of my to-do list. In between my hour

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to ... transcripts, and most people had little to worry about no matter how unprepared ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013