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• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  Leatherman in your pocket?) and I supported the window with a knee and both hands. From outside, I could see how the latch had to be adjusted in order ... with them. I realized that it would be easier to close the window from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Engineering) a year and a half ago.  The most valuable lesson I've learned in ... semester off and accept a 6-month position in Apple's iPhone Product Design ... struggling early in the semester.  I worry because freshman year was by far my

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  playing in the background to keep from falling asleep), I completed my epic 15-paged chem pset and turned it in at noon. That said, and I did better than I expected on the physics test, so everything was worth it in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  effort in, but for some of the units I couldn’t do well no matter how hard ... luckily I’d had my own disaster-semester in the spring, and we compared ... while in quarantine as a form of “creative writing”. I should have failed

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  of the New Yorker. I landed in LAX around 11:30AM PT and picked up my rental car. Because I was in California, my first stop was In-N-Out. I ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;The next morning I woke up at 6AM and began a full day of school visits. How

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it ... despaired, since I wasn't quite sure whether it would turn into a triple

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... buys a bouquet of flowers from safeway and we put them in makeshift vases ... time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  answer, so I resorted to sending her an email. I decided that I would ... would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From ... ELEFANTES! Love you, Bryan Now back in the 90s, I used to have to rely on

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  person would consider young: safe to say they’re in their twenties and ... far out in line that no store light shines upon my head. instead, i ... is salt ramen. i think that’s the magic tonkotsu, of using bone in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  , and I hope you'll feel free to keep in touch and talk about all the ... decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly ... about your financial documents, email [email protected]. Q: How do I schedule

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also ... , I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not ... 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Do you have cheerleaders? This, I guess, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... I was stronger in the humanities and social sciences than in STEM, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  do the independent study in Ask him if he would be able to get the ... , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after ... branded it as bubble tea. i loved that place in high school, but compared to ... would go through, even citing mit's minecraft version: in the end, we

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting ... some magic, and eventually we had the cookies in the oven. I rushed over

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a ... smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• 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 ... after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... : Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005