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• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  (A quick note before I start this post: My intro would be kind of ... kicked out of MIT. I’m in the process of writing a blogpost about this ... ’ll meet anyone in the next three months). It’s not like “omg I need a lady

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , in reverse chronological order: I recently dropped a class, and even ... only classes I’ve gotten A’s in have been HASS classes. I didn’t get any leadership positions in the clubs I participated in. I didn’t have a fancy tech

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  I'm finally all settled into my summer experience in ~~the bay~~ My 6 ... and I, we've really gotten to know each other. In between splitting and ... adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  navigating our scientific careers. Anyways, I would encourage you all to take ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... 6.001 seems to be unique in just how it manages to pull it off ... Hi, everyone! Sorry that I vanished off the face of the earth. That

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big ... graduate. In other words, this is for life. Fear not, though. After ... ), I've prepared the following list of guidelines: Your username must

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  . A tag team of two girls would stare at us in science class until we ... desk repeatedly. One boy in our art elective class would purposefully ... reflected on how, while bullies kept us in this situation, we were the ones

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your own balance. Keep on smiling. I'll keep you in mind. :) ----Long ago

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in which Marilee (our dean) talked about how insane the world is becoming in ... March 2004 in the Boston Globe. After you read it you'll know why I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... and energized for 3 hours. (I honestly don't know how people at ... in front of the camera instead of behind it that limits how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I ... should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... happened to Jon '11. So, "critical point," how does that fit in? It seems ... remember this going into your finals. I know it may not be as big an issue in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  So much has happened this summer. I mentioned in my last post, They Call Me Yankee, that I was spending my summer in Houston, Texas working ... , my friend Eric A. UH’15 and I explored Texas. We spent the weekend in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... Winston and his no electronics policy I was wary coming in but all my fears

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  excitement and keep music alive at MIT! I hope to see some of you in MITSO next ... violinist in MITSO, it was quite an interesting experience unlike any other ... composed symphony. How often does an opportunity like that come around?! The

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010