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• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  afterwards we all got a chance to meet President Hockfield. (By the way, the T ... . Unfortunately, we weren't able to get a picture before the bike fell. More ... after this, Megan '08 reminded Alex that he needed to build her a loft

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  just because I find it kind of weird, maybe a little jarring. I prefer to ... 'd just touch on it a little bit. I love going to parties! I love going to bars! I love going to clubs! And I've been doing a LOT of that this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  lounge Having a lounge space to hang out with friends is integral to my ... a different dorm – and still go to the lounge and fit in. 9 ... ' that are disjoint from the 8th to 10th floors, as well as a few other

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... safely do so. [annotation note="me? oh, I'm still w a i t i n g to launch mine"] A Spotify playlist to listen to while you wait. My music taste

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  went around to a bunch of different stations (math, language, reading ... above that. Summers 12: Basketball camp. Not a clue why I decided to do ... to do justice to this in a few sentences, but I'll try. This is an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  me in terms of not traveling to NYC at all. That's saying a lot ... *really* had to take a conflict exam because he already had three exams at ... why I declared a history major at MIT, so you'll have to wait to hear

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week. There's generally a prompt, but the professor encourages us to go outside ... for this week was to think back on our lives, pick out a memory that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... applying to college. A funny moment while filling out applications. What it ... some of your thoughts and feelings with your peers, to show a spirit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  ON BIRTHRIGH IT WAS SO GREAT!!  Birthright is a free trip to Israel for ... were the views. We even got to go to a gay pride parade in Tel Aviv ... about a week to see my sister graduate from high school (congrats Stacey

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  a spot on the wait list. Not all of those students will choose to ... ’ll email you to let you know. Next, be sure to enroll in a college ... more than a page in length) to mitwl [at] mit [dot] edu in mid-to

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to ... , 2014. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You ... to a second round of waitlist admissions. All of this is a standard

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  assembly. The thing was small but heavy and had a tendency to bounce and hit ... of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus ... Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... Kentaro Miura) There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  a mechanical engineer, decided to address this issue by designing a ... is a small clip that attaches to any piece of head-word athletic equipment and vibrates to alert the athlete if their head accelerates in a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I ... excited to join the blogs. I want to pay it forward - to be a window into MIT for others, to provide some insight that a high school student

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will ... emailing all applicants with their decisions, so you should expect to hear ... admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  contact, ignored our suggestions, and refused to participate. A couple ... - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Councilors and a great group of alums were there ready and willing to answer ... learned a lot at the spring meeting I attended and had a great chance to get to know a few of my future classmates. Talking with the alums and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  I write has to be reviewed by security, and needless to say, it's a ... seemed like a good idea at the time, but the results were sparse. The two ... --though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  College Fair! v2.0

  

  . I will, however, be at the computer tonight from 8:00PM EST to 10:00PM EST to answer all of your questions about MIT in gory detail. What's going on? At CollegeWeek Live! you all can participate in a real-time, 2

  • by Snively '11
  • March 25, 2009