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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  supposed to be a model/actress--not that you can't do that and go to MIT ... most interesting events and you can fill in the rest with your overactive ... sort. But if you're going to Portland for a day, forget all that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the ... the other hand, said "no photos" but lingered for quite a while--what is ... around 6 but stopped by desk to pick up a package from Amazon (canned

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  , and posted it while I was on the plane, so basically Sam is a big ... maybe, Sam is just a big cheater.) I've been thinking about writing this ... "My freshman year at MIT is over" is a bland, unemotional statement. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal with MIT. I was stressed, I was upset, and I made a completely rational and reasonable major life decision. I ADOPTED A SEVEN WEEK OLD KITTEN

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  improving the site's usability. On top of creating a user experience that is intuitive and friendly to a younger age group, a lot of consideration is also ... thing -- but making all the pieces connect is new to me, so a lot of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  that there is a lot of overlap with the machine learning class, though ... is a replacement for Artificial Intelligence, so it would fulfill a ... Intelligence, and if there's a class I'm investing a lot of effort into this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  is kind of a funny question, since you've probably never heard of Jim ... morning when you can't understand how e-mail works?" Heck, I'm almost ready ... ... with Pine I can go through spam in like a third of the time of webmail

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  place that I love. Make sure that you remember that all you can do is know that you tried your best and that is all you should expect of yourself ... . --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... you forgot to pack your fact sheets, [annotation note="As you can ... limited to her professional responsibilities. If you were the partner of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are ... bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of ... August, a committee of senior bloggers, recent bloggers, and a few staff

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  , though, is how to format a résumé as a freshman. You've just graduated from high school, and you may or may not have a résumé already. So what should ... that matter to you, that you can talk about at length with a recruiter at

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  admissions? Jones: It can be a big driver. Many of us in college admissions ... is that we have a tendency to want kids to look alike. We want them to ... a high standard. There's no room to fail. On NPR's Morning Edition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... is the Harvard Bridge. Many MIT students live in Boston, whether in a ... rushing there. This is my morning walk from my fraternity house to MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready ... just under a month, there will also be an opportunity for high school ... engineering, Beaverdash is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... available once Finalists are announced. If you are a QuestBridge Finalist ... cycle using your QuestBridge application, you can do so, but must let us
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you ... for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight ... don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you. CPW invades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... applicants is astonishing. Basically, selection works like this. We've spent a ... , defer, deny) is. Because we have a clear idea of qualities we are looking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I've been promising you for weeks. I also owe you my post-EA thoughts. Both

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  , Officer Collier.  You'll be missed. MIT has created a Sean A. Collier ... Police officers from across the country as well as other mourners turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  must invite you to their lab to engage in research. If there is a ... invited by an academic department as a Visiting Student. There is no central ... undergraduate Special Students program is closed except for a very limited number