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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  , and his passion for life won him that unspeakable penalty in which the ... inevitable and despicable. For the rest, he knows himself to be the master of ... The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  bridges, the Ponte Celestia and the Portanuova, for a military area of ... the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to ... AutoCad, a skill all engineers should have, and one which is not taught

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  take a nice long nap. My room this year faces the Charles River, and we ... Finally, my first blog post! It has been such a hectic week. It's exam season, so I have been up late studying/youtubing for the past week

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  with a thousand others, and besides, I was merely thankful to no longer ... cleaning, but at least the laundry's done. I had a good experience with ... naturally at 8 a.m. on a daily basis and I've found a semblance of work ethic

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  , or hold a big meeting in every city. And not every student interested ... webcast screen that looked something like this: It featured live video and chat with our admissions staff, as well as a backchan.nl instance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  "Where there is a will....there is a way" for a reason. All the wonderful ... number of rooms and allow the individuals to decide for themselves. I also ... conditions to actually visually see what these conditions look like. From a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught ... ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I ... kitchen, I decided that I hadn't roller bladed in a while and I missed it ... + Roller Blades = awesome. Rumor has it that I can get a fine for skating

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... green building: This really was a terrible event, and I can't believe ... on the green building again!  It was really fun and students had a

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

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  something is much higher than simply hearing a no. If I invest time and energy into a job application, only to not get the job, that is time and energy ... technical interview) and never receive another chance. I have a guy friend

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  was still not what they wanted, and left again for good. So there ... need to decide on a major (sometime during sophomore year) and then study ... you are you, learning is not one-size-fits-all, and your studies are a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  MySpace Survey The Xanga Survey Look for some actual substance in the ... , but not as awesome as MIT. Consider the evidence: Sigh. But a week ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  If you're a Finalist who ranked MIT but weren't matched, you ... withdraw your MIT application. MIT practices need-blind admissions for all ... through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be ... bedtimes aren't as early as mine). They planned a hack, and in my opinion, it ... some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  Roots Of A Tree And Not Hate The Tree.” I had never heard it before ... their performance to convey emotion and meaning (which holds true for the ... Done with our Men?" (Photo taken by Joy Ekuta '13) There is a lot of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Barracudas anyone? So I got to go to Tomb last Friday for a friend's birthday, and I honestly had not had that much fun in a very long time. 5-WITS is the brainchild of a MIT course 2 alumnus, and it's basically an

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the rooms really look like that? All teched out with multi-monitor set ... more artsy, and a lot are somewhere in between. But everyone does ... look like and got some amazing responses back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  joy; when others of them weren't, their sorrow was mine, too. And for ... important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you ... blogs, I hope you realize that admissions is more than just a job for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

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