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  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  should be a momentous occasion, where I have something important to say (I ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  the warmth still feels like a tiny miracle. Campus is starting to ... whizzed by like a door violently swinging open on its hinges, revealing to ... possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  the Field   "To me, this was all personal challenge. I thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly ... at most 1.5% to the bottom line. There was a lot of skepticism

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  straightforwardness of New York. In a subway station en route to Ben's house in West ... 's mom had prepared a late lunch of fish and porridge. It's good to not ... . A few hours later, I managed to sleep. The next morning was a tribute

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you ... Last year, I hosted a pre-CPW [annotation note="fyi this was streamed through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since ... time to cook more than once a week anymore. On weekdays, I'm working ... . It's pretty consistent. On weekends, I either take a few hours to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  extracurricular opportunities, a brief four-year respite on my journey to become a ... moved to B entry sophomore fall because I realized that I needed a more ... Yamato’s. I want a full, productive year working on my UROP. I want to see

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  lyrics to non-stop from hamilton in this post. nothing else just that"]A ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I ... campus in fall, so we're in the middle of hunting for a place to live in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  [annotation note="I am extremely lucky, and my apologies to everyone else"]only had a ... (blog post to come, hopefully, but it might be a while 😅 ... since August, and generally made my room a nicer place to be [image

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  day before that we invited the early pre-frosh arrivals to a welding ... Ever wonder what a deep fried McChicken would taste like? How about deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with ... excitement of novel college life subsided. A common suggestion is to make ~1 ... your MIT ID early by traveling to Boston with a subsidized MBTA pass

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• 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.

  

  open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is 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 / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff ... will respond to everything but it will likely take the better part of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two ... Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  scenes to change things around a bunch - some portlets will be retired ... . A girl basically paid a consultant to help her reinvent her entire ... , not just MIT) have a responsibilty to find a way to take the pressure

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one ... . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  about living in a group like this is having to be organized about meeting ... to sit down again and have a discussion. We also have to have semi ... sharing a suite. You also have to operate as a unit, so there's a lot more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my ... MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like ... 9th grade and well, I figured if one class was going to be a disaster ... going to be thrown into a class with virtually zero prior knowledge and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017