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  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  , weary traveler of the world (or at least the internet), and rest your eyes ... the history of japan guy, and it is an incredible rabbit hole. cj ... me of the last class of 6.031, when it played while my professor stood

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  towards positions that offered the opportunity to do design work. I finally ... hard, and nobody (openly) judges me for lying down in front of the ... things left to do during the next two weeks. I came in with a list of goals

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Since nearly two-thirds of the admitted students are attending Campus ... of you a well-matched host for the weekend. Like online dating ... ": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... the COVID-related disruptions, and we appreciate that too.  As of ... -minted members of the Class of 2025. These students hail from more than 500 high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  This past week was the first week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long ... the class started, it has kind of blown up due to all of the lectures

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... by volumes of different people at all hours of the day. What can I say ... you think of the brand-new stubble, courtesy of No Shave November. That

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  university, but when I visited Caltech, they said that about 80% of the profs ... , for the record, I don't believe that 80% of Caltech's professors can ... , yes, some are bad. The benefit of living in a mixed-year (not freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  , here I am, headed towards one of the biggest changes life has to offer ... make it through to the very end. My mid-lecture anxiety attacks of ... remember thinking that the test must not have been graded out of 100. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety ... commitment, but ultimately bring me a lot of joy or pride. So the question ... what? Going to two meetings of the National Honors Society or the Physics

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or ... Voyage of the Dawn Treader in my reading textbook in elementary school and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  important?[/caption] Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a ... took 6.S978 to try my hand at the intersection of law and technology ... the day GDPR was implemented, and in one of my classes we discussed the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  Regular Action. In the email, please include your full name, date of birth ... Bridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first ... Bridge page to be sure that you’ve completed all of the MIT requirements. You
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of the books Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and The Namesake (2003 ... differences. She has one of the most elegant writing styles and her stories are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank ... Wellesley College, Harvard University, the Massachusetts College of Art ("MassArt"), and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). Cross registration is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  part of the reason why it's been so hard to write about what's been going ... , reading things, lying down on the other side of the room, chatting people ... served hot chocolate in the middle of lobby 10. this fall's finals week was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  , based on the stat counters at the bottom, has probably been of help to a ... side of the table, having done some 16-odd interviews for MIT these last ... an admissions guru (lolz) when I was still in college, I offer the same

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... only one that offered free food.The 5.111 staff would periodically invite ... our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011