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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  fandom How to psychoanalyze people Why is nuclear waste a huge problem ... Robots What is a Narwhal? The Architectural styling of I. M. Pei How ... hard copy of my schedule for the day. Here is a Google calendar

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an ... his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a ... is to be yourself. Treat the interview as a conversation, and as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  grass, taking photos and giving hugs. Of course, today is not a normal ... . But I write with a heart that is also full of anguish – because it is ... . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  ... Is it common/uncommon to go into Boston a lot or do people generally ... 't personally get into Boston much during the week, and on a weekday night you ... CPW, or throughout the year...how do you get to do this? There will be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  . On thing that's strange about taking this class is being in a class ... a page from the book of NELLY! Because it is getting HOT in HERE!" We ... -Alaska Pipeline, and my three-member group is already quite ambitious ("Let's do a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  weeks were great, I was making a little money, I got to listen to as much ... I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should you turn left or right

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  —which is a pretty common case for MIT students—then IAP is the perfect time ... basic idea of GTL is that you teach a classroom full of high school ... ! IAP Madrid (and now, London!) IAP Madrid is a program hosted by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories ... too much of their time. Your problem is not less valid than someone else ... don’t feel like there is a right choice. For example, practice exams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  get paid for a UROP? How much?" First, money is important for college ... Olympic team, and he gossips about them to me). D-Entry is having a "Bacon ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... interact with regularly, so this is really only a snapshot of the diverse ... be more free Having a killer final project When my exam score is

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for ... and my friends (one of whom is in TechX) had a meeting in there for a ... stickers as a play on words. #relatablecontent "HAPPY CLUB": is from MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  digital identities (the actual work is a bit hard to summarize, but i guess you could say the goal is to end up in a future where people have data ... everything about you). c and i talked a bit about how he lives reasonably

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... will respect their time. So whether your application deadline is about a ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  .111[/annotation] is known to have a much lower pass rate than tests like [annotation ... , what I think is more important is how they answered--instead of answering ... aware of is how different the ASE is from high school/prior content. 5

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  always carries that “judging a book by its cover” risk, but it is at least ... New York Magazine’s The Strategist. The Strategist is essentially a sort ... feminine items (I am definitely a lip girl btw, any other color on my face is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  is to type one up entirely from a Mac at an Apple store.   ... brothers from Des Moines that went from not knowing how to cook to starting a ... Ambitious Adventures, a reality TV show following innovative cities

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... : this is in the Imperial Aeronautics department. imho choosing a ... vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  ’t the official medical term, but this is pretty much what I was told ... ’s still a bit weird how he told me that I shouldn’t be going to Urgent Care ... medicine is a marvel of science and engineering At the start of the semester

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire