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  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common App – and our application is only available at MyMIT. Here are a ... : Start by contacting your EC as soon as you are ready to schedule your

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what a sunrise sounds like another one for your ears

  

  runners along the esplanade (there are always runners along the esplanade) out by the sailing pavilion, there are some benches where you can sit

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  Much FAC," where we made personalized cakes for each of the ten halls of ... gathered from near and far in the courtyard of East Campus, where Tetazoans ... residents asked the strange Tetazoans - where is the food? The Tetazoans

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  the MIT buildings are truly random, and that this place is special and ... Boston at sunset, when no one looks at others, but feels them, and where ... students, on a bike. Earlier I witnessed upperclassmen resting on a dorm-made

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  rollerbladed to the train station. (Incidentally, rollerblades and trains are not ... brother in Philly, from where we drove another hour to French Creek state ... ). Then we went to a man-made dam and rented a self-propelled boat for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  the things that are built, but more the ambition behind it, more the ... are scary, that drills and saws are grown-up tools, a thought drilled ... ’s meditative, even. The actions are repetitive, but fun. I came back the next day

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed ... called The Daily Show with Mitra. But there should be. 5. made plans to ... writing TA for this class: Dear Shyam and Sam, You guys are doing very well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  For this blog, we are going to try something new with format. Instead ... , we are going to… well, you’ll see. Danny: “Now, I don't know” is how ... Quartet because it’s the musical we are currently obsessing over, not even

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  CPW 2019 is happening this week, starting on Thursday! There are ... go Kendall where my friend was waiting. I texted Emily to tell her an ... for even more help. Prefrosh are supposed to go check out at the CPW

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  MIT. there are some key differences in academics between MIT and here ... . instead, there are only one or two courseworks you actually have to submit ... people here but i don't think it is just that. here are some thoughts on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  sleep. (Note that this is possible only with recitations, which are ... that, life here is pretty chill right now. I tried out for and made dance ... parties, it looks like I'm holding a toaster underwater. There are some

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  aptitudes. They are so special, where and when you find them. It's part of the ... , where it bloomed fragrantly, like jasmine, and grew bright yellow lemons I ... plants and grow them as houseplants? They are leafy and airy and will grow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  all over social people are sharing pictures of windshields covered by ... sounds like: there aren’t regular classes, but there are lots of activities happening. the hallways feel like they’ve expanded a little, now that they are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  unsatisfied with where they are and hope to change their circumstances, so an ... number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  “Where did you learn about functional programming outside of 3 ... ’d already made a Courseroad for 6-9.) I became a stereotypical CS student. I ... the class structure, but it also made me want to do something more hands

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  you clamp your pieces down, track where your welding gun will go, and ... a single orange bead. You can't quite see the piece, just guess where ... . The wire feed would go too slow sometimes, which made the wire tangle

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  departments typically have free food with pie, including the math department ... mailing list culture I really appreciate that I work at a place where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  can help you in making your big decision before May 1, feel free to ... is the best fit for you, and where you will truly enjoy the next four

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  there are new topics I've learned, and I'm very grateful for that. I took ... where the definitions came from on a deeper level. I know why we know ... , where we learned about the experiments which, bit by bit, shed light on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering?" I got ... being the lowest... How happy are students? How stressed out do ... ' culture (again no offense, that is just not how I am). what are people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005