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• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  good. there are sunny days, and ones where i have almost enough sleep, and one pset fewer than usual so i can pretend for an hour that i'm not ... my window and breathe in the fresh air; and sometimes when i'm walking

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... admitted. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Visali wrote, "Can you explain why MIT is very selective? I know that it's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have ... every student we admit we know can do the work in both MIT's science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  Tool was REALLY fun, and even though I can't sing to save my life, I ... : "It's only an audition! It's not like I'm committing to be in the ... Brain: "I call BS." Me: "No, really!" I showed up, sang "You Can't Get A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  all around. In fact, I couldn't even tell you the frictional coefficient ... . Technically, none of us can fail a single class this semester. I distinctly ... diagrams at 2 AM in the morning*. I went to the office hours of multiple TA

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 ... rediscovered a diary that I kept in first grade. My favorite entry reads ... Observatory. There, I learned that Real Science can also be ugly, although

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  the rest of the night (morning?). I was, in fact, sitting around not ... luckiest person in the world, because one of those things is my career. And I kind of doubt I'd be where I currently am (nonliterally) if I hadn't met

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... 're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings ... , which I had enjoyed previously with my friends Beth & Brian in Seattle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... souvenir corner, where I was stationed. Over the course of a single day, I ... detailed synopsis and cast list). I got involved in the process a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  . I mean, how can you not be cool when your last name is Thiery and you ... early dinner at Wood & Tap, where I got to hear all about his adventures ... interesting. :-) In a nutshell, I'd had trouble getting in touch with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  scherzi.    I can’t listen to Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 anymore. In ... poem of mine I could find in Google Drive. It was my first-ever high ... . Where I’m From I am from paint smears, From pencils and paper. I am

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  . Killean Court: Now, I'm stuck in the AXO house in Boston, where I live. A ... : Where did the river go? And now, well...I've been in the house for a ... self. I should have been in Lobby 7 making sure she coughed loudly

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  with a friend." " In my moments of clarity I can ask myself what ... hours of bliss in Photoshop, above. Shameless plug: I'll be selling prints ... it straight. It's easy to forget to check in--I don't call my parents

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... .) *With Class of 2013 matriculation decisions due in less than three days, I ... here, but I think I want to join. In the same vein, Lin was present at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  again was right smack dab in the middle of finals week. Sometimes I like ... .) In fact, to me, change was the point- I actually never seriously ... away from a little town and a lot of who I used to be. In retrospect, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  classes Monday through Thursday means that I can't attend practices in full, but I've been popping in as much as I can, and I'm also tournament ... provides physical artifacts of each week, which can go in my [annotation note='i

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  .021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I ... how in his first teaching job he taught a class where only one (or a ... he was commenting on the strange nature of virtual classes, where in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes ... 's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in the Life.  This is one day where students all over campus - grad

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  in, i also read through all the course materials for a few other classes i was interested in but didn’t have time to take. one of those was ... capabilities in creative ways that i’d for the most part never considered before

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022