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• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  in a place where to a degree the world comes to you and you can meet a ... or can you actually do it here at 18 years of age? I return to a ... . Having never touched a pipette, today I work in a lab where we're trying to

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  )[/caption] The initial idea I got the inspiration for this from one of my favorite ... have with the final design is that the iTOL tree didn't add a label for ... sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  ... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager ... -old from Thailand. After the first set, where Andy slammed four straight aces ... Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  good choice for a recommendation. My question is, basically, can I have a ... , activities, and essays section of the application, I needed more room for a few ... thinking of sending in a DVD of a video I created for my church's Vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start ... lab classes. For your freshman year, I suggest that you try and take a ... from kerala...I would like to join in mit for aerospace engineering on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... with two coats of Parisian. Ruth is opting for a subdued combination of Parisian and Earth Dance, while I've chosen a somewhat bolder palette of New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now ... tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  ) for an interview. By the end of the week, I had a UROP at Choi Lab. It ... 've been eating a little too much canned soup recently, so when I saw the ... so I don't go every night—plus, the walk from EC is a little far—but I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  Hi guys! My name is Quynh, and like Connie, I’m a crusty old senior about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not ... is the best fit for you, and where you will truly enjoy the next four ... 's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in

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

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  holiday I can get: a weekend where my brain is filled with joy and trivia ... , fine, I'll explain. Once a year, And that's where I stopped my draft, mid ... the mines content, here's everything I have from then: One week ago

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I ... conclusion, where, for the first time, there wasn't one. Was it a ... deal. It’s a cause for celebration, and I’m celebrating with this post

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  A quick note before I start: VOTE (if you can)! Find your polling ... /or procrastinating. Just a few days ago, I beat my all-time record for cutting it close ... ’m efficient at my work, I can achieve quite a bit if I manage my time well. That

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  was at 9:00 p.m. on a Wednesday. We went for it. I have pretty much the ... . And I wasn’t quite sure where in my evening the hours for that work were ... schedule. I tend to leave all the travel prep for the last minute. A late

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  , which is everything I could ask for from a class this semester. 6 ... a required class for my major, so I’m going to do my best and hope for ... preregister for a bunch of them and hope you get into one), so I wound up in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  's overwhelmingly rich - but it's well organized and I learned a lot from it. I think ... - fully graded on labs, where you can freely explore the content from ... /Quantum - 18.901/8.04 This duo was a bit weird. I was taking 8.04 for the first

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... "yfn housing chair" and so, for a long time, I assumed the 'y' stood for ... has a contest to see who can avoid hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i’m thinking about a brief series of incomplete thoughts

  

  , a New Years blog, a blog from the beginning of junior fall where I ... helps. I'm wondering about this one Taylor Swift lyric: "How can a person ... , except for the fact that it's a lot more applicable to real life. I

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 7, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  BC. I'll check to see who's around, hang out for a bit. I'll make tea ... . I finally have a direction to move in, but for once in my life I'm not ... graduation. Where did the time go? For the first time in maybe ever, I don

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023