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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  protest. My mother, from Nanjing, China, has a green card, and so when I ... and act when and where we judge we can be most effective. Yet I would ... Somalia. At least one student from Iran was already denied boarding a flight

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  , and from then on I had a bizarre craving for Fanta. We left a note for ... bar from a grocery store, then rode a taxi to the TelefériQo. The ... to head back into the city and catch her flight. She's off for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  . Distance is good because it is a catalyst for reflection. And I can ... craziness that is my google calendar when I'm at MIT, I've returned with a new ... begin to shift a little. So yes, I spent my first weekend a little bit up

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  year and a half in engineering, I wanted to zoom out away from the nitty ... urban planning and design." For the still-curious, scroll on. These are a ... sustainable infrastructure for the US or the developing world. As I started to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three ... I did was for the Gateway Institute, a program for minority and low ... classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  I had worked hard, very hard, for a long time. Both of these things ... for it to do so. In a few days, the Class of 2012 will graduate from ... path to his success: I was 28 years old. I had a career, a little fame, a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can transfer applicants submit supplemental materials?

  There is no expectation for you to submit additional documents beyond the required application. For transfer applicants, we accept a maximum of two additional supplemental letters of recommendation from teachers
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  ? There are chains on the one I took a few weeks ago, and the one from 2006 ... a giant playground for grownups where people could swing and do these ... A couple of weeks ago, I flew thousands of miles across our wonderful

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  a few moves. Okay, I think I can handle that. But no. No, no, no, no ... moved from my room on the 4th floor to an area I like a little bit less on ... , but for the rest of us, entering a new environment can be kind of a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  upperclassman is usually only a few feet away. I'm the point person for 7 ... you chose to live. I can't count the number of times I've slipped into a ... than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Potter (Cliche, I know...). Although leaving MIT for even a semester seemed ... Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... after I'd committed to studying abroad... I don't think I've ever had a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say ... particularly honest. so as a compromise, i think maybe the right thing for me to ... them for most of the past few years i’ve felt a consistent pull towards

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  today (August 12), minus a few hours where I'm eating food or have a ... comments section will remain open for another month, and while I can ... Hi blog readers! It's been a few months since I've graduated, a time

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  execute it well, I can dig it – but I’m looking for authenticity of spirit ... . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... it is that time of year where the obligatory paper has come a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity ... frozen for a couple months of the year. So I grabbed the opportunity at MIT ... Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  can schedule an appointment for a shot at MIT Medical by calling their ... Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally ... had the opportunity to join a research project where I would study ... in. To simply do things out of a love for it and nothing else. I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  "]toscanini's[/annotation] logo on the table. i guess it's been around for a while ... professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... it off. a quote from a post back in march: What am I doing? It doesn

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  gratifying Physics research can be. I once heard a story from my UROP advisor ... ’t understand that at all at the time, I can kind of see where he’s coming from ... detector connected to a multi-channel analyzer, where we can use a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022