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  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  out hope for May or June or fall. Until then, here's what I'm doing: 18 ... equations or polars or just sine and cosine, and whatever it was, it seemed useless and arbitrary when I first learned it. But then, a year or so later

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  comfortable with, or one that you doubt will be of much relevance to you in your ... : 1. It’s efficient (and effective). You can brush up or study for a ... Language or Literature, you don’t have to take an essay evaluation over the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  wear, or what will eventually be on your diploma. You grow based on the ... had a realization the other day that Cambridge is my home. I will always hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  EST on Saturday, December 9. (Decisions will also be sent via postal ... reason, I will announce it here, but I do not foresee that happening at this juncture. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  quarter mile from French House to the heart of campus) for... Meeting #1 ... hand, prepared to explain that I only had 1/3 of the concentration done ... . These classes aren't in the same time period or anything." Together, my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  logistics! Oh, and there’s also snacks stocked up in the room. Yay. 20

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... course), take some classes, or do a mini-internship (called an "externship ... campus!), or hanging out with family (if you're at home). I did this

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so ... traveled MIT’s tunnels, not knowing where I was going, or where anything ... where each path will go, even if you don’t actually take it, because you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  really am not the type of person that would willingly spend the first ... north of MIT, and here's why: 1. I Kind Of Had To The morning of retreat ... something about themselves or their lives. And so it goes on, until everyone

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

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  's) courtyard. Free will, paradoxes, probability, and the Infinite were the topics ... volume 1 can be separated into two spheres of the same volume. Today we ... course once involved quantizing the decision to study or party before a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or go abroad, or work, and there are a few unfortunate frosh who devote it ... search engine, not the energy drink), located just 1.5 furlongs east of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  - with a pounding heart and a throbbing, fractured and/or badly-sprained foot. It was pouring, and I 1) didn't own a raincoat, and 2) was too ... ask if I needed help, or if I was lost. When I was looking for the MITSO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , someone stopped by to see me, or worse yet...it rained and why on earth would I willingly slog around the campus in a large group in the pouring ... and now I see her every day in the house, on campus, or as I cross the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  and its more unpleasant side. This was no Good Will Hunting or 21 ... stand has delicious cookies for only $1 each :) The show was followed by a ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  the most random number because people will pick 17 most often when they choose a random number between 1 and 20. Random Hall's funniest activity ... would say hello, whether it was 8:30 AM in the student center or 8 PM at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  living at Next House will tell you horror stories about our terrible ... with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... means fill in the blanks. Total Shutdowns (Hot, cold, or both): May 13

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  getting really old. Or they could have said "becoming an adult" – as a ... they’re willing to share. Even the most independent of people sometimes ... week. If anyone has any burning unresolved questions (or any not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  perspective throughout the entire process. Hopefully everything will work out and you'll get into MIT or another top-tier school that you love. But if ... or something in USNWR), I have a wonderful wife, two wonderful children

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  nevertheless always trying to find some sort of point, answer, or solution in a ... to Georgia). I am more or less a small little melting pot of different ... every morning or arguing over whether Maryland is in the south or not, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  comfortable talking about it, but what's your grade like so far at mit (1st and ... haven't chosen yet, and things will be very different. Of course, it'll be ... interests and I'm always running around trying to join some new club or put

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006