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  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  mechanical engineering. I'd never taken a final before winter break or got out ... trip to Cape Cod with a few of my close friends or walked home when it ... 'd never built a robot. I had never hung out with Ben Jones in real life or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  Day 1 [caption id="attachment_86583" align="aligncenter" width="225 ... ="768"] The results of day 1.[/caption] Day 2 [image_grid images="86815 ... brighten your day: [carousel image1="86598" image2="86599" image3

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  , whether I’m moved, frustrated, or sad. There’s one Google Search Story that ... due to excitement or awkwardness. When I’m really mad, however, I swear ... admitted or not, can never fully capture our deepest belief in your

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good ... feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the ... . I can’t spend more than fifteen minutes without opening Discord or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  athletes, or legacies, or development cases, or anything like that. I'm proud

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or ... typically include: “old,” “male,” or “crusty.” Their answers sometimes include “cold-hearted,” “robotic,” or “judgmental.” Not only do they think that we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  a lover, or a religious experience, or something romantic like that. nothing as harsh, or as emotionally dry as “the Institute”. but this place

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  your life--how well you fit in at school, at work or at home affects more ... just a few months or years older than me. I wasn't convinced I was a ... one" or "the ambitious one" in high school—sometimes that's all they

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or ... Grimson-related fan art submissions, like this gem: or this, more MIT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  , or a valedictorian, or class rank, or anything like that. The movies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  ?" We agonized and fantasized over getting The Big Envelope (or in Colin ... ," moments. It was difficult to decide whether optimism or pessimism was the ... Saturday or in April, you're going to experience this crazy whirlwind of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  centers or lobbying the nearby state legislature or playing in nationally- or world-renowned music groups or a multitude of other things I couldn ... ’t a reflection of me or my abilities but was instead a matter of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  1 is civil and environmental engineering ME: course 2 is mechanical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  Guan. Charles will be graduating tomorrow with a degree in mechanical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  of Ubuntu in less than a minute because of MIT: You will never see internet this fast again. And you will cry yourself to sleep because of that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  people who are academically curious and passionate, people who will bring their various talents to MIT and share them with others, people who will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  , each of my classes has three or four midterms distributed throughout just ... find the description (or even the entire course) online. So, instead of ... or conductivity meter. b. Right before the 3.091 midterms, the TAs

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective?

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  are excited to tell me about how they relate to MIT. Believe it or not ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very ... out of jealousy or just out of sheer wrongheadedness. The encounter I

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015