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  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  County, having just spent the week in New York City and Long Island ... only downside was that I had so many meetings I mostly saw the city from ... eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  hometown city appears on road signs after a long drive – so close, but so far ... ....very soon..." One of many lessons I've learned is that waiting for things to ... for what's ahead and I think the blogs are no different. There are 10

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Interactive Robots We even offer free online course materials for students
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  skip over the next section, but I thought I'd do a quick lesson for those ... neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he ... . Everything’s gonna be different for him, because he has papers. I’m glad he ... , and he’s here. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) granted

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  unquestionable ability to thrive at MIT—lasted for maybe six weeks. Then, I hit the ... rather than quickly snapping it. Training for a marathon has also taught ... wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  a class. It's been a hard few weeks for my friends too, with the long ... 's also been a rough few weeks for the MIT community overall, with the losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part ... ). Sidequest 3: Collect 60 free t-shirts. I have a bare minimum of 10 free t ... . Sidequest 9: Build a thing. I built (with a LOT of help) a shelf for my loft

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  , steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by ... : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... . My reasons for choosing aerospace engineering (Course 16), however, don

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on"]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  teaching staff as an LA for some Course 6 classes. In my free time, I love ... students hail from every corner of the globe: New Zealand to New York City ... -traditional” route (for example, opting to put their education on pause to compete in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  This section is pretty much a catchall for all the miscellaneous things I ... ="107410" /] Storytime: So one of the TAs for 18.02A has a crazy response time. Like you ... something for one of the questions. So we decided to put his reply speed to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  for yourself. Build roads, villages, and cities! 16:17 - 18 ... morning. I was on my own for the first time and not feeling alone at all ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials ... background science too quickly. Trying to please everyone here. (Here. In

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell ... graduate can't get a job for two years after graduation?  I felt like a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  station, and to get to MIT from the airport (for free!). We are not visiting ... motivation for what we did? Alan: …not really. But there is, at the very least ... of this done for the London Underground, so I latched onto the idea

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you ... "online notification" which as you know we don't offer. :-) MyMIT will only change if you've been admitted; otherwise it will stay the same. The no-online

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... Student Support Services (S3), who coordinates the readmission process for ... averages for all four-year postsecondary insitutions (of 39% and 59

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  submitting that essay for my Early Decision school, I quickly trashed it and ... money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work ... essay for the differing prompts that each college required (there were

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008