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  halloween down the infinite

  

  guess it's the namesake of this post too!"] Infinite [/annotation] to ... close to the sun, because whoever thought that starting to write a blog with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  Peters. -- I spent the rest of the day wandering around. I got the key to ... page, and it led us running to the Infinite Corridor where we found a map ... food. Not wanting a fight this morning, I ran to the kitchen, and dug

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  oversubscribed the first day, but I luckily got to whip out my Chinese minor ... want to work first) I was left with a feeling of real panic and (somewhat ... last post actually, but to recap: Professor Russ Tedrake’s goal is to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... in the right key? YES!). Every time I inhaled and raised my hand to ... section. All eyes are on you, as you lift your instrument to your mouth

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
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  Advising your students

  encourage you to first and foremost help your students become their best ... ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be students and community members first, and applicants second.[/intro] As our
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  power. In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace wrote that the key to ... first paper to Jeff Ravel, a historian of media and social change. It was ... try to snag the one solo seat, all the way in the back and to the left

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Discover / Life and culture

  Housing at MIT

  the MIT Housing website. Choosing where to live All incoming first ... where you want to live, which you submit to MIT Housing. All first ... ). After your first year, you may want to move into FSILG housing or remain
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  To understand this post, you need two important bits of context. First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome ... firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Discover / About MIT

  A brief history of MIT

  around the world: the first international student was admitted to MIT in ... independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized ... envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For parents

  enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage you to review information we've posted about the first-year application
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question: "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most ... smile, then say: "I learned a lot." I remember how I felt when I first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Be yourself!

  If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious, love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  you to apply to MIT. You just need to apply through the first ... MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... think they may be eligible, to learn more about QuestBridge and consider
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  supporting materials to these departments over the summer before your first ... official scores and/or certifications to the Office of the First Year, and ... Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  Estimate your cost

  . Things to note Both tools are designed for first-time, full-time students ... [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... a more in-depth review and to determine Pell eligibility you will need
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  difficult to implement at first glance, but believe me, once you train ... ! Curious? There are two key steps to for this process to work. 1) Read all of ... fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Discover / The MIT education

  Maker education

  training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first ... come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed at least two terms