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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  're here. When you stroll down the Infinite on your way to class with a ... now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... really big challenge for me. This would best be explained by describing to

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  , probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing renewal season so I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to live, and b) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  from OpenOffice long enough to wander up two flights of stairs and straight into a delirious, dripping dream. Having recovered enough by now to return my shocked fingers to their home-sweet-home row keys, I write this

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering ... , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood ... summaries, but I'll leave a link to an article about each piece. I'll also

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  : Slaughterhouse Five; Infinite Jest; Thinking, Fast and Slow. I want to actually go ... and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to ... 've ever been, and I'm sure they'll only get harder. :( But I got to spend

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the amount of time you have outside of the school year to explore different places and to travel broadly in your time away from school. Just a month

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add ... exam results after you submit your application, you are still able to add
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... miserably failed at attending all the events I had hoped to be at. While this is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  thirty-four seconds to walk down the Infinite Cooridor when I'm doing the ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... on the chalkboard as a reference. In his words, the quiz was to "test

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it would be better for other people to just write a blog for me (although

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  over to the end of the Infinite Corridor. In the meantime, the two people ... to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a ... unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  observes that the proof contains all the key facts needed to actually prove ... my approach to MIT (more on that later), I've finally figured out my ... . Actually, I didn't expect it to be this great at all. Even though I loved

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  love the way the evergreens seem to stretch up to the sky, and enclosed ... receiving the head scritches I am dying to give them. [carousel image1 ... my life was on pause but also on an infinite loop. I didn't like LA, in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  getting shit done. i love setting goals because they offer opportunities to be productive, but more often than not, i end up, uh, not committing to ... few weeks ago, and dedicated a few hours to laying out everything and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn't accept applications for first-year admission if you ... bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  Counterpoint II only to discover that you missed the key signature that Bach ... .org/topics/life/student_life_culture/valentines_day_special_1.shtml) and continued to run into her with increasing frequency until ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... -and-greet before the first day of lecture on Thursday, so I went to the Media Lab to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go to the website Then read the News Office article Finally, watch the ... director Michel Gondry was here just prior to CPW, he made it a point to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  potential wedding dresses. She recently got engaged to her boyfriend on their ... the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met later than us get engaged already. What happened to my Facebook feed? It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  length of the Infinite Corridor, admiring the cracked Terazzo floor and the ... Barton Rogers’ alma mater (10 points to anyone who knows without ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008