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• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  opportunity to make similar memories for yourselves. The first word of the MIT ... accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  that I had to finish it. It's like when your mom calls you by your first ... had intended to give mine to another relative but forgot to, and so they ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  about to begin. I'm taking the following classes: 7.013 - Introductory ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG ... found biology slightly more relevant to my existence than, say, gyroscopes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  'm supposed to meet up and get some coffee with my mentee before her first class. I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to ... underclassmen are matched up with upperclassmen and you are given $5 to go out and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... possible to exactly predict how many students will attend this year. To help ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  first of the following month. This would normally total to a tuition ... myself. When I first came to college, my arrogance got the best of me. I ... me the first time. At the same time, MIT also taught me to be more

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You ... . Another perk is that MIT students have free admission! The first exhibit I saw, "Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters" just opened on January 18

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have ... two towns are great if you want to relax, and Somerville especially can ... arranged by subway stop, from nearest to farthest (with respect to MIT's main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  , and then went back to my dorm for my floor's first CPW event, "Deep ... of work. from virtual first-year placement in 2020, to REX [annotation ... events in, to three iterations of [annotation note="first-year floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when it came to housing. I didn’t go to CPW, I didn’t look around at ... that were going here. My first look into the dorms was the i3 videos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  sum for the first time here in Boston. A group of about 12 of us went to ... to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. I returned to my Texas roots ... somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  happens in the week first-years get to happens"]REX.[/annotation]Then, frosh ... ="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note ... emotionally taxing. From August 23rd to the 30th, dorms hosted events to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  setup was perfect for me. The first week or so, I took time to familiarize ... time in the city before. Plus, this was my first real full-time job! In ... …and basically the first time I’ve lived like a real adult. My official title at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we ... is when I was able to shoot. I shot in the first air pistol round of ... pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population. Italy is also home to 50+ MIT undergraduate and graduate students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  . A voice narration begins. I attribute many feelings to love or to hate. When asked how I feel about a situation, I usually say something akin to ... -all really. Because what I mean to say is that I am feeling a feeling about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... than standing for Standard Temperature and Pressure, S refers to transfer

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first ... laugh to think about someone paradoxically telling you with all earnestness that they're about to lie to you. Any robot readers heads have  just

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All the buildings are numbered, and at first glance, the ordering of the numbers seems unintuitive. Buildings 3 and 4 should be next to each other

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017