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  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... ? Whenever you get a chance, try to read as many of those as possible. You ... called “The iCampus Student Prize”. This blue piece of paper stapled to a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... 's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... learning initiative, MITx, 6.002x is actually open to the world for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to ... not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl for post-graduation opportunities. This means talking to the career

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to ... area vulnerable to the storm. Heavy snow, catching on leafy trees, freezing to them, and then being subjected to 50+ MPH winds is the landlocked

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and ... CPW 2011! I hope you '15s realize exactly how excited we all are to see you on campus. We get to find out which of you we'll be host

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I ... attempted to propel myself off his back, except that with my knees roughly

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and arguing about peanut butter are frivolous, if funny, activities. I'd like to dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... happened to paint it a hearty violet shade. Still, I like to decorate, so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... is nothing american about me except my passport. I wanted to know ... matter if we send our scores to MIT now? Why now and not later?" And Dan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... 't know or anything, but I choose to believe that he only auditioned because ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  I'm going to do things backwards today, and start with... Responses to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how to pronounce that medical device you were describing, so I checked m

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  drove downtown to JR Masterman, then back up to Central. Those of you who ... to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn ... the shots, not the traveler. :-) I got to see a lot of the city that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade ... again quickly). And I'm sure that's all you care to hear about the GREs, so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  house team sent care packages to the residents housed in baker. there was chocolate, and granola bars, and a note. “we look forward to gathering with ... was supposed to be may 31, but because of the situation, we could (again

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  were frantically scrambling, trying to figure out how to sign up for classes. My friends going to university closer to home had all signed up in ... really starts to feel... poppin'. (Or something.) Departments host welcome

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  now. And while it still feels insanely weird to be moving so slowly, I’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There’s this tendency at MIT to start making summer plans all the way back in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  I really ought to be well-rested if I want to be up and ready to stuff my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... coordinating themselves. I am no stranger to staying up late, but usually, my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016