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• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to ... out, but luckily, you can always switch jobs and that it is worth it to ... learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  dandelions. This is what I imagined, huddled in my armless chair, watching You ... = "I sort of like crying in cars actually, because you're like 'wow, I am ... shops here are closed. They say I can go in + I say "It’s okay, I’m just

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  course, you can barely tell how wonderful of an idiom it makes just from ... week and didn't even have to wait in line. If you asked me about how I ... a (massless, frictionless) spring. You compress it. In Soviet Russia

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  kinda nice:   In fact you may have seen this movie starring us ... before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people generally agree that almost anything can be improved if it is shot out of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  the huge transition from taking mostly GIRs to classes in something you ... work space in the intro architecture studio to find this: This is simply a dream. One of the most exciting things about partaking in art

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  -> B-One -> Bone (but also, you can just tell we frown upon taking ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same floor, maybe they share your values in different ways, but you need a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends ... aspects of MIT you'd like to learn more about, let me know in the comments

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  in the United States. Over 200 of the top young women mathematicians in the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money ... 's blogger Kate R. '14, who placed in the top 10 in the competition when she

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things. Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was ... sets (likely well over 10,000 lego pieces by my 13th birthday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  do you think? In any case, just putting it out there that there are ... in a literary magazine in high school, I knew it was something I want ... writing and the visual arts. But more importantly, we believe that we can

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  archives - hosted by MIT TechTV. See if you can spot what has changed and ... applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  about any issues you are having, and tell you who you can go to if you ... you need to get any medicine!! 4) Anyone at MIT In all honestly, if I ... are still tons of resources that can help you through tough times. Here

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  right now. Hopefully you got something out of it. Can't wait to see you in ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... like science? You do well in school? SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE WHO APPLIES TO

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  opportunity, and shaping an environment in which all people can do their best work and thrive. If you're interested in the concrete goals MIT is ... , you can download the plan, or read the recommendations on the website

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  what you want can be done out of the box with Disqus." Disqus is a ... yourselves. In the past, the commenting system has been relatively simple ... "threading" of comments such that a distinct topic or idea can be pursued apart

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  to be able to orient yourself in such a way that you can stand on a ... when you haven't seen your friend in a while. Being away from the 'tvte ... down some stretches of road are so flat, I swear you can see your own

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and ... Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  looked down at my rollerblades. “Not with those you can’t.” I pulled off my ... for. A perfect farewell to summer.             Kudos if you can ... emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  you!" Then Beth '05, who is awesome, joined us in the hallway. "Wow ... enough ago that few of you were reading my blog. A little bit of context: Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  less when you're out there in it. because that's really all any of us can ... . At MIT in general, and this semester specifically, you have all been ... of the latter. Whether you graduate in a few weeks, or in a few years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018