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• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  like: Have faith in the fact that everything you’ve put forth has been a ... stop you dead in your tracks, blurring your vision for a while, until you ... wheel - feel in control and accountable for where you go. Even if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  totally by surprise. I mean, honestly, who thought of a s'more? You can say ... DID YOU KNOW? The 17-year life cycle of the cicada is a natural ... -year life cycle I bought a JuniorTicket for 13.40 from the Leverkusen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  in Paris, France working at the Observatory of Paris. Roughly 1/3 of the way around the world from my home in the States, the Observatory was ... , you might even contemplate how to make a nice triangle in front of the

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  see any more of those, really). Honestly, I can't count the nights when ... enough about my autobiography-in-progress. Chances are, if you're arriving on campus within the next week, you have an interest in avoiding

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have ... Status page (located in the MIT application portal after you have submitted ... your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  all the way up to Boston. You'll still get in great shape, you'll still ... around the woods in Hopkinton at 6 AM trying to sneak by cops. If you ... a lot of charities for whom you can raise money to circumvent the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  Now that it's too late to turn back you've decided to matriculate to MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be

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

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection, to W. S. Merwin’s Shadows of Sirius found in a little free library while I was living in my van. I wrote a poem here and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  [visually_hidden]hi there it’s rona w. ‘21 your newest admissions ... _hidden]when you cross maseeh dining hall every head turns gasps and hushed whispers follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  much can change in just one week. It took just a minute or two for me to ... Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... semester. Early in the school year, I kept getting emails about spending IAP

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  ). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... (Hopefully I can write a blog about it sometime soon). Either way, in joining ... is something you want some more of I can definitely try to add it, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don ... a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... you've got yourself a wonderful vacation in the making. Sunday morning

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of ... rain. Can you imagine? This Vine from my fellow archi grad Justin proves ... you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  better data, fix errors, in some cases redo the whole thing). As you can ... got to be in California. Classes prepare you for all the research (that you will eventually conduct) in a tangential but crucial way. A good

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  CI-H credit, you should definitely consider taking 24.03 in the spring ... on human development and interactions. In WGS.229, you will learn how ... , gender, and politics in general. You will learn to interpret your own

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  -fourths, which is one two three, one two three. you have to fit four steps in three ... , if you are planning any in-person MIT event with more than 150 ... follow. my partner is lead, but so far, i can hold my own; he doesn’t need

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  by noon. In case you missed it, here are some photos, courtesy of ... in the hacking of this hack     but I can't say the ... On Friday, September 4th, I arrived in my office shortly after 7AM

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  My rest & relaxation days ended in the beginning of July. After ... of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing beside the lonesome bus stops in the middle of nowhere, waiting for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  have a friend who can solve it in about twenty seconds. He keeps telling me to learn how to do it. Apparently, it comes in handy when you ... . Said illusion is currently failing to function. Case in point: Where did

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010