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  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  ’ll be living in Central Square with three roommates - one of us a teacher, the other three getting master's degrees at MIT. Tomorrow is ... is actually very good, starting at Massachusetts minimum wage of $14

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  building was realized after spending a lot of his undergrad years at MIT ... ’m currently a junior at MIT majoring in course VI-III. Melis has graciously offered me to write a guest blog, and I thought it was a great time to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer ... You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... ? Primarily biology? Chemistry? Mathematics? A little bit of everything? It

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  're walking through forty degrees of nitrogen, oxygen, and ice cubes, but that's about it. This concept of leaves falling off trees? Yeah. Completely ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  time, I flirted with the idea of majoring in History at some really ... in college). Given all of this, I turned down offers to Brown ... Department of Literature (21L) offers an exciting series of literature classes

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  ’ll remember for the rest of my life - sitting on the beach at 3 am, surrounded ... their equipment is located at the top of the Green Building, so he has ... of power tools and construction. I’m not handy in the slightest, but at

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  your life at MIT. And if art isn't already a part of your life, but you ... eleventy million other areas. Classes are offered at every level, so you can ... I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply ... administrators and students, was set up to explore new options. At the end of this ... simultaneously open; perhaps they'll have one or two that close at 10pm instead of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and ... there." "We look at athlete aerodynamics. Instead of athletes using drugs ... than taking tours at other campuses," said Amadeo. This year's CPW offers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady ... importantly though, remember the BIG picture. At the end of the day, it doesn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  my friends that I have a 4.0 at MIT! Granted, none of them know that we ... everywhere. At the end of August, after you've been here for about a week ... unpublished post of mine from nearly three weeks ago. Apparently I started

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  insane degree. Coffee was a part of my identity in,,, perhaps an almost ... Sinclair. At one point in the show, Esther is described to be the sort of ... CJ historian but for the history of myself throughout the years, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  'd worked very hard like many of you, and wanted to continue my education at a ... where there was a lot to do outside of just being at school. Sample ... 12 years of public school education could do for me. I started applying

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  can actually do well in - all my years of being good at English class ... At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my semester is comprised of classes I actually really want to take. Here are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  . And when we admit a student, we admit that student to all of MIT, and at ... the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most ... 's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood ... of emails since Saturday and a bunch of blog comments, all asking for "just a couple of sentences" about why a specific applicant was not

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  . The day-to-day experience of your life at MIT is a perspective only you ... are a specific example of the general case. At a high level, we are ... slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead ... favorite class at the beginning of the semester to my least favorite nearing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• 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 ... portraits of past directors (Laplace seen at left) and Louis XIV, who had the ... more detail, we'll just leave the issue of dark matter at the fact that

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  . Morale was low. At around 3:30 AM I took a 30 minute nap on the floor of ... , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... applications varying by semester. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007