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• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  got out of the MITblogs ice cream social at Toscanini's semibohemian ... missed out on getting the best cooking book of all time at Barnes and Noble ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  "]Course[/annotation] at MIT requires the completion of [annotation note="You can take more ... . 7.18 is a behemoth 30-[annotation note="At MIT, 1 unit=1 hour of in ... .002 was first offered last semester as a sort of intro lab class that first

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is ... overall. Only 16% of US employers offer paid parental leave of any kind, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  lot of people all at the same time during freshman orientation, but ... there says MIT CSC). We have a tradition of taking at least one photo ... worth it to have met that one person, Ruby W. ‘18 at Colorado School of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while ... complete overhaul, probably exceeding in terms of potential transformation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology, education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time ... for the quietness of not-city sounds). i've been spending a lot of time ... trying to stay caught up: bad news (congress voted to kill a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  say, both of these desires were fulfilled. I arrived at MIT around 8 AM ... (CPW activities booklet), 15% discount at the COOP, $20.12 worth of Tech ... behind us, and he offered to have someone give us a tour of 5th East. SWEET

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  barely edited this blog post at all, as, like the rest of the student body ... follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into ... had already put enormous amounts of time and effort. All the national

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly ... animals at the foot of my bed, the Tweety Bird bedsheets –   You ... wild with dreams of making a huge discovery at the lab and becoming super

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being ... decisions at the front end of this process. This meant that I was in a great ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... 's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician. It takes a keen look at the stressors ... at Amazon. Some of your responses: Valentina (Bogota, Columbia): How

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  (sorry Malcom), and as evidence I offer you this video of him shaking his ... was at the Burton-Conner boat cruise! No. Not this. This. Here ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... -ins? None that I've heard of. From my experience, there are so many things at ... 've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  'll experience at MIT. This summer, a few of my upperclassmen friends warned me ... . They offered some anecdotes about their friends who were different people ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  : How often do people at MIT take these things? Well, some of you might ... the City of Boston has to offer). This short route is shown below ... the only method I am fully capable of doing after years of training in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  going to affect me at all when I apply? Also, I've taken a lot of ... that they do give you a basic knowledge to build off of at MIT. People ... conclusion of my EMT class and random dinner parties with friends. About

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007