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• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  many upperclassmen can relate to.... And of course, what would a circus ... . They can have a similar temperament. But the true cremé de la cremé of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  . Physics I (8.01) → Rank B A General Institute Requirement (GIR). Made the ... I related to (like food and specific Japanese mannerisms). I wrote ... . Kerri Cahoy and Prof. Oli de Weck. Comments on this semester: I loved this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  whole reason I was in Paris was to work at Institut Curie, a biomedical research institute with a specialization in cancer. I hadn't worked much in a ... Institut Curie. I spent my time at Curie in a few projects. For my main

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., has been offered bribes four or five ... they met with her. They weren't offering money to get in; they and their ... commitment. The dean told the parents she was withdrawing the admission offer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  offers one. Secondary applications are unique to each school and generally ... soon as they come in and they start offering interviews and acceptances ... for the Express Purpose of Obtaining Admittance to an Institute of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  my internship at the National Institutes of Health the summer after ... really lucky I did, because I didn't get a job offer until two days before the deadline (anyone who didn't get a job offer by the deadline didn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  Over Winter Break, whenever any of my friends or relatives asked me ... Cambridge anymore, Toto, when I - realizing that none of my relatives know ... and relatives is that, “Oh, I'm heading back this Sunday for IAP.” If I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  undergraduates (which is not the norm for high-quality research institutions ... this one IB exam, and my school doesn't offer it. My school offers very ... is great! If a course isn't offered at your school, MIT will not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  scores. Unfortunately, my school doesn't offer it, which means if I have ... . Since my school doesn't offer very challenging math courses (the toughest ... want to enroll in a US school towards a diploma (we not not require a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  street. "Anou, sumimasen.." "Ehh?" "America-jin desu kara.. kore, doko de ... gozaimashita." The woman hung up the phone. "Issyou ni ikimasyoo!" Her offer to ... name, so she offered to put it under her ID card - all approximately five

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . I'll have my first bike in the Tour de France this year." Read more in ... , offering performances and games for prospective students. Desiree Amadeo, a ... than taking tours at other campuses," said Amadeo. This year's CPW offers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  crazier, started calling himself Peeto de la Noche, and moved to 5th East ... a guy offers to install Athena on your computer, he's hitting on you. If he offers to install Debian on your computer, he's really hitting on

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

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  teaching SAT (probably it was an opportunity to finally "get back" at ETS for ... the Institute, even about iHouse (the "living-learning community" dorm ... MIT, as it provides an administrative view of the Institute (we're often

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  ," a fairly obvious nod to Hedwig et al from Harry Potter. A few years ... of scope offered by our humanities courses, which is sort of the best

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  related. Again, we do wish course 6 offered more classes like 6.837 and 6 ... post, we talked extensively about all the visual arts related things we ... have been reflecting on what skills related to animation we’ve learned at

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  . And Boston is an exciting, historic city that offers something interesting for the entire family. MIT offers information sessions followed by ... neighborhoods around MIT. In future entries, I'll answer your visiting-related

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  . Right as you walk in, there are these massive Van de Graaff generators ... where kids could take on different challenges related to engineering. There was one related to programming, and there was one where you try to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  actually related to your name, then I recommend doing that. To this day, I ... guy whose name anagrams to "Manus" (as in Mens Et Manus), so that's his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  mix and launched MIT OpenCourseWare. As powerful as the offering had the ... strategic concerns. Even if it would cost the Institute potential revenues ... what was profitable or how to defend their existing offerings or just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  -approval, and it offers good coverage if you need to go outside the network. It ... . Dad: MIT Medical serves the entire Institute population – faculty, staff ... various annoyances related to buying medications from a very small, very

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008