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  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  ’t remember the horrible times of online school back in 2020, think timezone ... weeks of the year, for two years straight — especially at a school like ... How do you raise hundreds of thousands of dollars, design the merch

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  offers in hand. Both were good. One would start with analysis of water ... down to write this blog.  UROP, one of MIT’s umpteen acronyms, stands ... has been one of my most treasured experiences at MIT thus far, and I am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  . All three elevators have a board full of posters, and the floor ... series of dings whenever they open, but, like the distinct colors of their ... as can be, and as the farthest elevator from the entrance of Simmons

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  of 3.5 years of hard work in our 2.009 Product Engineering Process ... rest of the semester. It was tough: missing out on presenting tonight ... presentation slides. I’m so proud of my teammates and grateful for their kindness

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  with the time but I had a busy Wednesday okay"]today[/annotation], I ... Lab). It's about the size of four honeydew melons (or two watermelons ... – most of that did not come from inside the briefcase. But I indeed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I ... the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the ... of my favorite movies and this movie knocked it of its throne. While I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should ... a standard business-sized envelope. In other admissions-related news ... federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included ... Toni Morrison, Author Gregory Hines, Dancer Several of my friends had ... of the TATS CRU will be at MIT throughout the week, giving guest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  This post contains spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT ... , because the experience of writing a hunt involves so many different things ... looks like it won't be interesting. Most of what I'll be writing about is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any ... my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer at the end of the entry] Probably the most popular questions asked at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  , so there was plenty of time to work out. The meal plan offered protein ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  ESG. This had been a particularly busy week for all of us in 8.012. A ... arguably been the most exciting part of this school year for me ... fellow [annotation note="gonna represent that 10% of the student body

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  Busy With Things But Not Really. which is kind of a bad place to be ... today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land ... 'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... with all of my family members and spend time with them, as this summer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  happen? I have heard of other schools using information found online to ... profiles as part of the admissions process, but do you know of any schools ... depends on the culture of the school, I suppose. How have you enacted your

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  Man, but also the producer of this year's Next Haunt! There is a lot ... arranging the build and actually running the thing. Because of that, I wanted to talk about some of the processes that went into making sure

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  Spoilers: there's a picture of an awesome cake at the end of this ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing ... a mental list of all the things that had to be accomplished between 7

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  Florez Fund is a grant run by MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social ... cookie content, not pedantic deliberation on the origins of particular phrases in the English language. CJ: Business, then. It was a dark and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and ... offer (blogpost on work and whatnot coming soon). There were days, though ... from our house. It was some of the tastiest pho I've ever had. I found

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021