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• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  student. Whatever that terrifying cluster of words means.  Basically, many times I feel a lot of pressure.  But for the most part, when people find ... of my red hair. It's really strange being away from home and getting

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things happen: (1) you ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  faces, drained of their usual cheer, widened by shock. "A plane crashed ... the office computer and watched the replay of the crash. I started to ... iMac in the center of the room. We watched as a second plane flew into

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  there's no doubt they make some of the best sesame chicken I've ever had ... offers some of the best, what I've been told all my life is, Chinese food ... afternoon, T-House is always on the list of potential restaurants.  

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... year is very low; we had to turn away the vast majority of excellent ... take lightly. Of those applicants, we admitted just over 1,500 students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... what I saw - not just the content of the blogs, but also the fairly radical concept of allowing students to post freely and honestly about what

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  slew of internships I applied for, a strange idea popped into my mind ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay ... into the room with a cheery "hello!", pulling on a pair of gloves. He looked bizarrely like the father of one of my best friends from High School

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  Hello, MIT Class of 2016! Here are some things that admitted students ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... seriousness, starting a project was kind of a milestone for me in high school

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  ....) there is nothing like taking your hair out of its ponytail and washing off the grime of the day. The showering is the easy part, though-it’s the ... , and subsequent coordination of shirts and sweaters. Then, we have to

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  should be completed as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a ... us directly - we will verify the accuracy of the information you submit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... , and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can ... polished in interviews, now that I've experienced enough of them to have an

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  what...October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer's Drinking Song goes like this: An MIT surveyor once found the gates of Hell ... MIT, depending on when their waves of midterms are - I realized that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  those hours. Good luck with the completion of the semester and your thesis. Have a great day! [Course Administrator] As of right now, I have ... photography final project, which took up 3 weekends of shooting, editing, and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  . Pictures, links, narrative, and humor are a lot of work, and past freshman ... time you'll have a timeline snapshot of me! This is an experiment, we ... 's athletics program due to budget constraints, one of them being my sport

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... motion of things? Cars and people and hands and raindrops. Would it be ... 't see? Things sitting on top of things, things inside of things, heat and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , but it's time to move on. :) Speaking of classes applying to MIT for ... drive a couple of months back much less painful) and I found some fun ... great series of connections that I've managed to make, I think I've found

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I ... taking pictures of sweaty people for future blackmail purposes. It ... view of the lobby: Walk up the stairs from another entrance, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Hello, Class of 2012! There's lots of fun stuff now on your My ... hundreds of events listed on the schedule, from formal events like the ... globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2012, as nearby campus as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008