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• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... the disastrous combination of boring and detail-oriented—but every year

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  2008 United States Presidential, Senatorial, and State Elections. Key ... one that lulu took), Japanese III, and Macroeconomics (14.02 - falls ... things about MIT HASS (by the way, it stands for Humanities, Arts, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  . however, in the past few weeks, I've been confronted with more and more ... , my host grandfather passed away, and two weeks ago, my cat was put to ... my host family's house, so I'd visit him and my grandmother whenever my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  , Adam '07, and his admissions story. (Well, that and I took a thermo test today, and I was planning to write about tests. But Laura beat me to it ... , build them, and fly them (guess who the cameraperson was on that video? Oh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  🦖 RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! 🦖 And we're back, coming in blazing with a fire and a vengeance! And a whopping three (3) weeks into the semester ... , psets and exams are experimental/lab based, so I have to learn how to run

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  life and the universe instead of vector cross products and tumor ... Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  doors, new carpets, new paint, and everything. Mikey's gone on vacation ... couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I no longer have my protein shakes and favorite notes from applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  -Conner is first divided into Burton and Conner side, and then from there, into floors - from Burton 1 to Burton 5, and from Conner 2 to Conner 5 (Conner 1 ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... of various skills and abilities, freshmen ranked themselves most ... Education Director), and Professor Ed Crawley (GEL Co-Director) about their

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  the eggs and each egg reached maturity, it would take only three years ... 3, 2006. ""At this point 29 percent of fish and seafood species have ... clear trend, and it is accelerating. If the long-term trend continues, all

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  . Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have ... busily, people running around in lab coats with clip boards, and caution ... final prototypes to an audience of industry representatives, parents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  I wrote this on my first day of classes this past Tuesday, and ... brushing my teeth and washing my face, throwing on clothes, fussing with my ... out the door. I jump on the 1 bus and get off at MIT, get coffee, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  for two degrees, took five classes for five semesters, four for two, and ... engineering degrees). 2) I've never built anything at MIT (most engineering degrees). * To my credit, I was fluent in Python prior to entering MIT, so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  closet at home, and found some …. Things.  The sorting process started out normally. We went through the stacks of stuff, and pulled out hidden things ... , and memories, both cringy and happy, came flooding back. This container

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  extremely jet-lagged state, turned 21, and spent the last two weeks of IAP ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this ... You and MIT. Among other things, this page says: Opportunities abound

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  freshman advising seminar with Professor Nigel Wilson and Senior Research Associate Carl Martland, from MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 1.A24 meets every Monday at 3:30, and promises to personally

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT student group ESP (Educational Studies Program) and taught by MIT students and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  unknown, to open my arms out to it and welcome what the universe has in ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  some friends who study in my country's universities and it seems a common ... Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a survey about perceptions of Goldman Sachs and Microsoft (they gave me $20

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  Institute. The main ones are the Activities Fair for student groups (Sat) and ... week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022! GET HYPE!!! For the past week, our inboxes have been filled with CPW reminders and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018