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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led ... doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  typical-semester plays involve, of course, tons of work on set design, props ... I've mentioned briefly on this blog before that I'm part of a ... lot of other stressful things in everyone's lives at the time, so all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  of buildings around campus, MIT would rather have pipes and wires and ... :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  junior year of high school, class was cancelled on account of a -60F (that ... Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of ... Burlington area, which averages a bit over five feet of snow every year. While

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  offered financial aid for low-income students in the form of TechCash to ... was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People ... some form of a "month-long winter break". And it isn't not a winter break

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  four easy classes and a return offer under my belt, I had a lot of extra ... in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard ... , because my boyfriend is doing GTL and SO MANY of my friends are gone as well ... screenshot of hell[/caption] [caption id="attachment_50017" align

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  the curriculum of the university: worked on syllabus design, reading ... Xerox (India).  Sara Hernandez Class of 2015 MIT-India Program ... unforgettable moments! Becca Hung Class of 2011 MIT-Germany Program 2010

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  importance of diversity and cultural exchange. "We should make sure the design ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  Institute of Technology is another good technology school in Hoboken, New ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense ... , when thousands of bloggers dedicate their blogs to talking about one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who ... else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I'm slowly making my way through descriptions of classes, I might as well talk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  guide, with an overview of each of the components of the application, including essays, letters of recommendation, required tests, interviews, and ... life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  a beautiful magazine at the end of the school year. I personally like ... -notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  to make sure she takes advantage of her new school's resources. ''I ... Thursday night was my first Central Meeting of the year. Not only did it conflict with the season premiere of Ben's favorite show, The O

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you ... haaaaaaated dealing with this stuff in high school, or rather, I wasn't very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  very different in high school than they do now, but the moral of the ... that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  high school who had become tired of staring at the bottom of a swimming ... Rowing at MIT The heavyweight men near the Museum of Science. PC ... Engineering, and one of the most awesome experiences of my life has been rowing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to ... . I'll post more news about the waitlist when things are official (as of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Today was the second and final day of ... hope you're listening!   Marilee Jones, the dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and ... ; Computer Science (EECS) is everywhere. Each year, EECS prepares hundreds of