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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  transferring to one of the state schools that had admitted me the first time ... twice (once to a law school, whose offer I declined, and once to CMS/W at MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  designed to help the next generation of engineers (like me!) build leadership ... school as part of a club you were in? Or one of those hands-on engineering ... the past (courtesy of high school marching band) is the fact that you

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  Art"), and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). Cross registration is ... class at Harvard, in the Graduate School of Education (all Harvard ... schools, and all the interesting things that happen when two or more of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... can be. Check out this interactive visualization of the course here ... .5-hour meetings each week; there's a Food of the Month, Film of the Month

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  model the fuel company's reactor in our design?" A lot of chemical ... tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  the school year has progressed, I've sort of come to the conclusion that ... am really tired of school. I feel like when people at MIT say this ... from other people. But at school, when those are really the only types of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  reading, lots of reading. And it has easily been one of my favorite ... year. The internship was pitched to me as a better class than any school could offer and it's been so much more. There have been three aspects to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  you the following, which was the first page of the background reading ... Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a group of people in a pub in London, and when they find out you are a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  Content warning: brief mentions of anxiety, BPD, hospitalization Hi ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... spring here! Yet, despite all those years of dreaming and planning, none of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’m taking this term. I’m taking a total of 45 credits, the fewest credits I’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  .01 - (Theories of) Justice 12 units 2.00b - Toy Product Design 9 units   ... untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned ... totally a secret fanboy of (Hard News and The Panic Virus are fantastic

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  get into graduate school and don't get a full time job offer. I get a full time job offer and don't get into graduate school. I get neither a ... offer as the regular part of the aforementioned hike. The benefits that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  high-profile company with tons of money to throw into a web design team ... melted. They seem to have taken their design cues from a group of 12 year old Myspace designers. (if any of you have a myspace that looks like

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  beautiful 270 degree view of the entire of city of Barcelona, the ocean in the ... This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El Mirador del Valle--the most beautiful view of Toledo. Photo credit: Rachel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... school. That's totally okay. In fact, the point of this post is mostly to ... of them. Full disclosure: I got admitted into MIT and my safety school

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the ... hours! Hurricane aside, the resort is designed to keep you constantly busy with activities, mingling, or eating. There's even a circus school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  as well): Dropout Design then expanded. Hired a couple of new ... 's a hall) of East Campus called the Disco Dance Floor. Matt blogged ... that has some sort of entertainment value will get its 15 minutes of fame

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  realize that most of this readership has never applied to either grad school ... ). Standardized test scores (the grad school version of the SAT and SAT subject ... student to pursue his or her degree without any obligation on the part of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013