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  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  entire summer at an internship and didn't get a return offer, and that ... ask them out. The reasoning was simple: it was embarrassing and high ... them, you took action and are now dating them, and you took action and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch ... , because my boyfriend is doing GTL and SO MANY of my friends are gone as well ... fill my day with psets and project deadlines. let's do a comparison

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

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To ... ethic and a phenomenally operatic R&B singing voice, has graciously offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few admissions process updates, and a note about Early Action. ADMISSIONS PROCESS ... getting a lot of calls and emails from students concerned that their mailed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect, and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  important thing you'll learn is how to ask for help. And that's still true ... -zero integers a, b, and c. Well, it just ain't so. I mean, if the cold hard facts were the important thing, you could save your tuition money and get your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for ... . (Seriously, Adam and I cook for ourselves all the time. But we're both busy and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  Two years ago (wow time flies), I went to CPW, and I came away ... mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... , upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  , I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time ... night reading and looking at pictures of the most amazing place I'm going ... entrance to Bush Intercontinental, my mom and I settle down in the terminal

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  offer amazing advice on how to snag internships and sometimes will give ... represents a lot of what MIT has to offer and it has personally helped me grow ... and loves talking about it so I wanted to give her the platform to do so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  out on the incredible education courses that MIT (and Harvard) offers ... to blog about). Post intros began piling up, losing their relevance and ... the essentials of IAP and Spring semester.   During IAP, I took

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  graduated on June 5, the '14s graduated on June 6, and the '13s graduated on June 7, and the '12s graduated on June 8. The late commencement date is ... weekend for Patriots' Day, and all the other schools in the area Commence

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  learning with the MIT Glass Lab, and I had an absolutely amazing time. Here's a walkthrough of all the different things I made this semester and ... glassblowing, I'll include some explanations of technical terms too. (And if you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  wisdom Jonny and Bo offered unto us. It also really inspired me to get more ... I have so many things and so little space, but I'll try my best to ... Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun" and I shit you not when I say it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  from our early admits and current applicants. Shortly thereafter, we sent ... Chimp to send emails to prospective and admitted students. MailChimp requires ... and we sometimes have to tell you things about stuff.   But what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  students who are thinking about joining the class of 2015, and/or those ... attendees have not been and will not all be admitted (in my mind, I viewed it as elimination round 2, and was hoping for Survivor-esque challenges

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  Coming off of a state-of-mind-altering weekend in Maine with people ... profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... ; Bane of my existence, and I know I’m not alone. For 8.01 – the intro

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday, but well worth the visit and time away from the office. I'm still catching up on email and various projects I'm behind on since returning from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  United States (1700 miles). And I complain about 120. He can also open his ... bike there after 3-6-0? Matt and Jose are going. We can invent a dance ... Hop with people you know from all branches of MIT. Jose is course 6. And they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  as a sterile place. Labs stacked on top of classrooms and everything having its place and assigned number. It didn’t seem like a place ... . But it is! And after a tour of MIT’s public art through my

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011