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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  's castle. And not just a tour through a stately gothic castle, but a long and ... degrees and your bare feet are sizzling on the pavement and you're sprinting ... emerging on the other side with friends and a degree. —fray getting a nice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  writing master’s degree in England and is now enrolled in an MD-PhD program ... at their own universities—student populations filled with clout ... them and befriend people who express intellectual curiosity and genuine

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other ... of Transportation calls a "processing error" and what I chalk up to general incompetence, my driver’s license states otherwise. According to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  universe, and yet is filled with bleak existential thoughts. if you've seen ... offered me a return offer and i accepted it. i asked to work in the new york ... everything. ben&ben has a song called branches, and when i listen to it i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  keep my room at a feisty 80 degrees this winter and start a refuge ... resume, arranged an interview with the MATCH director, and was offered a ... , and walk past a large chunk of Boston University. On the plus side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  -Euclidean spaces, thermal radiation and early history of the universe, big bang ... media, core media institutions, and media in transition. 21L.011- The ... -accessible treehouse, crawled onto the cold-tiled roof, and stared at the thick haze of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... Chicago, you see, and I was still wearing my uniform--polo shirt and plaid

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... can go ahead and read your application. Get it? Got it? Good ... nuclear engineering and wrote about a high school project that she was

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  be wondering: who is this girl and why is she talking about astronomy ... Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.) Some news from me: I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  work and get ahead for the next week. Umm... right... it never really works out that way. Instead, you have one more day to procrastinate and have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... UniversityRed Line: Harvard10am and 2pm, Monday-Friday Tufts UniversityRed Line

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  only caught up in finishing psets, completing exams, and getting a degree ... :58 AM* "AH CRAPPPP. NOT AGAIN!" *throws TI-89 calculator into pocket and ... not studying, but managing to oversleep and forfeit 5 minutes of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  , offering your ideas, your energy, and your time. We are grateful and want to ... April 14th, 2020 Admitted students Below, on April 3rd and March 23rd ... offer require them to take all the AP exams they had planned. The short

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  , universities, research institutes and NGOs around the world. In addition to Chile ... , is home to the country’s most important universities and research ... Economy, Development and Tourism, MIT-Chile will create opportunities for

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  , and undeniably the ultimate answer to the universe is 42. BUT! MIT is ... Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No ... , (unless they specifically asked I not post about it) and my best answer. If

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Baltimore and stopping in Harrisburg, State College, and Altoona. The bus is ... vague memories of him making and offering me cookies but I am rude and I ... building. There are palm trees, and though it is overcast and colder than it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  years ago, I chose between undergraduate programs at Ohio State and at MIT ... going to state school would mean an automatic 4.0 and admission into a top ... competition between students, and is it destructive competition? Before I give a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  . Wednesday - school visits on Staten Island and then in East Brunswick, then Chili's (love Chili's!) and then later, the meeting for Central Jersey ... finally On friday I drove back to Massachusetts and slept until Sunday. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer conditional admissions?

  MIT doesn't offer any special or conditional admissions. All first-year applicants fill out the same undergraduate application and meet the same testing requirements.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  an undergrad degree, doing something technical and high paying in a ... way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that made the world truly mine. However, despite my love for writing and 3D

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017