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  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  puppies), and classes that will be offered next term. It becomes second ... artist in addition to your future audience. As time progressed, our writing assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in Killian Court under the sun, blogging about MIT (with not a care in the ... have their merits, but in all honesty, most people here use laptops. If

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  "low warning" sign. I have $1.70 in my TechCash account, and the reason ... in my account for free (quick deposit online costs $1.50), but it ... . (This could explain why the girl studying in the cubicle next to me looks

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  For the past seven weeks I've been living in Honolulu, Hawai'i with ... interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and culturally rich places in the world. My weekdays were essentially the same. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I ... on me and my fellow frosh. In the aftermath of our last [annotation ... writing UROP applications or playing Tetris in a lounge and someone would

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  Railroad was hardly a ride at all, at least in the traditional amusement park ... in the tunnels as you chugged along, like a dinosaur diorama showcasing ... waited to make my transfer to the red line on Park Street. Being back in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I was born in Donetsk ... in the brain. Although the science on this is very new (the papers we

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  distinction, but an important one in understanding the agency of admissions ... ,927 Admitted regular action (including deferred students) 898 Offered a place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  about MIT the instant I got my acceptance letter (deferred, got in regular ... 'd been accepted to (awesome engineering schools in NYC, Pittsburgh, and ... years in Houston and didn't stand one day in Boston, go figure). So, there

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... pretty informally, the last time I did a sport formally was in 8th grade ... sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  Northwestern University, an intensive three-week academic program for gifted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  in more than 700 events over ~3.14 days—everything from How to Build an ... .” Months before we get to showtime in April, the opening/closing show team ... spaces that can support such a large audience. Typically, we plan months in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  some context: web.lab / 6.148 is a web development course offered every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... . identify every instance of outdated code and rewrite everything in terms of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly ... kitchen, somnambulant and predictable in my unending search for caffeine ... , this blog is certainly not going to satisfy that curiosity. (You’re in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... there was a general arc and story in the way the poems were presented and ... -like, but there were several gems in there that balanced those other poems out

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven't read it: Machine Shops, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive ... lounge and lab. Yes, that's a hammock in the background. Plus, there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  College students have to be productive. In trying to manage all my ... you should download and test out in your first few weeks of college. I ... search for them in my notes and instantly see every book, article, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  University, he's a great friend, the kind of person that sends me a text in the ... enzymes is called Ihtfpase, why are you still reading this? – Running in ... one freshman in the eye without freaking him or her out to begin a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013