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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... internships. Get an offer for an internship. Get another offer for an ... . Tell social media about it. Put the offer deadlines on your calendar

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Each undergrad in MIT majors in one of [annotation note="The numbers ... arcana in the Rider–Waite Tarot. Further, the arcana begins with 0: The Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  Comic book history Cultural legitimacy In practice Experience logistics In the flesh Holding candles Creative goods Feedback loops ... permanence For transience The gift of puzzles Sandbagging Free as in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  conducted research in physics at Washington University through a program that ... essay about research they've conducted in big university engineering labs ... biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... grants me a rare solitude in my suite kitchen. The counter is clear, all

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  [annotation note = "One exam question was set in the Avatar universe and another had ... I believed in my abilities so much that I genuinely go around telling ... midterm in the middle of the term, but instead 2-3 midterms plus a final

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  different classes offered and I really want to dabble in video game design and ... the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... . Sophomore year (IAP '05): Took a PE class in foil fencing. Attended a few

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... for the T in Technology, it also has a super vibrant and scholarly humanities and arts scene, particularly in disciplines like comparative media

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  was offered popcorn by a friend, and the two of us were left in the ESP ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style. In it are 99 retellings of the same story, each written in a different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  the schools are universities with strengths in math ... feel there are things that you did not cover completely in your ... explaining a special circumstance in your case. anonymous wrote, "I am a high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  schools offer more limited coursework, or the students are not tracked in ... hopefully there will be something in here for all readers of the blogs. Eric ... come in the door and that you're ready for MIT's really challenging, fast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  coincidences that makes you feel like the universe is aligning itself perfectly ... best cafe in boston. Lo and behold, it is in fact the best coffee you've had in Boston. And you were planning on getting some work done, but

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  (who have the best record in baseball right now), the University of ... School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... . The fireworks on Fourth of July. The colors in and around the city

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The ... neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  substances at RWTH Aachen University in Germany; and develop engineering ... In 2011, MIT Mechanical Engineering students went through MISTI to ... in Japan; research the potential of shale gas as an energy source at

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  worry not: there are no Wicked spoilers in this blog Last Friday, I ... film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012, and I found out about Wicked in November of 2014.']LITERALLY 10 YEARS

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I ... not see it pay off in the way you expect, or hope. It's very painful. And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012