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  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  of the most popular offerings that fill up very quickly include the ... Whisky Tasting Seminar, In Vino Veritas, and Thirsty Ear Beer Connoisseur ... -http://web.mit.edu/glasslab/sales_labsales.html) Luckily, my suite-mate Evie got in this class -can't wait to see what she

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  offering pizza at its 7 pm meeting? Tough luck, Chess club, Debate’s offering pizza so I’m going there instead. No interest in volunteering with the Red Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... doors to the rooms were open, and the light was streaming in from the ... placing it in the drying rack, I head back upstairs and grab my laptop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  says you’re in the EECS department – is that true?” another asked during ... mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The truth is, I’m actually majoring in 6-2 (electrical engineering and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  irrevocably changed in many ways (my meme game has improved exponentially), I am ... in America. Autumn came late this year; the leaves are only now ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  in Computing -- which is basically an 8,000-attendee ... amazing people, and remember that I wasn't alone in this very male ... 'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  , but I've been quiet and left you in suspense. This means that you all ... questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding ... in the same robotics class as Snively, this IAP. The class is called

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  collaborated on with universities in several countries. It has a basic web ... In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... in one of those neighborhoods where your elementary school was one

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  cuz we really like the animation style and multiple universes would let us do multiple art styles in the same video. and we also liked the idea ... relationship bureaucracy we're in? we had to be corporate with them [MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Classmates, friends, colleagues came together to offer comfort in their ... . Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand ... and defenseless as it could get. Weeping because in this incredibly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... be meetings in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing ... Belichick. In other admissions news, we just posted some old movies about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  ) spent this evening at MIT. Though she was born in London and raised in Rhode Island, Lahiri spent some of her childhood in Boston and ... and I have a class in the Longwood Medical Area (a 15-minute drive from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  been piling up in my inbox... Where the heck have you been?!? April 6-9 was CPW, followed by my first real vacation in over a year. A whole week off! Just got back today - 1000+ emails in my inbox - good times

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... descrptions in the course catalogue, with my own impressions underneath. 7 ... information in simple systems, and detection and information coding during

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with ... a significant amount of sitting in coffee shops (rip) and studying for ... efforts. Where are you in this exact very moment? Take a picture. Tell us

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  Offered By MIT Medical Free and Readily Available to Everybody (walk-in, no ... this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... sexual health in a way that is honestly unheard of in a lot of places. We

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018