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• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my studies and to continue sitting in places. The two goals are related. Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are applying for the Match, check off that you are applying Early Action. You do

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  The young kids are now the age I thought I’d be when I thought I’d be old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for ... [esidence] EX[ploration Period] again (including the herculean task of scheduling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline ... . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  sunshine streaming through the frosted window - I was greeted with a ... probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.” I hope to blog more about my room and the renovations it underwent (undergoed

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to become the model student I felt pressure to be, but my plans never materialized and my daily calendar just symbolically slouched untouched in the ... , and I couldn’t afford the same procrastinatory luxuries I previously

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have ... -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As the FPOP website says: Build an underwater vehicle. Make friends. Work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post office, and I even more vividly remember the day -- December 14, 2004

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  Medical. After the x-ray, MIT Medical forgot I was there (I realized something was probably wrong after I had been sitting alone in the x-ray room for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That ... . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  means taking on the job of making a home out of a small shared room with ... ’t seem to fit with anything. The latter is more specific to my own dorm ... arrangement, mostly because I rearrange the room usually around once a month. I

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , "Call for a good time." He showed up at the requested meeting place, and ... grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the ... one of them casually remarked, "Oh, I saw Mitra the other day

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  Reading applications from students born after the fall of the Berlin ... it isn't any fun. My bones creak and ache and I can tell when the weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you my plans for the three-day weekend. Sorry, Chris Columbus. I’m actually talking about the weekend BEFORE that, which happened to be a rare breed of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  Athena locker, the damage will still be done. So here's a lesson for you ... morning, you will probably accidentally delete the entire folder anyway and then you will be made of fail and then the little voice in your head that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side, we have great CPW clips on the Class of 2014 site. If you didn't see Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the ... whole other blog) and if this course is to be believed, the Germans spend a perhaps disturbing amount of time talking about what the women and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  .65 (Cognitive Development) class, we've been talking a lot about the nature of ... , working memory and the visuospatial sketchpad, long term memory, etc.), and ... memories". In this case, specifically recalling the day you found out you got

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different ... on the admissions website. What I will do, however, is let the dorms ... the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009