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  More questions

  

  that case, may I submit a few pieces of artwork (they are in .BMP format ... submissions of art, music, etc, but it is starting to get a little late in the ... understanding of depth? Or is there a standardized procedure that all readers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  . Happiness is not a place. In the following months I went to CPW, shopped for ... still works. I felt that I had passed a crossroads. For about six years ... decisions, but then I realized that decades of MIT students have put a lot of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  that I'm staying in for the summer. Escher couldn't just draw a normal ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... attention to the ideas, or A* search algorithms from 6.01 that I was too busy

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  by working in lab). I have yet to see a university that is so ... hypothesis. In a sense, I guess I can say that I truly felt like a real ... all the time that I have been spending in lab (I started keeping a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  *Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of ... . My excuse is that I had to haul the Christmas presents I bought for my family, but in reality I am just an overpacker.) Adam's dad is driving

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  is a freshman in college; I am old"]brother's high school graduation ... and I used to share a middle name, and now that is our shared last name ... 2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  .           3. However little time there is, use it. For example, in learning a ... 's motto. In this way, it was good that I couldn't entirely rely on English ... exploratory methods.  I believe that *discovery* is an essential component of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  name. And I found the fridge: it is in fact disguised as a set of drawers ... Greenwich Mean Time. Tomorrow is Day 1 of a two-day workshop that I could not ... made it in one piece. This afternoon, I arrived at my hotel and for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  can add a different dimension to the college experience that I knew ... morning, but I appreciate the fact that having the alarm keeps everyone in ... lots of wonderful things that have come from my time in the house. I did

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  kitchen, I decided that I hadn't roller bladed in a while and I missed it ... is it? Guess in the comments. VII -- I finally got a new hard drive ... because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  music study. What you do is up to you. I should also note that if your ... that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many areas of the ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  audacity to sit in a seat that's clearly someone else's, but could sympathize ... settle. I also understood that he didn't do it maliciously, rather, it was ... and had a hunch that only my display was broken. I wasn't sure if that

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  First Year (OFY) who is in charge of these things. note that as the years ... , but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... idea what you want to do at MIT and (2) is a manageable schedule with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... door). The closet is pretty sizeable, and I can say that because I am a ... wastes time. (Some people do their homework in the lounge too... I've never

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  dark. A background that at first I thought was black but is actually a ... . Weirdly enough, however, I've noticed that graphic design is something that ... favorite. [annotation note="I had a long back-and-forth conversation in my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  : "That is an interesting question. "First, I believe in managing ... ring i could always take out but my hair?   That's a good question ... that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  enough time. Do you see how much that is? It’s so much! I’m really not ...   I have a conversation with my Anxiety. This year I learned that it ... . You’ll have a place in no time. Anxiety: Okay, but what about that

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  -changing experience. It is a myth that you must do a summer program to get into college ... , but are a few that I'm familiar with and can think of as I'm sitting ... could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  so far: "Ye knowe ek that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a ... . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... and very special. But I want to start by introducing a class that isn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  field. I'm sure single majors in math do research, but I'm not sure what that is since I can't think of any single majors in math that I know. A ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006