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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... make its bread. I have unlimited respect for anybody who managed to pass ... -out day, make a train reservation for 6 AM, and then go to 6 flags until

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... was back to cramming for finals. I did have friends who came to visit Boston during two separate weekends, which made for some nice excuses to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst ... equipped for is the sort of conversation we hope to foster on the blogs. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  is that it's really too cold to go outside and play for any significant ... Oh hai world! Welcome to my very first official MIT blog entry ... year, because MIT is out there to switch things up and do things people

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  first one to wake up. I curse the morning air for being too cold to go back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... house, looking for people to bother. I spot Noah in the basement. "What

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

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to ... to sign up for 11 hours of classes. I don’t regret making that decision ... presentation of the material. I did need to lecture for some of the time, which

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the ... things. Here are some highlights. Learned how to weld for 4.314! We also ... former US Ambassador to Russia.   Got wet lab training for my UROP

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  problematic for us. In this example, having experience does not work to your ... difficult aspects to articulate. For instance, paper airplanes….. This is how ... airplane example. He listened to what I told him, paused for a moment, then

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  – Borderline Exec meeting to plan for our first general body meeting of the ... the green building to make a test for Borderline while Danny did ... Borderline (a general one, just to refresh on how unity works, and then one for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  is easy, right?   It's hard to stay away for MIT for long before ... - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing ... to be a Harvard Ph.D student this year, and we agreed to meet up and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  shots for free to students, employees, and dependents. Last month’s clinic ... endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an ... 't receive a letter, now is a great time to sign up for MyMIT! It's also worth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  an application to the UROP office and applied for funding for an IROP ... classical paintings and other classical works for inspiration to adapt to our ... years ago, and we were invited to stay in the west wing of the castle for

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... actually a very good case for an entry with the title "How to do everything ... in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  failed for good I am back to having all those B's With one test, I will ... though sometimes you might have to pull all-nighters for some exams ... are you waiting for? ;) ---- Originally posted 4/24: Adding on to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  talked to the lady at the front, saying we were here for the early ... 're here for an EXCLUSIVE EARLY SCREENING?!?!?!? She pointed us to the ... part of. I am SO EXCITED for the rest of the world to see To All The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  Francisco for the summer. After talking to a number of groups working on ed ... will also be difficult, as it is for any teacher, to keep the whole class ... week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  policies are subject to change for each entering class. Please refer to this page for up-to-date information on AP and transfer credit.] Remember ... for calculus, chemistry, biology, or physics. You may be tempted to say

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... to do this whole application thing or not, so you’re waiting for ... cheaper for me to go to MIT than to go to a public tech school in a state

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  generation of other undocumented engineers to strive for a greater goal. Now ... , subject to renewal every two years and only in effect for the duration of ... legislative fight for the expansion and permanent implementation of DACA. To

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014