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  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you ... the lane you want. Lifeguard #2: "Okay, you have to jump in, then swim

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  wanted to get more work experience, and those things were true, but i also ... was currently in, and as long as i did so things would naturally get ... strong the urge is to open emails or look at your phone or get up and take

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I ... , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  .009 course website:  "In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, students work in large teams of approximately 15 to 19 individuals to design ... 'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be ... Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... . In the future, the Radio Society is hoping to develop a couple really

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... to take just as many humanities classes in the humanities as you do in ... 's important to see what you really are interested in during your freshman year

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing ... an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  you get on campus! It's going to be EPIC. As those of you who tuned ... idea to exchange e-mails with your host before you get here, just to get ... the events I wanted to attend at last year's CPW by ranking them in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  available to you (such as living group websites and the Guide to Residences in ... it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... you submit this list to MIT, where a computer puts everyone in a dorm

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  . Supposedly, students that are accepted to MIT are “well-rounded.” In reality ... could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2 ... foolproof. I did poorly in classes and realized that it was better to finish

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  students via the DHL website (our shipping company), in essence publishing ... bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage ... DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  science and engineering in elementary and middle schools in an effort to get ... on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... clumsy) and horseback riding, to meeting new friends and swimming in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  't the smartest idea; in fact, the professor might even ask you to get up ... screen, since they tend to crack. sitting in the very center of an exam ... , preparing for Sunday’s competition. The pressure is on to get MIT’s car ready

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier ... 't go to MIT or go on the exchange program, do try to get over to England ... colleges, trying to find the areas used in the Harry Potter film. If you do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going ... websites that I check every day. They are, in no particular order, xkcd ... I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  course offerings. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the websites of the different HASS departments, which are listed here. In response to ... most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , as a described in that post, that it's possible to overtrain both body and mind to the point where either/both get injured. That's what happened to me: overuse injuries in my knees and hips that never got any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  people in one room without it getting too hot. My brass rat was about to ... Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... of ways to do it, visiting, info sessions, websites, etc. She mentions

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  : Professors' names will go to websites about them, not their email addresses ... to grow peas in Manhattan?” A quotation from my Biological Science ... fake antique industry in Egypt (where she used to live), and in order to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004