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  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... a trip to good ol’ South Florida, I checked in and printed out my ... Christmas, so it’s excusable, right? Cut to Line #2: Security. So I stood in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  [/annotation] classes you’d need to take to major in 6-2 and get an MEng ... . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... on your planned roadmap. Want to schedule 200 classes in your sophomore

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  opportunity to learn about yourself." Students sometimes get so wrapped up in ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... completely honest about yourself in your application, you are sure to be happy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  feel like a constant sleepover and you really get to yap and have fun ... whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so now i’ve decided to take this ... that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS GET TO HEAR

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  equation, not to mention slightly more German. I was awash in sleepiness ... want to make the point that the entire ordeal in real-time was treated ... -needed arguments were raised in the early stages of the battle, not to mention a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago ... references to this come up again and again in wildly different places, and I ... say no to things too. Why selection bias is the most powerful force in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  them in so many different ways - to actually think about problems - you ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  simply need to get over). Once the EA apps are in, the questions and ... 'll get there. In the meantime, I'm determined not to feel guilty if I need ... - what you'll get involved with, how you'll contribute to our culture and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign ... -deep in MATLAB dealing with microphone noise and trying to figure out what

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  right). We in admissions are all proud to work for such an inspirational ... woman who actually decides which one in seven MIT applicants gets in ... their complicity in the problem. "Nothing will change unless we get up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and ... Relations and would like to study abroad in China. Can you tell me about MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  .   4   I have a quote and poem to share. quote "In the ... content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  occasionally law school, looking for places to live in their new found location ... . I have never regretted my decision to take a year off and study in ... the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... reality, I carried the same hook size from high school, but in comparison to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that ... 's course, and hope to get lucky in the end. Let the games begin. ... starting with mechanical engineering and now going on to PhD programs in

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well ... Corridor. I can't seem to make it to my office in the morning without ... director and I had to email Chris, who was in the middle of committee still

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... DID YOU KNOW? There are at least two KISS cover bands in the world ... engaged in some sort of war. Hey all, sorry about the relative dearth of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  ’re going to get in (relevant fun fact: MIT doesn’t do legacy admissions ... about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... didn't get admitted to MIT. Here’s what you should read this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016