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• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  /Silly Things Sometimes you need to get away from campus, as wonderful as it is. I ... and loved to do were likeable enough, whether I was even an interesting ... year prior. If you were like me last year, I understand. I get that it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  FPOPs are freshman pre-orientation programs, where you get to come to MIT a week early and learn about a specific aspect of MIT while getting ... Office" I thought to myself, "I just spent this past semester getting to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  mixed. We get to talking and I tell her a bit about my two cultures, and ... I went back to downtown Denver after work today, back to the center ... needed to exchange last year’s light-rail tickets for current ones because

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  the white carpet, so we got to sink into the clean softness, get ... ’ll get to more thorough blogging, but for now, I must rush to write an ... immediately… only to be interrupted by more excitement (which, naturally, I had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to justify getting more, especially when there's no chance of me working for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  that was close to campus but also allow me the chance to get a first hand ... moments you can refocus and accomplish what needs to get done more ... getting to know the young women that I now count as friends and sisters. The

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  , sent out an e-mail to the house. It made my day. The subject was ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party ... semester. So based on suggestions from some of you, I'm going to host an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  guess they're just not trying to let us get ahead of ourselves, since ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do ... classes. Two (9.12 and 24.900) are officially known to be communication

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  blogger, I'll try to keep you updated. 1. Sleep. Getting enough of it will ... . 5. Real world stuff. I want to get off campus sometimes, make outside ... to go for a walk or get real food. If I didn’t love the world and want

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  uncomfortably close to getting scurvy, probably because I overestimate the ... A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... choice 10 more excursions to cheap and delicious Korean places than I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it ... Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  where the last two weeks went - and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... abroad like the aforementioned individuals, my first IAP still promises to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... their high school. No need to get bent out of shape because you are not ... ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  . When we blog things, we get a drop-down list of categories to choose from ... that isn't even there get in your way. You want to be challenged more ... night doing it because it's due tomorrow. Although I have to admit I think

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the ... it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you ... . *** Update circa 11:13 PM: As it turns out, it's actually really really hard to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  . This trip will conclude my fall travel season, so I'll get back to ... are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  rained, it was clear enough to get some great views! ... Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... , which I had never been to before. Here are some pictures: As you can

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  do not want to get fat. There's a big lounge called the TFL ... pots, ahem). MacGregor is also in talks to get a dining hall put in ... As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  other FAQ I've been getting is, why so few EA admits? 200220032004 EA ... committed to admitting no more than one-third of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  in the class and go work together to get it done. We do this because ... MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... collaboration. Students are encouraged and expected to work with each other on