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• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  keep my finger on the MIT pulse and chase people around campus to get ... get to explore MIT on behalf of all of you. I'm new around here and so ... office. My job, among other things, is to manage this site. I write stuff

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  same group as Anelise N. :o). Here’s the rig I get paid to play with ... applications. 13.HireMe (pls) Wow, trying to get a job is like a full-time job ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... 't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... -Cultural Culinary Story." When he gets to campus, Emad hopes to join Live Music ... right away, as we have to wrangle them here to campus, get 'em trained

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... LImelight. (I challenge any other admissions office to a Karaoke competition. We'll win. Really.) Enjoy! Michelle gets soulful. Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  right, hoping to get something. And by magic, and by sheer luck, I ... program and immediately get sent to the final round, rather than having to ... sometimes, or it takes me a while to get things right. I don't really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  bridge every day to get to class. It'll be weird not waking up to cats and ... because I want to really get closer with my sorority and branch out and meet ... "What if..?" when it came to joining the other sorority. This past spring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... gigantic carry-ons into the opposite overhead compartment, you have to get up ... So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  every time somebody rings the intercom to get in the main entrance. The ... Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  ) ride from Berkeley to Oakland, getting to work at 8.59. During lunch, I ... located strategically to get maximal sunshine exposure in the afternoon =p ... getting down from the mountain, I took the muni back to the center of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... consulting. "If you're an M.I.T. grad and you're going to get paid $50,000 to ... article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  on the fly. Some get to this break point and realize they can ... not getting where you wanted to go, because you were too afraid to ask ... In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  were, and how best to get there via public transportation. Public ... myself who like to window-shop at Tiffany. You can get to them on the Green ... downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture ... Admissions blogs and primarily get to read about what people are *excited

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  (such as dinners and certain speaker series) and get to know us better! If ... wonderful way to get involved! And, Autumn came to visit - last night, the ... school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time ... had intended to give mine to another relative but forgot to, and so they ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  [/annotation] concerts after that but didn't get to go to any others. later, I went to the ... commitments, it really feels impossible to get everything done sometimes. but ... time being. I have realized that I don't want to just get through it. I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  SO HAPPY, but there wasn't much energy in me to get overly happy as ... (okay maybe that's just me…), and be super quirky. As I get to know them, I'm starting to realize that I don't need to get perfect grades or do

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... to not only get involved in things, but to get good. Don’t worry ... , they also get to learn from other students. In fact, my specific friend

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we ... you miss the black center and hit the white part you get to stare at ... around and it turned out that I would get to shoot again. Now, there's no

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008