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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  as close to "apartment-style" living as you can get in the dorms. This ... get work done if I need to, without being too distracted or bothered by ... super freshman to our hall. I live with my pals but I still get to do my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  interview with an MIT alum and ask you to write about your experiences in some short answer essay questions. Remember that there is no rush to get ... up well: But as more students each year seek to get the earliest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

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

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

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... no cure in sight. Moreover, young people are still getting infected at ... supporting this important cause and for showing that you join me in wanting to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the ... this! Either you get the decision sooner, or you get extended time to ... this post to exist in the blogosphere today. Being at MIT meant that I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... concepts are in our daily lives -- it might even motivate some students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  ), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to ... -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days ... Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me -- "Uh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  the one that gets sent to people"]internal transcript.[/annotation] In ... many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  however get to give to those 250 lucky (?) people in my session a preview of ... me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... easier for you to tell us, in your words, exactly who you are. Yes, the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  into the pi day verse 3/14/22 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  and doing what you love (even if that takes getting hit by a truck to ... available online Monday, March 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  , which never gets quite dark enough in the winter time. The snow reflects ... FUTURE for a moment, and take time to get back your energy, hold the reset ... community college, some of you will very soon begin to get into places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier ... nuts, would I get in or not, if I did which would I pick, and if I didn ... home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  departments, nigh impossible) to get a research position in your first year ... field is simply to get experience in it; through UROPs, clubs, project ... in terms of credits (one credit roughly corresponds to one hour per

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  -door “trained” friends. We also get a budget to organize events and workshops in ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... sadly entirely over, at least for now. I might get to help out next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• 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 ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to ... and pick up random stuff. Somehow that led her to a degree in Course XVI

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and ... is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also ... you will be in college, where you'll have the opportunity to really make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006