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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... get in on the action even if you think that throwing a pot can be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... ;Introduction to Research Topics in Neuroscience.” Emilienne says that ... , mostly because I thought I would be interested in getting a UROP for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... playing in the background to keep from falling asleep), I completed my epic ... physics in a manner that was "exciting," or so to speak. To me, physics is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  , and with my second season of reading applications behind me, its time to start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2016. If there's one in your

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack ... so, we went to the lobby to check out and get a cab to the airport. I ... particularly endear us to her. She wrote down suggestions for how to get to our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner ... from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn ... internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  everyday you get to surprise one of the greatest admissions officers in the ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... . Conveniently enough, my UROP is in Building E25, almost right next to Senior Haus

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college ... handful of years. So, in this post, I wanted to lay out the full context of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the past three years, both in terms of getting me into grad school (the boring part) and in terms of making me happy to be alive and able to get ... Harvard in September. (Like any good MIT student, I still get a little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... potentially rake in tens of thousands of dollars. Reply to no-reply corporate

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  early action deferred), and you are in an American school, please try to ... , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in ... hope you can start to relax. I'm still getting some really stressed out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to ... be scared together because in six days, I'll be six days closer to ... : Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II! 1. Consider majoring in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... semester gave me a little more confidence in my abilities to be a remotely ... Management), and 14.009 (Intro to Economics in Society). At the beginning of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  half hours in Montreux before I had to get on the last train back home ... Montreux! No. Well, do you know when I can get in to see the statue? No. I ... of my musical preferences. So, upon getting to Europe I knew that what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  've adjusted to learning in the MIT system, but I do feel like there are more ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour ... problem, it was easy to get help if I needed it. We don't have office hours

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  easy." And then when you get that problem done, you can say to yourself ... me, "Isn't MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  will describe to you in painful detail in a later post."]my three ... wandered around the area just to sort of take in the ambience. Our group ... , who have to get up at absurd times. left to my own devices, I would

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  students to get in without AP classes etc. My school does not offer AP ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... interviews, however, if the nearest EC to the applicant is very far away (as in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005