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  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  structures) design project from spring 2009. A stack of sticky notes I received from the Department of Chemical Engineering. A plastic highlighter ... ’s hardness ranged from “quite” to “extraordinarily”; some even described it as

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  hear back from a bunch. With the exception of just one weekend, I will ... actually a pretty traumatizing experience. A few weeks ago, I realized at ... been emerging a lot - this is my LAST fall first day of classes - this is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP PNR). I am currently about 1700 miles from MIT, physically where I was a year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible ... granted by the structure of a shoestring's weave, internal discussions on ... a positive feedback loop that generates entertainment. While I don

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  suerte! :) ---- Some things I learned this semester: Here's a fun ... more than once. Taken From: "Coding Facial Expressions with Gabor ... -205. Taken from Hood, Clifton. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  from our waitlist. This morning, we emailed (and will follow up via snail mail) 20 students, informing them that they have been admitted from the ... will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  worked all through spring break, including weekends -- i think from monday ... from experiments, and i could just focus on doing things. this past week ... . [caption id="attachment_113997" align="alignnone" width="577"] i cut a hole

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  very good—some of it comes from a lack of experience, but I also suspect ... dried that I realized being a professional writer is very different from being a hobbyist, from being a kid tapping out fanfiction at midnight. The

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  from memory with a marker, you just gotta go with the first lines you ... ), because how else are you going to distinguish him from a regular non ... I am not a fan of icebreakers. It already takes a not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  a week from now my pe class will start. i am taking swimming this ... . it opens my body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one i ... , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  welcome. I come from a single-parent household as a first generation college ... set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  for a little while), as I tend to shy away from it as an extracurricular ... into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time, earn a bit of money, and begin exploring some random careers. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  from MIT's TfA recruitment director after I made it to the final ... 've heard from a person or two that this college ain't half bad. (Am I right ... Hey there. I know you've all missed my gorgeous face. (From my 4

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  medical group from Taiwan. The medical group is essentially a medical ... from Boston if you would like to go on a long weekend trip. It's only one ... ...etc. were shipped from Taiwan as checked luggage on the airplane. As a result

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  we hit the town, where I got to see a lot of my old pals from the ... complete with a cabaret show. AWESOME. Overheard from Edmund: "this makes me ... 's funny - as soon as I'm away from home my body reverts. Maybe I'm a vampire

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  (with some photos, too.) 1.A24: You CAN Get There From Here! This is a ... Associate Carl Martland, from MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 1.A24 meets every Monday at 3:30, and promises to personally

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your ... 'm always happy to answer your questions. I'll demonstrate this by answering a ... , and virtually all non-frosh rooms, are singles, making this a non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  , starting from so much Google Calendar-ing. The future seemed like a dark void ... semester.  So what next? Well, from here on the post does have a happy ... your competence as a human being. And you’re not alone in deviating from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  Simmons, and one person from my a cappella group. Sometimes the world is ... is so cool.   A self-portrait of Faith Erin Hicks, from her ... have IAP to start, if I want, since I’ll be taking a break from Thesis

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from ... will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the ... a book called First Light. First Light resides two books away from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014