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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  but one part of universe, thus it follows that it is one part of 42, one ... poorly in classes, MIT can rescind your offer of admissions.(In fact, many ... Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... compete against 130 other vehicles from universities across the country? If ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements ... . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... completely not-sappy movies like March of the Penguins and Sahara.) Today was ... Miller, was out of town today, so the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google ... , you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing this out) Freshman year, one of my classes was actually taught by former

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  big university in Tokyo that's pretty famous for taking a lot of foreign ... of study in that university (this test is usually later, in February or ... popular in Japan. There is usually very little mention of Lilo, however. 52

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  degrees!!!   (the real MVP of overlapping interests/fandoms/etc. is ... . All last semester I was thinking of the right way to say goodbye to this corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the past four years

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  adults. Former Director of Admissions Matt forced me to practice driving as we visited high schools together in the suburbs of Boston, and he very ... of this,” I thought to myself as I clenched everything

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  going to four different places, so I thought I could offer some reviews of ... things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... Spencer '07 in a 654-seat theater. That's a lot of seats. Now, I have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with ... degrees Fahrenheit. Not too bad, but warmer and more humid that I’d prefer ... middle of the tropics. (OK, bad analogy, but you get the point.) I was

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  , by the way, offers free delivery for orders of two drinks or more ... Boston this summer in my sorority house with a kickass river view of Boston, I’m UROPing in the Doyle lab in the basement of building 66 (which is

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  honeymoon is over and you find out that it is a lot of work. The work is manageable, but only if you are not in 10 other activities outside of classes ... be the presidents of clubs, play sports, and sleep. Everyone hits the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  were getting a master's degree by the end of your undergrad studies and ... annoyed. Shout out To Tommy, who was one of the leads in Pickerington HS ... both the single and dual moguls portions of Sunday River's Bust 'n' Burn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  most Summit activities will be at Northeastern University, the Museum of ... , also works there and yesterday she offered me a ride back to Boston ... of a show called "Design Squad." One of Design Squad's major sponsors

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  ). This isn't really unusual, and it comes with varying degrees of annoyance ... " of intro bio- another flavor offered in the fall as 7 ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006