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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... -playing thing too - which is good because it makes me seem a bit more normal ... working in a lab at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. It should be a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  the tough semester is that between having my time tied up in school and ... for later. The way it typically works is I'll have a random thought or ... might be wondering what exactly it is that I'm holed up in my room working

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  is a full-blown saga. First, you’re given a temporary room in an ... (FYRE) out of Next) and find a roommate(s). After that, every freshman is ... perfect room is long and messy and occurs late at night and also involves a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just ... a lot of time on this site, cramming various scraps of information in ... curriculums we designed earlier this year. In just over a week, I'll be able to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here is a ... Barbara Sunday • Down a slice of deep dish pizza in Chicago while ... Tuesday • Put a bird on it at the admit gathering in Portland, OR

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  -US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... it is! I have a number of friends who are enrolled in some aspect of ... than 700 [CDS]. In the end, it is being a good fit & match with MIT that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  Today is Veteran's Day, a federal holiday honoring military veterans. So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... there is in me. I remember when I told him last year that I'd gotten

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  of a gasification plant, and someone is getting married. And in ... 's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me ... guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT ... coin and win the hunt in a mere 25--no, 15--no, 5 puzzles, if they'd only ... could rise in power for a showdown with the devil. Along the way, they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a ... great, but still - six hours is a long time for a college student! I mean ... 's true: even though you spend far less time actually in class as a college

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  sexual health in a way that is honestly unheard of in a lot of places. We ... Extended plan. The Extended plan is a full insurance plan in its own right ... MIT - by the students, for the students MIT is a marvelously sex

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  away in a "much less elegant fashion" than the MIT crew. The Brass Rat ... In my email this morning: The Howe & Ser Moving Company cordially ... recently been informed that Fleming House (tm) is at MIT RIGHT NOW and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  admitted students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for Campus ... spend a bit of the afternoon in the home of a wonderful MIT Alum. Sunday Enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon at the home of an MIT Alum in Phoenix

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  reception in Honolulu, HI (lucky you!). Sunday Enjoy a slice of deep-dish pizza in Chicago while listening to a special performance by the MIT ... . There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  want to be happy Here's what I submitted in third grade. This one is in ... applications in cursive, I would probably be a starving artist right now. The ... the second grade; Sam's Mom has always been dazzled by a poem in which I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  thought about waking up at 3am in a panic because a [annotation note="or an ... ’m normally heading out. Sleeping is a big part of that—how can I feel normal if ... please go anywhere, anywhere that’s not here, in a way that felt very much

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  , classes are settling into a rhythm, the pumpkin takeover is underway, and I ... 've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... thoughts spill over into blogs and vlogs. So, this is a warmup post, a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to physical classes. now, i'm living in a house with some friends, taking ... something in 15 hours on your own and in 10 with a friend, and you get the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The ... with the decision-making process. In High School, I did a lot with FIRST ... /No Record is a great time to do this – to adopt the “I want to be busy, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of ... takeaway is that starting in around fall of 11th grade, I was constantly just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021