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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  . In MIT speak, I'm a CMS/6-3 and this past semester I took 3.091, 21M.011, 18.01, and 8.01L. In non-MIT speak, I'm a double major in ... ??!?!?" Yes! Frosh can live in cook for yourself dorms right away, you aren

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  finally announced (so I can stop excitedly bouncing in my chair while ... of classes I gave in my last post, we're left with the question ... with friends or with activities I enjoy. In spring of 2013, the questions

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  confident in what I want out of life? I don’t know. But all I can do is keep ... in life. The “things” I think about are vague and amorphous, but all ... encourage you to do so is to help put you in the same mindset that i am

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  them. I figured this out 10 minutes after buying my pen, when I showed it ... was plenty of time, but till, who wants to wait in line? I made it ... with free wi-fi). The flight was short, since I'm in Oregon for the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  . : " Matt '00 replies: I can't say much more than what's on our website: "If ... portfolio, but I have no means to send in the pictures of my work. Can a ... , November 1. I'd like to field some of your last minute questions here in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  asked me to blog an entry that she wrote in Zambia last night, and I ... she's in a third-world country. So I decided to finish up this entry ... place in line. Gloves on hands, Dugan '08 and I ran over to Crate and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  that I think of it, might not have been the best thing to do in front of ... degree in whatever major his little, fermented heart desired. I bet Milk ... is very little I can say here. To understand just how severe the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  getting in :) Beyond that, I'm afraid I can't be of much help. If you ... participating that i can write down in this 'list' where my passion, for what i ... high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  type of place. I feel most at ease in a big city where I can get lost in ... . Turns out, yes, Italy is in fact [annotation note='no, I can’t explain ... be a part of in Italy"]MISTI Italy GTL.[/annotation]I was supposed to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  a mountain climber in any form, shape, or capacity. I hike occasionally but the last full mountain I climbed was in 4th grade, when it was ... ), maybe because you can buy a cool stick that they brand at every station on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually ... The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP ... wrong; emotions can be experienced before we think about them, but I think

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  one of its students. I included the daily new case count for MA in each ... incomplete. I've tried to pour every detail I can remember into it, but too ... and rather nightmarish since then. I miss the headspace I was in back

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Island (Hawai’i County)*. I will be here (in Hilo, HI) for 2 months (June ... use in promotions... but also just to populate the website ... Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I ... needed a uhaul to bring it all back (0:53). We were buying 140 cans of ... everywhere (2:16). This dented a few of the cans and made a mess in the uhaul

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  can’t believe I graduated from MIT 10 years ago! Each time I am lucky ... , and New Haven, CT. I’m currently working on a joint MBA/PhD in ... and the students I meet are inspiring in so many different ways

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  way. The whole experience was so incredible that I still can’t quite ... surprising because I’d previously only ever seen it in East Asia). “Wow!” I ... in kerosene. (I could probably write an entire blog post about how much

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023