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  See You Later

  

  brilliant professor and forced to think in new, uncomfortable ways. If you ... freedom to move in new and better ways. I got hooked. I knew the program ... comfort zone and expose me to new ideas that I could use or discard as I saw

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  't already have high school friend coing to college in NYC, you're bound to ... actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her ... decided to head down to Pommes Frites in the East Village. Now, as Rhiannon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  these already  or maybe I just gave you another reason to come back 👀 ... advice is to say you don't watch sports or say your favorite team is any ... . When I first got here, I really wanted to hear someone yell “mah” or “cah

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... creation in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Music, Literature, Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  first hour or so, until a seat opened up. Kathy sat in it until she had to ... students who are matching in the same year are guaranteed to be ... years, Kathy and I have traveled to some pretty cool places in the last 3

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to ... shoes to go to school there. Not one bit. But if it was anywhere in Illinois except directly in Chicago, I'd continue to suffer from my high

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  student in a month, give or take? what do you mean I have to say goodbye to ... to, especially when only two others in my close friend group are moving to New York City with me. there's also the fact that I'll be in Africa

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  of lectures entitled “FIREHOSE” (in reference to a popular descriptor ... things to do in three and a half days of little sleep. I would love to ... ? When am I supposed to sleep? Will I be able to withstand falling in love

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  : 21M.235, or "Monteverdi to Mozart". 21M.235 is offered in the fall, and ... . 1600) to Mozart (ca. 1800). In the spring, a class called 21M.250 ... armchairs and a big TV. This week, I learned that to be a great composer in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  -258-8304. Please be patient, as materials take a day or two to process. Now, to get ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... ! Yesterday, a student came in my office and said, "Pink! I've never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  replied to any of her texts in the past 12 hours or so. In terms of ... forth between lab, eating lunch in 5 mins, barely making it to the dining ... morning. I went to bed at around 1 am last night (or I guess this morning

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to ... featured in my blog according to my law of conservation of webspace. We had ... pretty standard in other parts of the country. Are they regional, or did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  to back meetings - there are 30 min or 1 hour spaces in between. My ... I’m still in Boston, wondering if I should move to DC or NYC or SF ... ’t live up to my values or at the supposed lack of external progress in my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere ... metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take ... may or may not convince themselves they like. With that, I'd like to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... , really wanted to do, something I had brought up in our group chat because I ... matters worse, they invited other people in my place and accommodated to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  Allan's post Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? or ... .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... to *intructions withheld*. Last year, you had to click on the dot in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to ... happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free to comment below. ;-) All in all, about 60 students - a record turnout

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  the "fun" question in large part to determine whether or not an ... send it to you?" Absolutely! "Are admission interviews available in my ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... your classmates have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only ... to get emails and screennames to be in touch with fellow MIT 2014s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010