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  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... kitchens or something like that - but in Senior House, this means I share a ... cats. And fish), I could live in a double or a single or a suite, I could

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... given my new ideas about what I want to do with my life, it may or may not ... narrowing it down to two or three, I realized there was a conflict, so I had

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  anxiety or difficulty talking to adults, but I sobbed in my car for an hour ... to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of time to figure out their admission status. Essentially, nausea is in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  I had trained myself to overcome last year. Instead, I sat in the ... nothing more than to sleep in a swathe of extra-soft blankets. So I did ... exam ended at 9pm and I returned to my room, stressed out and in no mood

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  section, were Russian books that I used to own. That I left in Ukraine ... comedy classics. Judging the characters but slightly hoping to be in their ... (Political Science) in order to focus on public policy, the game was won

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  I’m still learning in college is how to spend my limited time and ... Team is like and my thought process in deciding to join. So without ... blown. Making rockets?? To go to space???? In college?????? Insane. I had

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  later in the semester, but the dinners need to be in by late October for ... , and Tracy Kidder is the journalist who traveled with him in order to ... amazing to attend school in an area where these sorts of people's paths

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and ... hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  to take just as many humanities classes in the humanities as you do in ... 's important to see what you really are interested in during your freshman year ... rigor) to decide whether or not you will be able to do the work here. Take

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... or condescending, and I felt like I should have thrown in more

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a ... I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that ... next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  unsurprising that MIT jumped aboard the cluetrain in this regard - to paraphrase ... , we'll see if we can work it in. I can't wait to work with all of you ... , perhaps it is simpler to introduce myself as part of the team of people that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  , interact with others, how to be independent, and how to lean on others or ask ... play, I started adding fun to responsibility. I’ve turned in most of my ... taught me how to use the kiln in the Edgerton 4-409 makerspace. When

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... opportunity to develop skills in the field of electrical engineering and it ... guides you toward what you truly want to be. In Steve Jobs’ biography

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I ... lived in St. Louis, the question probably meant what my ethnicity was or

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  the MIT Faculty in their collections. I sent in a request to retrieve ... time to look into the whole history, but I really wanted to focus in the ... ="aligncenter" width="833"] the font is apex new, which is the closest to a font used in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us from time to time - our door is almost always open. If you're not here in ... leaving MIT to get her PhD. She was one of about 7 people in the world to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in ... harder (unless you come in with a lot of AP or transfer credit). Most

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  to the blog this fall, so a video podcast, killer clip or a ... Essays (complete both) Short answer #1 - In a paragraph or two, describe ... you'll contribute to the program.‚Ä® Short answer #2 - In either a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  , ethnicity, and sexuality in both critical and creative work. Limited to 13. I ... detail in the background adds more and more context to the story and every panel in the comic serves some purpose. It's important to pick and choose

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022