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  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions ... find yourself in (not just "am I smart enough to be in it"). Allow me to ... .111 notably covers content that is not included in AP or IB chemistry, while 18

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... paid for. Okay, going to GERMANY in three hours!! I LOVE MIT!! WOOHOO

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to ... Bulthaup in 2001, the year he graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master's of Engineering in EECS. (Actually, it looks like since then, Colin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  really just in here to see how many of you will even read the post before ... enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all ... This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... for that on eBay or something? The other thing I have to share with you ... robot to compete in a contest, which is taking place tonight. If that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  probably the longest hug in my life thinking that if i buy another thing ... ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it ... before we graduated. i haven't talked to any of them in forever and i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  in, you're about to leave. But weeks pass, and at the three- or four ... working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  of them was in my hands, so I had to buy it. I’m not sure what I’ll do ... aquarium trip or something. In this year’s case, the prize was Red Sox ... in the game, I paid full attention to what was happening, and the whole

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  hours early to get ready, try out the acoustics in our new digs, and get ... dancers, all of whom were drummers who just decided to put in some extra ... undergrads or affiliates minus Lamine (pictured in the center, dancing away in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  Donalds). Also, I'm pretty sure they don't allow you to set off smoke signals in ... walked. Twenty minutes to the left of the station in the eighty ... to ask directions, to the first person I saw in the midst of this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  more places to buy cds. in central square, boomerangs was a beloved ... like cds or yarn or things in the lab, it's easier to notice mistakes ... 's a giant nail in my tire that i have to fix or my cells aren't growing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  in a non-dining dorm or you’re not on a meal plan and you want to learn ... plastic wrapping in one layer for an hour (or rinse it under cold water) to ... . Four years ago when I was a senior in high school I tried to learn how to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  The guy in the row next to mine just asked the lady behind him if he ... distance from Shinjuku-sanchome to the bus terminal, except in Boston it only ... to think in Japanese in my flustered state, "from Tokyo to Kyoto.. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  already turned in your applications. And yes, you will be accepted to ... going to come to your house and punch you in the face if you don't listen ... talking about how to judge whether or not you're suited for MIT, and vice

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to ... , or trying to visit four cities in Italy by train in four and a half ... faced similar challenges in their careers. Even in 10.10: Introduction to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  table saw my handful of plastic Ben Franklins and invited me to buy in. I ... being able to be someone who lived 4 years on one hall, or even in one ... basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006