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• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  did what was needed to get a bachelor's in computer science. I ... and also reach out to some people I haven't spoken to in a while. Here ... responded, "Hard to say because I have so many flaws." That's a self

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the ... lonely are two different things. It's ok to spend all Saturday in your room away from other people. It's ok to have a jam session all by yourself. It

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm ... suddenly remember how to breathe. I got a 68 on that take-home exam. (Learn ... Remember that epic pset I told you about? Well, a few days after that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  on this team had to lay in a freezing pool for hours in order to test ... user raising the height of their seat to eat in a restaurant). This was ... thousands on a wait list to get tickets. ~40,000 The number of people

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5 ... ’s starting to settle down a bit now, but the initial jump from IAP to “SURPRISE ... ’s each class with a summary, in haiku form: 2.671: Measurement and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... . Happy birthday, Mitra! Don't eat too much cake; you have got a marathon to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  photojournalist who has always wanted to live in a city and finally treated himself ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado ... Rico, and a writer of heartfelt birthday letters to her friends 🎂

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your ... unable to complete your application by our deadlines. In the interim ... as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... 's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... is a huge project that encourages dozens of MIT students to teach

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  their dream a reality. MIT strategy * To transform the classroom ... excellence in teaching, with a focus on creating experiential learning ... computer to a stationary exercise bicycle and wrote software that reads input

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he ... national average). From there he went to a New York law firm, then to the NHL

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  -togethers in their hometowns for students admitted to the class of 2020. These ... : Sing-along in San Diego with one of MIT’s very own a cappella groups, the Logarhythms Sunday: Grab a slice of deep-dish pizza in

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  tell us in the essays. Think about why you are applying to MIT. Do a ... , test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a person. This is your ... that the interview is not only a way for us to get to know you better

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group ... , a song referencing sirens luring sailors to their deaths. To be fair ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lunt-2mwfc It’s not a huge departure from what I usually spin to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for ... is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  priority in housing preferences."]having a single[/annotation] has been great ... time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... ziplock bag. Back in my room, I put one card on a shelf near my radiator. My

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  switch, it's important to attach it to a network in a controlled ... , to say the least, extremely cool. Our evening began with a walk ... awfully ominous edifice: But Back In The Day™, W91 served as a wind tunnel

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  to run a really controlled experiment to see if small changes in a ... exploring a visual, and then using data collected in this manner to train a ... behavior in response to visual stimuli to neuroscience experiments to tease

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018