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  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  than a few Greek guys who choose to live in the dorms - like Alan '09 ... 've loved Neil's work ever since a friend recommended Neverwhere to me back in ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  again, I would in a heartbeat. [Photo credit to Sherry '15!] 2.00b ... blasters connected to a backpack which served as a massive ammo hopper ... -like models... so we started designing our blasters in Solidworks, a computer

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  pretty cool solution to the problem. So I have a job. Stay tuned, in 6 ... getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things ... 's nice to have a change of scenery. Edmund said: Growing up in NJ was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to ... a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite ... today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  -generated censorship. It's only a few pages in a truly massive tome but always nice to see your name in print.     On Friday I flew to DC for a ... applications to read in the summer, we must not have much to do. It's probably

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... started. There's a recurring theme in the answers to all the questions here ... helped that I went to a boarding high school so I was used to being away

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... heard back from them, don't worry. Give your EC at least a few days to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the ... ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris ... bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  accepting around 20 students. Obviously with a selection process that rigorous, we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  to satisfy everyone in a class of over 1000 students o__o. Despite the ... I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in ... . Some weeks, there is a lot of work to do and at times, people (students

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  say it was kind of a weird time in my life - I'd just moved to a new ... -course-meal by myself, and so in a throwback to that first original dinner party ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  notices in an environment. If I were to look at a rock, I'd probably be able ... responsibilities to study, which then puts me in a vicious cycle of constantly trying ... , it will take me a while to dig through my mental archive to remember

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the ... congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A ... asked him to film a 14-part television series this summer on global

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [april fools] interview with james e. tetazoo and isn't discovering part of the fun?

  

  staircase in a particular innovation corridor — visitors respond to our ... this year, i live in a dorm called east campus on a floor called ... many times we tell them, there’s always a few people who don’t seem to

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  to take a pirate-themed boating/camping trip to Bumpkin Island in the ... gallons of water. With that in place, we had some time left over to do a ... an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... that we need to make a decision on your case. The Application Tracking ... is an aberration in the midyears. At this time, due to the continued

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009