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• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  Summer guest post series*   Have you ever considered how everyday objects like sneakers and computer monitors are manufactured? As it turns out, it’s a pretty involved process that involves passing components

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  person’s life while at MIT. MIT does have long weekends, and fun people. It’s ... commuter train, we braced for the remaining two long-weekend days. It was ... ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  long enough to make lasting connections/it wouldn't be too cold to go ... ’s doing it just for college admissions, who’s for real, and does it even ... month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  - khaki shorts and a lion-face-print top, since it’s a warm spring day and I’m in high spirits. It's my first post-finals day- my semester officially ... her all the best and I really do mean it. She was taking some tough

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Does the transcript submitted on my QuestBridge application count as official?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  physically. But, I got to say, it does feel awfully nice to be a part of a ... exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  very least, it will make you question how the world around you works. In ... is and how fast it's moving immediately after AND immediately before. How does a theory that says we can't say anything about where a particle

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this ... measurement of your worth. A decision does not validate or invalidate your life

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . Photopolymers and jobs. How did this happen? It took a lot of passion about a ... all, it took learning how to MIT. To balance life with classes and ... concentration in writing in one semester, and it got me thinking - maybe I could

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  The Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way out the door. Formally known ... . So, what does this "NBM" include? Among other things:A cover letter ... . For many students, it doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  driven/flown a long way to come to a meeting, I hope it was worth the long ... janaury test date if i have a different situation here? and what does it ... Session. Mad props! It was definetly something I'd attend again, even though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  it was 364.4 smoots + 1 ear long. Google even considers the Smoot to be ... familiar, it's probably because you've seen the work of his distant relative ... . And today, I was hoping that we'd go 3 for 3! But, it was announced that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  .) (Does anyone get these references? Anyone?) It surprisingly wasn't that ... "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in ... confused about the name of 14.41. I have heard it at different times called

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... developed long before language, which is why it’s easier for us to think ... find out how deep it is. It takes T = 4 seconds for the stone to drop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  was a long three hours, but it was always so worth it. As a class, we ... 3="89714" /] [visually_hidden]C: how was it different than drawing a ... being drawn. How does the angle of the eyebrow compare to the angle at

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  not strong, it will never be the biggest or best or bulkiest but it does ... . It is the slice to your heel that causes your collapse. Oh, how your ... memorable and it's stuck with me for a while. I don't think this poem does the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  eloquent since honestly I don't really know how to explain it, but sometimes ... your lesson I did and it hurt That's how it works I question my ... , though I don't think it always was there. I wonder how authors and actors

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  any other college, did and does this. MIT, however, decided that it didn ... pamphlet-creating admissions officers can't convey. MIT does its best to ... revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  . Apparently Subway does catering, and it came in boxes with a sandwich, chips ... Some of you may wonder: how do people eat food without a meal plan ... blog post, and here it is. This came out as an experiment to figure out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  out about it too much :)     3. How to prepare It really ... you can add some context and details to your application. It’s a chance ... based on the availability of alumni in your region of the world.  It is

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022