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  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  contribute to our fraternal environment. Still, you protest, how is it ... plus fraternities at MIT do not all have the same personality, so it ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have ... ? (How would I pay for it?) I am a huge fan of MIT OpenCourseWare and that ... it would help my application? 2. if i have a rock band does that count

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling ... . Across from Boston is our beloved MIT and its pincer aliens ... (and Beacon Hill beyond it).                              

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , and slowly “pruned” (idk how else to describe it). Here, potters can add ... does lead to a lot of clay that doesn’t make it in. So if I started with ... how the color turned out, but I couldn’t use it as a gift anymore

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  the night before my next pset was due. Weirdly enough, it’s been easier ... resolutions from last year…and um, see how many of them I actually kept ... unholy amount of Netflix. But we were better off for doing it together, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  early actions are you expecting?" It's still unclear exactly how things ... this, so it is not held against you). It does not matter on what date ... a few days). Sendie asked, "Hrm... how many apps do you usually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  truth on an application. It's about how you lead your life. Don't worry, I ... horrible person. Please don't tell me about it, because I already know, and I feel awful about it. =( But, my field hockey season is over and now that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  AOs will think you’re stupid or annoying or whatever else.  It does get ... were fine with the drive being so long — in fact, you wished it would ... also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  communities and its political leanings. Such, I think, is life. What does being ... live where we live? What does it mean to live? Alan: Henry's answer made ... mentioned that I know "exactly how many students from South Dakota go to MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  runtime is far too long and I don't know how to fix it and people try to ... . Regardless, I was really happy with how it was going so far. He then asked me how long I've been coding for and if I've done this sort of thing before

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  children. You could hear jaws hit the floor. I don’t know how she does it ... entrepreneurs. It’s a 2 ½ week long, full-time workshop that touches on everything ... how to go about implementing it—which is the purpose of the program

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  heard of it, it's an online financial management solution that does all ... breakfast? Go for it! Don't want to go to class? You won't get in trouble ... to comprehend it: You're going to have to start paying for things

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  , but it's not a huge deal -- class schedules come out a long time before ... through junior high and high school. By the time I got to MIT, it was pretty ... tense?] So while others were attending orientation programs on "how to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  points where the laser hits the bed. Why does it matter, you ask? At points ... note="lucky me, though, they still healed. so what does that say about my ... with the term, fabrication is Engineering Speak for making things. It

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it ... common questions here (with help from Dean Marilee)... 1) How many people will MIT take from the waitlist? Is it true that you haven't taken any

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  and Hydrothermal Liquefaction. So how does it all work for a Freshman ... , how the heck does one actually go about doing this? To my luck, the ... -seen-on-tv product that actually performs like it does on TV. I learn at least two to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  my forehead (it didn't really hurt much, but it was crazy how fast it ... content seems fascinating actually. It's interesting how MIT would structure ... interesting challenge, so I guess I'll keep it and see how it goes. As this is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  Toronto with a friend. It’s been an extraordinarily long day. Despite ... and a therapy in itself. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes < ... When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  "? How do we know if one applicant is "better" than the other? What does ... could we know? And how would we measure it? Clearly Kahneman thinks that ... measured not by what it is but by what it does, which is of course to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011