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  First Days in NYC

  

  access at the office but not in my apartment. It's been rough, as you can imagine. (Not to mention my gas stove, which I don't know how to ignite ... was it east or west? "East Village" sounds right, but I remember going

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  . Having an interview with MIT does not violate early agreements. You do not ... , please request one. Requesting a fee waiver does not negatively impact your ... advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can. It will save you and us some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  , if you can imagine- and how freaking awesome it was. Seriously guys, go ... about how it's not so bad getting rejected from your first choice school ... about how it's probably all for the best this way. That said, please try

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  , so you're looking at how it's changed over each cut. There's a trick ... into the negative space to bring out paper from nowhere! How does this ... it does that. For example, try making these sequences of cuts and see

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  fun this semester and a one-shot-deal, but it just goes to show how ... kept the Norton anthology that we used as a textbook in the class, and it ... self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  itself is actually pretty large, but it's very long and narrow, which ... come from?! I want it back!" And just to refresh your memory as to how ... So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  zonotope, we already know how many tiles there will be; it’s the same as the ... if it won’t intersect with it. In my example, I’ll draw the third vector on every vertex except the lower-left one. (If I drew it starting

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  .  Maseeh is the only dorm that serves lunch, and it also does late night ... . I have no idea what this room is actually called, but it does it all ... It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I hope you're enjoying it. The long weekend, that is (or normal ... to colleges as well. But it's important to take down-time, too. Some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  dad lore and what is my actual career path? Does it intrinsically make ... . What follows is the very long and detailed crisis I had in picking my ... 't push it as far as saying enjoyment."]I do not like physics at all

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  love how lunch is at 2, and dinner is at 9. 4. I love how the stores are ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing ... museums (like Museo del Prado - best known for its collection of paintings

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a $10+ million event.  It's not every Saturday night that you get to see ... rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs all night, it is this disgruntled bull. Although the 22 other students ... moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Easter). So what does this mean? It means that we’re supposed to ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... couple of weeks of Easter break. So how are MIT students faring with this

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  .']classes.[/annotation] Despite the fact that it remained higher than the course load that the average student takes while at MIT, it was a number I felt comfortable with ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  -quarantine, Tylenol/ibuprofen, fluids, rest, etc), told me how long it'd last (~4 days), how long the cough would last (~2 weeks), and told me to avoid class ... . Wonderful. I suppose it was only a matter of time, but now I'm running a fever

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  , it sounds like with the limited space in our largest auditorium (seats ~1300 people), it won't hold everyone who will want to come hear him speak ... preference towards students...but it sounds like for everyone else, they'll be

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  explainable factors. First and foremost, it is very easy to convince me to do ... who gives people what they need, whether it's feedback, or cheerleading ... production of the musical tick... tick... boom! here on campus. It's a role

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  does it provide partial credit. These tools are still in development ... ’s how it works: MBA students take the course on campus, concurrently with ... class can experience its condensed version at the week-long Sloan

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  your bed for a bit and wonder how they might be like. ~~~ It’s been a ... your head, but there’s no one there.  “Hey spicynoodles, does it look ... . Bushes extended branches onto the sidewalk like long, skinny fingers about

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021