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  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a ... let this forever put to rest the notion that MIT doesn't know how to ... rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  was the backstory of how Alex decided to go to MIT. Here's some of the ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... 's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... like "duel enrollment" courses. Perhaps these students are preparing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  consulting and contracting c mentioned how a lot of this comes down to ... ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more ... end so i took the chance to ask my interviewer (let’s call them p) a few

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  some words easier, because it stops people from making big thoughts to ... went to this Well Known School of Three Letters. That's like another life since I left! I miss this place a lot though. I used to write here, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  powerful pulpit to write and speak extensively about how to navigate the ... advice is to ask colleges directly how much weight they place on ... consider when deciding who to admit. Realistically, how much does the failure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  Disclaimer 1: It was very difficult to know how to pitch this. If it ... say that red "inverted" to become cyan. How your visual system ... 're still with me. If so, we're ready to talk about... How the gamma

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  offered every 2 weeks. The class is actually pretty cool- you learn how to ... efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts ... .008 is a manufacturing class where you're required to make a large batch of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  , face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of the undergrad population, making myself vulnerable to starting a flame

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  've been thinking about how it's okay to be in different spaces, especially ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the ... to be hitting this week. Last night my friends and I wandered from B1

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  change from a D to a B, shhhhhh.) I'm excited to see how the institute ... solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  tonight. I'm heading to a skate shop this weekend so I can learn how to ... I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went ... Media Lab, (2) Going through MIT OpenCourseWare content to make my fall

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  My freshman winter break and IAP were very nice, nothing to complain about. I got to fly home and spend two weeks with my family; I came back to campus, learned lots of different things, and had some free time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  . Remember, the final date to submit the FUN form is February 15th. 
 How do ... admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  negotiate with effectively. As a GEL 2, it was great to see how much the GELs ... second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a “GEL 2”) is that the ... ; Urgency to Deliver, Initiative, and Decision Making   It’s safe to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  the taxi driver and did my best to communicate (no mean feat, given how ... The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  MIT. It's sort of contradictory - how many people go to summer school at ... edition of HowToGAMIT, and more), and a lot of my closest friends are still ... Northwestern and an engineering course at Notre Dame, so I was ready to try

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  they'll be going to their waitlists, and if so for how many students. For ... Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... not only a fire fighter but also because he used to be a cook. For those ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008