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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  first day was, but also by how similar it felt to my first day as a ... , 2.74 aims to teach how to take principles from nature and apply them ... you is doing, but how you’re doing relative to yourself. High school me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  denied. I don't know whether to apply again. How would you suggest i decide ... ? and how much is college going to cost me?(approx?)(international student ... things. As for money, I don't know how much you will have to pay for MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  , how the heck does one actually go about doing this? To my luck, the ... Nitrogen to see how this alters the interactions of the sheet molecule with ... actively participating in discussions on how to alter the experiment that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  open to all MIT students regardless of identity. How did you find out ... about 2016, then you probably know someone who is. Maybe you want to understand why they're upset, or maybe you just don't understand how their

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some ... essentials for you the student to pick up at the store through Pack & Hold ... campus. -- a swimsuit, if you wish to beat the required swim test and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... throughout the week. And you have no idea how much MIT students look forward to ... food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  advice on how to succeed here.” I still feel that way. But I didn’t blog ... I haven’t blogged much at all this year. I remember how happy I was ... opportunity cost. Everything you decide to do will keep you from doing something

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel ... station, and to our surprise and delight, there were 4 other MIT ‘12s there

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  growing as a person at mit: that problem you had no clue how to do suddenly ... you don't know how—and don't know if—you want to change. there are ways ... every saturday or sunday my freshman fall, i'd go over to have dinner with

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  first time; for the first time— You learn how to navigate MIT. It ... , everything is new. Maybe that’s why I haven’t figured out how to write about ... particularly memorable. Until eventually, my standards raise to the point that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  training and officer planning, learning from one another how to become more ... all that I could -- and wanted -- to manage on an eventful month ... 's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  learning how to read circuit board schematics and getting firehosed about ... 's the story of how I learned to use a solder wick, which is a magical sort ... my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  CPW 2011! I hope you '15s realize exactly how excited we all are to see ... the CPW webcast two weekends ago and already have an idea of how to ... 't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was ... meetings. It's a great way to start off the week. How are your Mondays? Mine ... Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11am. I don't know how I did this 2 months ago, how do you pack up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  of the freshman perspective, and compare it to how I felt a year ago, and to how I feel now. I'm probably a little bit more focused, a little ... lot out of the experience. It's kind of nice to settle down to classes

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  has been on a campaign this winter to get me to learn how to ski, even ... UROPs. How hard is it to get a UROP in physics? Since it's more ... minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  how to play! I'm also growing my annual IAP beard. I hate facial ... of IAP. I guess. I can't think of how to end this entry... well, I can ... Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  I'm going to do things backwards today, and start with... Responses to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how ... questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  /when I turn 80, how much money would I give up to have the memories and ... ? Honestly, probably at least $2,000. How much to have dragged 24 pumpkins through the streets of Boston? Maybe $300. How much to have investigated

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025