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  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  fast,’ I said back, “How about a daylong pilgrimage to MIT to see three ... reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration ... real pleasure to listen to Tod Machover animatedly describe the FAST Arts

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  down the hall in hysterics increase. How does Jon react to the added ... to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The year starts with 1,100 studious new freshmen who are ready to experience

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about applying to college. Not just applying to MIT, but the entire college ... excitement, the same fears, the same pressures. I'd like to provide an outlet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last few days... ------------------------------------- How will I know if MIT has received my mid-year grade report? You really don't need to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  forward to watching "The Incredibles" tonight and not thinking about ... 's how selection works. We've spent a month reading and crafting great ... 've been lucky enough to work so far with Stu, Quinton, Salvador (the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  school you go to that determines how successful or happy you are, but the ... I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the ... application season, and are either trying to vibe out whether they want to apply

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  how to construct these models which you can learn more about depending on which classes you choose to take. You want to understand how the ... this was a really good decision, and continue to highly recommend it. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  makes a huge difference. finding how to sustain myself while living in EC ... [/annotation] of "east campus." of course, i love the people and how down-to ... and a testament to how shitty being displaced is. i have to navigate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  illustrate how much I appreciate the field—needless to say, I spontaneously ... fulfill HASS requirements (* = CI-H/W). 4.021: Design Studio: How to ... classes... 4.021: Design Studio: How to Design 4.657: Design: The

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  this time, I had to be walked out of the lab and instructed how to de ... I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  how we didn’t know what to do. I sit in the ESP office for a while ... ordered it can see them first. I make documentation for how to use our ... how we’re holding up. An email goes out to all business majors on campus

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  need to think about what each word means, and how to arrange them in a ... remember how each word is announced. I also want to vary my tone of voice ... I'm learning is how to increase the level of abstraction I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  , who jumped from being half-sophomores to seniors, have reflected on how ... months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i ... 't have enough experiences to warrant me being a junior. why am i perceived

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  pandemic’s fault. I forgot how good it can be to go to a place with a person and see more people, and I never knew how good it can be to be in Boston ... In third grade, my parents sent me away to sleepaway camp for two

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into their temporary rooms, what better time to talk about housing? Even though

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do ... to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  ", this class focuses on how materials behave when you load them to failure ... able to predict how and when things will fail based on the materials ... guy to get to listen to my professors talk about how it all works and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  his blogroll to find interesting things. I can't overemphasize how ... 's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to ... aspects of) the world. What's not to love? As for how I got interested in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011