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  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I ... ): Took 18.02A for 12 units. Re-learned to ice skate. Practiced intensively

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  how to write a love interest that readers root for. Specifically I ... [/annotation] was good enough for MIT to grant me credit for AP Physics C, but simultaneously was not good enough for me to take 8.012, the advanced version of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... concerts firefly — four friends and i went to Dover, Delaware for three ... fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn ... you try to find your place at MIT. It's normal for it to take a while ... Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  't want to go to MIT, despite the nice scholarship thrown in for good ... You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT is an amazing, world-changing place. But it's not for everyone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives ... done around the world, and to promote role models for younger people ... -violence, creativity, courage, and responsibility for one’s actions. The award will go to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  meeting, and later across the Bay Bridge to Lafayette, for another meeting that had us grabbing for and setting up extra seats to accommodate ... meeting with you for an MIT interview. Now, to answer a few questions I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  [/annotation]are harder to motivate for oneself when there is no clear rewarding outcome. It ... spread out), it's common for either you or your partner to be ousted from the social group and it can become hard to turn to the circle for help

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  out to my friend Rukia H. '21 for helping with this playlist). Give ... Sometimes, its hard to pull yourself out of bed. The uncertainty of ... to make you float. Butterflies that might want to make you vomit. But

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  ’s a skill you will have to use for the rest of your life. And I know ... I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  . MIT pays for college cards, so basically anybody willing to brave the ... Stoots. Be sure to hire him for your next major concert. I try not to endorse ... . For the past few weeks, I've forgotten to buy juice, so any time I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... .804 (Computational Cognitive Science) - i've been waiting to take this class for a ... concept. for the final project, we get to play around with (or come up with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  this would be an especially good time to recognize my mom for her ... for this name). She took us to China when I was just 4 years old and my ... not be here if it were not for her. She was the first person to believe

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  inclined to waste time on the internet. A blatant plug for cheerleading An ... -requisite to have been a cheerleader to try out for the MIT squad. No, you don't need to have previous cheer experience to try out for cheerleading. I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while ... :00 lecture to begin for special relativity, and then I head to that. 3

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  developing countries to improve their quality of life. One of our projects, for ... . To help combat this fear, Showergy delivers all that is needed for the ... , reliable place for women, children, and senior citizens to wash themselves

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  course, being in Beijing, there was plenty for Kat and I to explore in our ... had glowing things to say about the program. For some students, the real work experience gave new meaning to the classes they were taking. For

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  to eat. For more blog entries that begin with great food ... story seemed to fall a little flat. And for those of you who were upset by ... Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  about it 😁. Special thanks to Teresa, Sabine, and Jinhee for creating ... than usual) to get ready for FDOC (First Day of Classes)! G: Taking out ... ; 11:00 AM: J: Found a phone booth to have my staff meeting for the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed ... have to do "rehearsals" for our oral presentations, either on the ... paper for the same TA. Luckily, I have reason to suspect that he no longer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005