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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  ago containing, well, pictures of an Amtrak station in the middle o ... you've discovered my secret: in addition to spending time at home with ... 's warm here, you still have to drive to get anywhere in Florida, Jamba

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their additional documents via Naviance, SOCIR, or other methods.…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia, and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly train in chess" so he could later challenge Chambers in a chess match and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ...  and type in the password: mit-covid. Miss a class? You’ll be able to view a ... Course 7 is making this resource available to the public in real-time and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... came in, earlier this week, it turned out that fewer first-year students

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  the class and ultimately lose interest and motivation to do well in it ... 't have that safety net of PNR and I actually, well, have to do decently in classes now, I need to take classes that genuinely interest me in order for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in ... . 1. Live and breathe PNR. Don't stay up until 3 in the morning to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  sing with them in Lobby 7) Boston was astounding. All other groups were ... ; in a sad justification of his self-imposed theme. And you would be ... take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  This year MIT is celebrating a century in Cambridge. "Boston Tech," as it was known then, was established in the Back Bay in 1865, but ... MIT almost became a pirate fortress in the middle of the Charles. Via

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  11 / senior spring almost there

  

  semester rainy, cold days made it more bearable to hole up in the library or in lab when it was sunny I got really excited to go outside and soak in some much-needed vitamin d just one more exam

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , religions, backgrounds, you name it. It’s an exciting environment to be in, and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... is debatable) together bounded by immense love for learning. In recent

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... . She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night ... sexism, and when we in the audience (everyone in the audience) clapped and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... students with internships and research in Chilean companies and labs. Opportunities are available for 2012 in fields such as engineering, physics

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor ... back and forth, which in turn pushed air out in the form of sound waves

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the ... introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And ... early admitted classmates in our online community.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... let you guys know I'm not dead, Haha. Will have a more in depth check in

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  So you're interested in MIT. (Why else would you be reading these ... , admit it, that's more money than you've ever seen in person) While there ... things I've done thus far for IAP not necessarily in chronological order

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009