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  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... shuttle, race a car, finance a project based on limited data in the face of ... about engineering in the oil industry. The other sent me across the world

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the ... : "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... ’t forgotten me, but here’s a quick review: I majored in physics and graduated in June. I’m currently on a one-year Fulbright Scholarship in Germany. After

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  tallest building in Cambridge - 19 stories tall and on stilts at 277 feet ... some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in ... wanted their shot in front of the view! In the end, we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should ... complete the form and submit it by April 25, 2014. In the meantime, be sure to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  一緒に料理しましょう！ 僕の晩ご飯

  

  今、雪が降っています。 台湾人だから、寒さに慣れていません。でも、雪はとてもきれいと思います。 雪が降るとき、いつも暖かい料理を作ります。 大学を卒業した後、時々ひとりで料理します。 今日、すきやきをたべたいです。でも、きのうオックステールを作ったから、やりません。 じゃ、いろいろな＜一人料理＞をみましょう。 お楽しみ　ください！ o(＾∇＾)oﾜｰｲ♪

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  realized that I was in the lower half of the distribution of blogs by various ... various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in New Hampshire on my couch in the sun, alternately working on neglected

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring ... know nothing whatsoever about. Creative responses in the comments section ... if you have anosognosia The etymology of entymology The troll in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... , citing a lack of interviewers in my region. Will this adversely affect my ... ? My response: When you get there, take classes in both departments and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  't log in, don't worry; we'll be flexible with the Regular Action deadline, and will post more details in the next few days. As previously posted ... news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  . Anyway, on to the questions: "It's over! No one gets in RA ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... underlying benefits or disadvantages in already having your application read

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston from lying down on my bed in the dark with window shades up. The night ... skyline outside my window. You should know that in Boston, the weather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  In any given school year or work week, there is so much we can stress ... relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for ... classes in the Comparative Media Studies program. They were really hard. I was put in a room with a small number of very smart grad students and a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... to the fact that your covered in sharp objects in the freezing cold

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  ever!) being the best class ever. All the way back in September, we talked about a play called World of Wires by MIT Associate Professor in ... designer, and I ended up being in the cast myself, so I couldn’t resist

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  You’ve read in my blog entries about the weekly Engineering ... -hour activities on Fridays that give GELs hands-on experience in our “Capabilities ... ELL, with most of the work happening in our weekly GEL 2 meetings on

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

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  school students to participate in an exciting annual event presented by the ... with current MIT students in a casual environment and discuss how MIT ... , and college in general. This year the date is set for Saturday, October

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... floating safe in slimy pink buffer instead of withering into a translucent, crunchy mass on the countertop over Labor Day weekend. I stayed in bed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011