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• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  been heavy on my mind, as has been the realization that in doing so, MIT ... makes the difference between me getting my degree here as opposed to from my college back in Nairobi? Yes, the facilities and faculty here are

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is ... the 1E logo (my hall in East Campus). AutoCAD was strongly ... into one space. For my first iteration I separated the 1 and the E, used

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive ... with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to ... ; If you've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally ... : I needed to either buy groceries or start working on my problem sets ... existence. My cereal had become unpleasantly dry and decidedly less palatable

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  or a new UROP, and pre-semester cleaning of my new home, the DPhiE house (it looks wayyyyy better now!) I was struck by how different my first day was, but also by how similar it felt to my first day as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into taking after realizing how bad my French was while studying in Europe this IAP. (My French is still pretty bad, but it's getting better!) My other

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my ... is a dark soda. My personal favorite. Fun opinion: It tastes like ... : This one was added to the list because my third and final sister wanted

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

   read his most recent fiction project. Calculus has always been my favorite ... had an annual Integration Bee, I got excited. I checked my calendar ... finding time, given my busy schedule of watching superhero cartoons

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  These are cheat sheets. I found them in my backpack this last week ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... format, but are usually necessary. My first approach is to comb through

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni who interview our ... think about all the things I would miss about my old job but now those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a little darker than my avatar's and when I smile in real life, my face looks like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  arriving in our inboxes recently. How should my teachers prepare and submit ... in MyMIT. These cover sheets are strongly recommended but not required ... access to MyMIT's application component tracking system, which keeps track

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new ... untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  via 3D printers. Even my completely unhealthy obsession with burritos ... printing, bar none. Then I turned on the news tonight / scrolled through my Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  . Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading ... opportunities for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing ... alumni. Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your My

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  remember asking my parents to bless my application. I'm pretty sure that I ... asked my parents to bless my application envelope, they did. Hesitatingly ... applying to. This was important! This was about my future. *facepalm* I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life ... are so many classes I've taken in my life where I'm just like - okay, I ... SENSE NOW. My current excitement over this could also just be because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012