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  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  guides, and, in my case, the students who took my classes. We have had the ... ; about MIT) on my own graduation day in 2013, but how much, in hindsight, I ... MIT education confers. An excerpt: i don't sleep with my grad rat on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some ... they’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades ... complete the form with your latest grades. My school does not provide

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some ... to us as soon as they’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  (to my knowledge) even offered at my high school, at least while I was ... entirely to my strengths. I ate horse meat and strange sweets, heard the ... outside my hotel that resembles the its counterpart the Alchemist at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the world. And people are half that equation. Last Friday, I led my wonderful ... simulation lab where we faced this exact challenge. My ELL team has a course

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some ... to us as soon as they’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  -shirts and boxers for my baselayer. Cotton is fine for walking around campus ... . My coats that get the most wear are a wool topcoat from Express, a wool ... /mountaineering, I usually just wear my Danner waterproof hiking boots or Scarpa

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  on paper I was an “alien,” and I had an “alien number,” and my fate was at the mercy of a single USCIS officer. If I had to return to my ... gives you courage?” questioned a member of the audience. “My parents

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  nipping at my heels and it seemed a bit irresponsible to not devote my full ... necessary than my urban dwelling classmates do. With that said though, my ... too far off and maybe I'll be able to afford it in my lifetime. Quantum

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  connection. I didn’t think about the temperature, so my fingers are almost too ... component. I took it for context. My department, Urban Studies and Planning ... had guest lectures from Anne Whiston Spirn, my advisor, and Marie Law

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  ). Normally, I would be there for my Fundamentals of Computational Media Design ... Soylent Green). I took my seat as the presentation started. I looked around the room to see who was presenting first. This caught my attention

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids ... telling yourself that "this pset's only worth 1.5% of my grade anyway

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my ... campus for their 5th reunion and I would be here once again for my 30th. My ... will always be “my first class” and that means they will always be

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  (and even my sixth grade daughter!) are choosing what classes to take ... through the eyes of my daughter, who was on a FIRST Lego League (FLL) team ... Championships in a few days, I thought I would share a bit of my experience with

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  silly nonetheless. Let's be frank, during my freshman year of high school ... was made of. Now fast forward to today and what is on my mind. Today, I ... time I start to worry about my future or begin to wonder why I’m here, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... very messy rationalization. But you can absolutely take my word for my ... getting paid and doing two of my favorite things, and I felt like the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major ... programming language that I'm now using in my linguistics research. So ... purpose. For my UROP, I'm currently working at the Quantitative Research in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT ... /the thing you’re putting together the marketing campaign for? Answer: My ... thus stimulate the economy on the island. So my tasks now are to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  Boston, February 5, 1861 My Dear Henry, I have just returned from ... Legislature and several meetings have prevented my writing within the past week ... am sorry, my dear brother, that I can give no reliable good news in

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  make my decision regarding which college I wanted to go to, I was pretty torn over my options. I was mainly choosing between MIT (which is just ... the MCAT). I thought I'd share my thoughts on this matter - since some

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011