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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  The MIT Fall Career Fair is an intimidating thing. Over 350 companies show up and they all potentially want to give you jobs. That is, if you ... , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  during my first semester at MIT. The past two weeks have been surprisingly productive, tiring and relaxing at the same time. I've learned that Python is ... long before you want to punch someone, and learned that snow is, despite

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  , elementary school) whose child has known for a couple of years that MIT is ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  . But it may be the MIT students who have it toughest of all: it is finals ... This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants, decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown on your MyMIT application tracking. MyMIT Application Tracking This is ... applicable, Interview Report. What happens if the tracking system is missing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  thing about weekly psets at MIT is that there's an end to the madness ... depressing if you always think of it as the sun is setting. Last week was Week 5 of Michaelmas term at Cambridge. Week 5 at MIT means Fifth week

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented by the capital Greek letter omega. The inverse of resistance is conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is represented by an upside

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  , but when I came to MIT, I wasn’t sure it would work out. It is always ... the Cambridge-MIT Exchange, which is a year-long direct exchange program ... opportunities that you will have at MIT. Traveling is expensive, and it is great

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly ... different culture and face the challenges that MIT gives you. So this is a ... .   Distance is much more than being far away, It is to know how a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  understand. Also, this is MIT- most people are certifiably socially awkward as ... else- no, it doesn’t. I can’t afford MIT! MIT is one of the only five ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  —which is a pretty common case for MIT students—then IAP is the perfect time ... , I made good friends from MIT that I wouldn’t have met otherwise, my ... rest of my IAPs at MIT. There are actually quite a few options in terms

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  . The excitement of the new Class exploring MIT is extremely contagious ... , get welcomed to MIT, and have some quality bonding time. The latter is a ... Showcase is a cool opportunity to hear all 11 MIT a cappella groups. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry by Cody C. '14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that I have heard almost exclusively from fellow members of the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 (otherwise known as MIT MMX) begins their pre-Orientation. Orientation itself ... know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for ... vantage point of a series of MIT and guest speakers discussing their ... of interested members of the larger MIT community and the public. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  Note to anyone who is confused: Cruel Summer is a Taylor Swift song. I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a Bananarama song called Cruel Summer, which is similarly pretty appropriate

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  , East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT ... , visit This Is the East Side blog. Also check out this presentation by Maya ... grouped together). Anonymous '17: Pros: -- Is the coolest place to live

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  , MIT’s course management system, learned Google Apps Script, which is a ... target from our second day of shooting. The bottom row is MIT’s beautiful ... What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my ... civic responsibility is, like most things at MIT, something you learn best ... to — and the responsibility expected from — MIT students is a core

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020