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• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  amazing and diverse place - all of MIT is, for that matter - and there ... guess I'm a blogger now. Also apparently I'm a real life MIT student now ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  When I first got to MIT I got a little pamphlet entitled "Copyright, Subpoenas, and You." I laughed. Of course they'd have to remind MIT students ... quote I used in my personal blog was "One of my favorite items is a

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  do an overnight visit before then; visiting MIT is one of the best ... some stories about ourselves and MIT. It is a great opportunity for you ... surround yourself in the craziness that is MIT.  You are only a prefrosh once

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  from mit. the apartment looked like this:   this past semester i was an mit student again. i took four and a half classes and worked a ... for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  . backchan.nl is a tool designed here at the Media Lab by MIT student Drew ... travel all over the country (and the world) here at MIT Admissions. And ... person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that's what MIT is in the end, don ... ) Conference. Since MIT is hosting the conference, MIT-EMS needed to provide ... course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  application, but an important thing to remember is that MIT is not the only ... This is more of a mini-entry, a blogget if you will. I know that for a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley C. ‘18 is a sophomore living in East Campus and studying Course ... come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you enjoy it as well! ________________________ Hi, guys! My name is Haley

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to ... 's baby really happened. Okay, this entry is not really negative, but I ... 't wait to get back to MIT, especially considering that she took 6 classes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Every class year at MIT gets their own personalized Brass Rat. What is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  attend as a prefrosh. But this is really fun as an MIT student, too~ I ... Hello Interwebz! Our campus is swarming with high school students and free food. It's all very exciting. Everyone is very excited! Ahhh

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  . It's true that extreme MIT life is like drinking from a firehose; what ... that being an introvert is necessarily bad (check out Quiet by Susan Cain ... first steps on MIT domain as a prefrosh, I actually spent a lot more time

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  do you think about x global issue" or "what is your goal here at MIT ... inspired and motivated Going through MIT, or anything in life, is about the ... as an introduction. What I do remember is thinking, "Wow, this

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

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  Here is what Google Calendar has to say about my first two months at MIT. Week 1: Pre-Orientation Nothing really going on yet. Week 2 ... ! Images not for the faint-hearted. Spiraling out of control. - Now is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered ... - easy access to the Undergraduate Math Office in 2-108. Why is the ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  't explicitly know if anyone is going to the conference, but many MIT professors ... First, I will note with some sadness that it is currently raining ... . It is apparently supposed to continue snowing later today, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  While I'm highlighting awesome MIT '09s... Every summer, community ... 've only received one so far. If you're an MIT '09 and you've had an article ... 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  Boston sometime. All you SF MIT folks and NY MIT folks and international MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space ... startups fail but at MIT that number is more like 50%. I bet another one of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  feel that at almost any time at MIT on campus, there is free food lurking ... 've had both those feelings. I know MIT is home, a place where I belong ... These first 3 weeks at MIT can best described as a whirlwind of new

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  Chicago. Every quality of that school is duplicated at MIT, from the sense ... department, while MIT is a science school with a strong liberal arts department ... this is not the typical MIT application story. From what I've read

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008