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  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  who claim that MIT is a short-sleeved magician are either bluffing or ... you move it along is called the distance travelled. The difference between the intitial position of the object and its final position is called

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get ... life, none of that is more important than your health. I also hope you ... willing to help - no strings attached. What else is going on around here

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  language that introductory computer science is taught in at MIT), so I have ... check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because it’s a great opportunity, and it almost felt like an MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  knew what I was getting myself into. MIT is, well, MIT, right? After ... . 2. You actually need study skills at MIT. Okay, so this is kind of a ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009