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• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  . Our room block for the Hotel@MIT is sold out; they may have a few more ... non-MIT sources (which is probably why it is mentioned in the financial ... . MIT is committed to need based financial aid; this commitment was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  passionate about recruiting as MIT Hillel is, all of America east of the ... . From: Jordyn To: pizzainthehut@mit.edu Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject: Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  whether or not to apply to MIT, or whether or not to come to MIT after you get accepted, you can come stay with an MIT student and we'll show you ... it's absolutely possible to find the right one for you (mine is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  time. There's a lot less transience. Students truly feel that MIT is ... housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other ... . Whoever the new housemaster is, I'm only going to have to live with him or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering which stories resonate the most. This is an introspective journey. Ideally ... prerequisite reading, one of my favorite lines, and whom I believe the story is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  program, and since then I've realized this is probably the most important ... need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which programs fit me as a person. Fit is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  at MIT realize that a zombie invasion is a serious threat, one that shouldn't be taken lightly. MIT, although likely concerned about our safety ... enough, sitting in the lobby . . . Students of MIT and CPW prefrosh, I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  . From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT ... , MIT alum Nathanael Herreshoff created a revolutionary design for a ... Couchamaran. The Couchamaran is just what it sounds like -- a sofa on pontoons

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  break you down and slowly build you back up again. MIT is not the military ... some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides ... semester. This is why MIT provides [annotation note="ABC/NR = ABC/No Record

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  summer is very different from MIT during the school year. CPW rocks. A lot ... struggling to make a decision, CPW is a great chance to learn a lot about MIT ... W said: Hmmm...getting rejected at MIT is tough, especially when

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  that everyone else is getting placed in.  MIT is different from other ... before classes start, MIT opencourseware is an amazing resource! The other ... .012 and 8.022 are good for showing what course 8 is like at MIT. 8.01 and 8

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  in a place as unusual as wonderful as MIT is that you lose perspective ... like this. When it's wet, warm, and kind of dark, when the forecast is ... being completely okay is pretty recent. The last few months were rough. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to ... -valedictorians set for MIT Originally posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009 by Adam Freeman ... mom, Elise Burfield, is one person who has no person telling the two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I ... apparently Jax Kirtley is, and since their photos are on the Wild Party photo ... any pictures of the play, which is really sad because one of my friend

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  "mind and hand", is the motto on the MIT seal. "Mens sana in corpore sano ... It is currently 10:53 AM. I have been at work for three hours and fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  's often harder for MIT undergrads to get into the MIT program than it is for ... talking about my UROP (and for those who don't yet speak MIT, my lab job). A ... the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  ~~~ cut off all my hair moved to city where the sun is out every day but it is still cold worked at a big place where people watch games on ... friends drank at bars decided that black is my best color played outside in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  . so you're diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the ... liters of water -- for the entirety of finals week. S^3, which is really ... you crazy? There's no good time to get sick!" But there really is. Allow

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  Dominos has brought the concept to a whole new level. I just think this is ... of 6:08 PM." Not only that, this system is apparently patent pending. Does anyone else find this sort of weird, or is it just me? God bless

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually ... Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... professors is to assign tests right before finals (to minimize the amount of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008