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  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  ’m already starting to call MIT my home as well. Life is just a series of ... fabled season of fall has arrived in all of its deciduous glory and is ... sunshine, crackling fireplaces, and pie. Mmm, pie. Here is a picture of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  classes at MIT is like riding a train whose speed increases exponentially ... study break, and... This entry is going to be really spontaneous, since ... everyone is feeling hosed right now - yup, and it's ONLY been 4 weeks of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  IS taking things slow, for a MIT prefrosh? Ladies and gentlemen, my ... Melis's, is actually pretty helpful, although I'm not planning on buying half of the things on it until I get to Cambridge since most of it is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  is. But, uh, this is a lesson, prospective MIT students--never attempt ... teaching MIT ESP SAT Prep, "exacerbate" is one of the 50 most common words ... Campbell is, right? From "Xena: Warrior Princess?" (my favorite television

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  returned to the blogs to let people know: “I did not graduate from MIT on ... (and is) a rare and under-researched sleep disorder. And yes, a chronic incurable diagnosis is terrifying to discover. But what a relief to know that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  This school year was pretty terrible.  I don't think there is an ... can be fun, but it is hard to find a way to balance everything. The good ... clarify something about my path at MIT - I now know what I am concentrating

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Yesterday's New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat Mc ... MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start, and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  very important, branches of MIT's Office of Admissions. This is Copy ... See, MIT has these nifty basements that interconnect with each other ... along MIT's basement paths and provide your friendly lurkers (i.e., me

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT homepage

  

  By the way, if you haven't been to the MIT homepage today, you should check it out!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... lottery and pack into Kresge, MIT's largest auditorium, with overflow

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students ... chocolate ice cream. Being MIT students, we also analyzed the chemical and ... creation. I guess the trick is using cold-ish chocolate, otherwise you’d melt

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  from this year's integration bee at MIT. But first, a little bit about ... back to MIT for IAP was not the best idea that I have ever had in my short but colorful life. That is all. So, here's some sample problems

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  us if we were from MIT. Somehow, we got onto the topic of organic ... Greene. He was at MIT before my grandpa graduated from high school, and ... interesting facts about MIT back in the days. (In the style of Sam) DID YOU KNOW

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons ... of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I ... the school year is over! Blog once a week. This is a crazy goal, but I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... because it's required but simply because it's so interesting. Fit is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom ... students and parents, this is simply not the case. If you approach the ... yardstick. But there is no substitute for figuring out who you are, who you

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... toy that is even close to being kinda done? Oh boy.) but there's just ... ?" My brain: *Hey! Melis is here, cool! She'll probably want to blog this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday ... applications from the office; my stack is fairly random, including applicants ... longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  . I am never savvy about picking classes. Adam is disdainful, for ... phenomenal cosmic bad luck!), my midterm weeks tend toward the crazy. This is ... Columbia, and Phil Sharp from MIT), a senator (John Kerry), a "television

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  reaction to it, illustrates something about MIT that I think is very ... anything before it. None of this is the case at MIT. The students at MIT ... TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006