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• 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
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  , the average MIT student is more than conscious of problems that don ... Believe it or not, this is not a post about how the bloggers are ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  filling out the holistic MIT application. The MIT acceptance rate is under ... Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... could when I started the class. Improvement is a great motivator! I think the most rewarding part about my PE class is that I found a form of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  partially cut through. It’s 1994, Spring, chilly. The wind is silently ... destination. Someone is walking down the pavement, hands probably snuggled in ... stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  say on the back of our blogger t-shirts." "THIS IS THE REAL MIT!" I don ... body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  2.009 is over, but you can watch the archived webcast on Facebook ... Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Sense, a wearable for firefighters that can detect if a room is unsafe to ... :   and a recap of some fond memories from the class: 2.009 is definitely one of those "only at MIT" kind of classes. I love going to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry ... Saturday mornings), but the convenience factor is a huge plus. Anyway, back

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  . “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out ... suite had some Chinese around, And MIT moral code says to free food I ... review sheet is awesome, my psets are read, My exams are all studied, and I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  know almost the entire script of The Lion King, which is by far my ... to MIT entirely barefoot due to a massive blister, and have a tendency to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  something that I ever expected to see at MIT. Tagging along with Distinguished ... the door was shut. While closed doors don't impede the view, it is truly ... get that view of Boston, which is a shame. We could see everything: the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  variable is responsible for the fact that we sold out Lobdell Food Court: 1 ... . Raffle of Guitar Hero An aside, if you will: Guitar Hero is one of the ... you farewell at the CPW desk, but here at MIT, it happens. Being able

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  yourself that might help jumpstart the conversation. Make sure the tagline is ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be ... etiquette, MIT holds a Charm School for one full day during IAP. It's supposed

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

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT ... part of the week. "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd..." MIT Musical ... musical is not for the weak stomached. It involves mild acts of cannibalism

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005