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• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  buildings with helpful signs. Step four: Know the natives, and don't be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look ... good general rule. Step three: Start with the Infinite. The Infinite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to ... of going with a wax model. Steve Asles, his stand-in, attended and ... -linear cryptography, I mean. Actor Steve Buscemi played an MIT alum in Armageddon. In

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you ... handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as graduate students? Have you or any of your friends started researching for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  , but she says it is not easy. Thanks for the great banner design, Zaira ... .) --------------- Thanks for all of the comments on my previous entry about PE classes ... allow me to take photographs. I should ask my classmates sign photo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  the circumstances. I spent the last two weeks studying for finals, taking my last possible final at the very last possible time for Harvard ... was running around screaming like chickens with their heads cut off I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... the many things I have to look forward to. For starters, I've slogged ... concentration (Philosophy, which could easily become a minor with some work). Don

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  as well, but for now I am enjoying myself in the moment, even with the ... career. I am almost done with school, almost ready to go out into the real ... side, that also means it is harder to find people to ask for help

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  are Jonas Holterman, former chief engineer for the TU Delft team, with ... wrote about his awesome experience traveling to Europe with the team! You ... friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  how hard I tried. Although for many people, MIT convinces them that nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most ... completely different. I was running away from any true interactions with math

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  share my personal system for dealing with nerves; I do acknowledge that ... what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... , having fun. So, I worry that posting will only encourage more people to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  sport i've done wayne: you've done other sports? cj: i played tennis ... feet hurt wayne: mildly. i mean your foot's been on a thin edge for the ... wayne with you wayne: hi freddie: he's canadian cj: you're canadian

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other ... about meal plans, housing, dorm life, UROPs, and things to do for fun. One ... person...and to stuff my face with the alumni's homemade desserts! It was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  have fun with it. I'm very jealous that I can't be on campus with you ... name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  spend my life playing with brains, blowing stuff up, and curing cancer. My ... college with a definitive plan for their lives at an age where they ... love for pie is still only surpassed by my love for bacon and Arrested

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  out and do things with pure intentions for once??? being fixated on ... rogue half-elf with a penchant for theft and a reward on her head :) i ... all my work to prepare for my boyfriend staying over, but now that he

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  take, and then every week you meet for an hour and a half with the ... sign, for sure. And Mr Kennedy is hilarious. He should be, too. He's a ... dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  usual method for choosing classes is to sign up for 12 of them, the ... psets for those 12 classes. I choose which classes to stick with based on ... with people. I did maybe half of the readings for the Latinx class, read

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  majors. There are no pre-requisites for membership in our ensembles, other ... , private instruction. But all students with a serious interest in music ... to them in a given ensemble for the upcoming semester. The faculty will

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still ... than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007