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  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in advance for all the shakiness. Here is ~10 minutes from the 1 hour talk

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... . My reasons for choosing aerospace engineering (Course 16), however, don ... have had a die-hard adoration for spaceflight or aircraft since before

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal-breakers (like a bunch of D's, for example). Assuming you're competitive, your application is then read by a primary reader who will summarize it at length for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  the epic e-mail failure of po14 last spring. Look for Evan's blog about ... lie), dance practice, MedLinking almost everyone on my hall for some ... them with our queries;),though I think that wont be possible for someone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the kitchen for a snack and everyone is there. “I should be asleep,” you ... lecture. It is noon. Danny B.D. ‘15 You ask for a studfinder. I give you a power drill.   You ask for a studfinder, but it turns out I don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  already makes for a memorable life event, just because the next one won’t show it’s big red self for another thirty-three years! So let’s flash ... hour wait, which was no problem for a group of excited young frosh like

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  screaming for you in the stands of your final NCAA volleyball game, with your ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... different dorms as a prefrosh, or as a freshman, and trying out what works for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the students complete their army service (2 years for women, 3 for men) and even

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in ... . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for ... the inexplicable, my go-to answer became: ‘Someone gave a lot of money

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  this medium has the power for real social impact, through identity ... and encompasses mannnyyy industries, including the animation, video game ... 's, because lecture for both classes was not helpful (because of a combination

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  't plan anything to do, so after playing Crystalis for two hours, I decided ... for you. Actually this entry did end up being kind of long, but it's not ... . Or see a movie for $3 at LSC. Or bring up singularities in everyday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  offering a new dining plan, in which you are paid money in exchange for ... .)     ivynewton ‘16: You lay down for a 15-minute nap, and ... can’t remember what it stands for anymore, but still you whisper it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  "]reviews[/annotation] for my paper, and man they were [annotation note="alexa play 'brutal' by ... a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  , Bulgaria Class of 1894 (originally Class of 1893) Candidate for an Advanced ... Engineering Society (with N.T. Paraschos) For the first half of his MIT career ... , Committee on Scholarships recommended him “for the favorable consideration of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  target, and then we fired practice rounds for the Top Gun competition ... the border between black and white. We had five minutes for five rounds ... ’t think I could make. I asked Coach Conti what advice he has for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... ? The application volume is such that there is more capacity for students ... consistency, so that similar decisions are made for similar applicants from the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  different technical persuasions did for fun, until I came here. Let me ... beguiles me into poring for hours over topics like subtle differences in the ... kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with ... failed a test I studied two days for. Then I slept for three hours a night

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  game. 6. You’re set up for success because you know yourself now better ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... Student Support Services (S3), who coordinates the readmission process for

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work ... essay for the differing prompts that each college required (there were some exceptions - I submitted my MIT essay for Columbia; I still applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008