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• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... same or better test scores, grades, and awards. What no one else has on ... the details--we don't really care if your essay is 499 words long or 550

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  where I am going with my classes….or my life. So this makes me think….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the ... image1="96981" image2="96979" image3="96975" /] But spending lots of time

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try to be. ... Beyond being an optimist, I'm a mathematician. Or at least ... “That sounds absurd, take these classes instead” or “Who do you think you

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may experience it more synthetically, be it the pressure to earn a living, or ... the best chance you got. Guideline #1: There is more to you than

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  severalfold -- 1. The School of Science report. Several years ago, female ... of inspiring science teachers, I also had one or two who wondered aloud ... button the guy way. I've never had my intelligence questioned or my opinion

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  because of the significantly higher prices. Good for a last minute gift or a ... . Trader Joe’s on Memorial Drive Closer to west campus – 1 mile walk from ... Boylston Street Closer to east campus – 1 mile walk across the bridge. I stop

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  supposed to be Ultra Productive Study Session Day. Every two weeks, I make a ... means that I'll have to spend more time in the next several days, yes. But

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  time i spent a whole day bouncing on and off trains with a friend, two ... teaching spirit island to some splash students two days later, and watching

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  for the Superbowl, a charcuterie for...Galentine's Day? Palentine's Day

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  , every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I ... “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day ... occupation, so they originally had the same opinions as my uncle. But one day

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  it. Then one day, Robert happened to be in Chinatown and was walking by ... Lambda Tea team worked every day from 12 - 2 (AM) to create their machine

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  similar to cloud computing? Think of your laptop. How many hours a day do ... servers that stay on 24 hours a day. Multiple people can store their data on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to have fired a cosmic EMP directly into the heart of our server farm. Working to restore flux capacitors...please stand by.  Update 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  this amazing makeover on our product in 20 short days. We went from the ... a better fit throughout the day.   Purple team demonstrated

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the ... remarkable things every day. It is also a place where many discover that their

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  ;…awesome special effects emulating the terrifying splendor of the end of days ... unlike other doomsday films such as The Day After Tomorrow and Armageddon

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  all time here, Dial has not come up short Day by day - bar by bar - it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  back then I managed the walk to work every day in half an hour on my ... to enjoy the summer's day's walks to the NW buildings, today, this new

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  Howie Day. Over the years, many awesome bands have played MIT's Spring ... : 2008: Third Eye Blind / Howie Day 2007: Ying Yang Twins / Ozomatli 2006

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008