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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Millennium Scholar Culture shock gives way to passion for learning By Jason Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some ... December that he had been accepted to the school and qualified for a full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a ... other people within my major. I didn't really know how to code until I ... , hating myself for being so slow and desperately trying to prove to someone

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence... illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  pretty good job of machine-learning How To Human Correctly. I no longer ate ... near-impossible for me to lose...but this was not a situation I ... ; ...and I had to learn how to drive. There are a terrifyingly large number

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  -insignificant amount of energy for me to psych myself up enough to interact with a large ... decided to mine my coworkers for Blog Content™️ by asking people for their ... further ado, I present to you DRAW TIM (the beaver) by MIT Admissions and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  service did and it was incredible to see how appreciative the MIT community ... This semester has been quite quiet so far - just how I like it.  And ... friend Claire L. '17, and I know that we have it in ourselves to do well

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go ... roughly two months I had been living on campus, that I decided to go for a ... need accommodations. As if to say: “The world isn’t built for you, so we

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the ... to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags ... , someone else called me to help wrestle for fake money. I came to help and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen ... , you know how they open like this?.." He then proceeded to go to the ... concentration cell. It sounds like a good place to study for an exam. That's not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and ... sent to MBTA executives, who use them for quality control purposes

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  semester). Unless you want to be amazing and take 8.012 or 8.022 (Physics For ... answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to approach the ... House, had a holiday dinner on Saturday night! (We're supposed to have a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

   police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a ... right flavor. I bake my post to perfection and let it sit for about a day

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... addition to the stress they can relieve, also can add a bit of stress to the ... in your mailbox. And for those of you applying to MIT, I wish you the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that ... I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it ... for up to one hour. It feels like being in limbo — everything should be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young ... will not stop"]set a calendar event for August 5th[/annotation] to remove ... -competence, trying to do all of the things, without actually really taking time for “me

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  cool I guess.” Well, Joe, I’m pleased to announce that for my 6 ... -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two ... . Graphics rendering For this project, we got to work with the PSoC 5 (short

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  a hotel, add two practices a day, access to a hot tub and a television ... I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... 18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  internet connection, it may take a few moments, or minutes, to download for ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT ... -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  . We're trading pumpkin dances for turkeys and Christmas carols sung ... college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween ... the holiday, and before this year I didn't really have enough time to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014