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  MIT Culture Shock

  

  's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not ... to mention that I'm attempting to paint my room and plan for REX and ... sleep last night as I scrambled to put together some last minute stuff for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  'm ridiculously close to NR'ing it. For the past semester and a half, I've been ... class designated for students who have taken some version of 8.01 in the ... wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  of junior fall, I lied to my advisor for the first time. He looked at ... these ways, MIT isn't hard because I chose for it to be hard, it just is ... foot and complaining loudly to everybody how much it hurts but also

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  knowing how to swim. For the math requirement, please refer to This ... same applied for 7.013 in the spring. Alright - to be honest - it isn ... important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  > -B P.S. Don't expect to hear from McGann for awhile - Mystery ... OLD - spent my birthday reading apps 3) My app reads have been particularly awesome this week 4) We had our first followup meeting to my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. https://www.youtube ... what to call; that's okay too. For right now, we just ask that you give

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  entry. It's amazing to compare how I act and write now with some of my ... , everything was completely new, and there was a lot. At MIT I learned how to machine, prototype, design, sketch, how to do mechanics and select materials

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  make a website or add-on to make life at MIT easier, like Courseroad or ... Point presentation, I show the child I'm working with scenarios, ask Wilbur to describe ... opportunity to hang out with them. Plus, I think language is SO COOL. How we

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  not listen to people who promise to make Mars safe for human habitation ... ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... bridge > memorial drive WORK: the mediacloud team @ the center for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already ... Stata Center, I just HAD to take a picture. I've been here for only a ... present to you the highlights:   Orientation groups met, introduced

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  arrangements for vegetarians??" mudfud again comes to my rescue: "There are ... for a MIT ID number. Do I have such , or how could I obtain MIT ID ... to you lickety split." I might also add that the MIT ID # is a nine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  picture for you - FPOPs are a great opportunity for you to do things outside of your comfort zone, and it also is the perfect way for you to start ... because we want to have prefrosh for as long as possible, and there must

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  still about an hour per app, sometimes more. They tell me not to worry ... from Kendall/MIT to Porter). Getting off campus and out of the city for ... I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  presentations) and quiz I need to prepare for before my last class tomorrow ... . They told you that you could do anything. They forgot to add that you can ... one could be a coder and someone interesting for me to talk to at the

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  up and teaching me how to grow from my mistakes. For pushing me out of ... 's presentation. The first to call during summer break. The first to go in for a hug ... version: Thank you for being such a supportive and kind mentor to me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... said "Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy." I'll add to that only ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  only to classes that were offered this fall.) Feel free to add your own ... stressed with descriptions of how the project was supposed to work, what ... ' hypothesis describing how the brain works. Implications for education

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  notifications and i didn't know how to respond, so i didn't open the texts for a ... -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice ... high school and most recently during my trip to new york for spring break

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  allows Sloan MBAs to negotiate a new social contract for the workforce with ... unfortunately true for engineering students of all disciplines. So how do we ... attendance has been nearly a 100%, a testament to how much students appreciate

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018