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  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  ...Don't they have bootcamp or something? *written by Karen C. '20 as ... ones) or in our blues (they’re quite spiffy, I know). You probably didn’t spare us much thought besides the usual “Oh, I didn’t know they were ROTC

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  time. During IAP, I didn’t go ahead and purchase the meal plan, so I am ... intense. I don’t think I have ever used the product rule more in my life ... . This week at least, the cold hasn’t been unbearable. I have time to make

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  towers. I didn't track my consumption, but definitely ate a lot. And it was ... you like fireworks and don’t mind being around children. You can grab ... fiery action at the Harbor. The Harborfest fireworks didn’t happen this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  other universities aren’t necessarily in cities or around many other ... that Basia arranged and sang, of Charlie Puth's "We Don't Talk Anymore ... I don’t even really have words for (there was this thing with a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  three-headed Doge Cerberus flying a rocket ship. Don't ask why. Sprinkled ... computer paper, and feet. ... ... ... ... ... ... Ok, so this isn't ... it. People were also taking pictures of the committee and I didn't want

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  admitted 1467 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how ... to know what will happen this year, since we don’t yet know what ... other application doesn't impact your application. Whom do you admit

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  sentences? A: I don’t know. I’ll probably just take great care to avoid that ... , although I wouldn’t recommend this strategy on exams. Anyways, let’s move on ... ! Those psets are scary. Q: Doesn’t that facilitate trial-by-error or guess

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  ? Does she even go here? The answer is no, I don't go here, BUT I used to ... the bus "home," back to town, back to my apartment. That bus doesn't even run on the weekends, so I couldn't get to work if I tried. "Work

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  isn’t just for the old white dudes in ivory towers. Do you miss being ... fall (after spending the summer at home), to make sure that I wasn’t just ... different to me. For all that’s different, a lot hasn’t changed. I’ve found

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of ... washing machine up stairs? why doesn't my apartment have a pot rack?), her ... met friends who didn't just share interests and humor, but taught me the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  maybe some engineering problems). While I can’t say that I’ve personally ... an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay ... I wanted to learn in transportation, there weren’t very many options

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to ... 2014 didn't look familiar at all, as well as how much affection I felt ... point (I don't really know how this happened - I don't recall doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know ... his own film scores. His name is John Williams, and in case you haven’t ... orchestra performed music from three John Williams film scores: E.T., Close

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  admitted 1419 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how ... know what will happen this year, since we don’t yet know what the ... other application doesn't impact your application. Whom do you admit

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  shocked to learn that Beethoven didn't. In Vienna, Prof. Neff told us ... . I didn't recognize the name of the piece, but my ears recognized the ... don't think he got down again until he had read the entire book out loud

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  in the Student Center doesn't accept rewards points, so I couldn't use ... needs to be paid and when so that I won't have unexpected withdrawals or ... exercise.   Notice how exercise isn't even listed.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  the difference if you don't let others on to your reasoning), you can ... -sets weren't posted until today, so it's not like I could be super productive ... thermodynamics and the free energy equation aren't new to me. That being said, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn't ... it also made me feel sad, because I can't hang out with every little kid who's into science; most don't get the chance to spend time with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  or from motion sickness, or both, I don't know. I was certainly ... . "Did you feel that?" "Yes." "Is that…supposed to happen?" "I don't think ... issues, but that we would land in 7-8 minutes. He didn't actually tell us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  year in high school, I didn’t even know what MIT was. Luckily, however, I ... you!      Bruno Faveiro '15 Hello pre-frosh and Questies! Don’t ... Florida) for my whole childhood — I really didn’t know about any other

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013