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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  blogger, I'll try to keep you updated. 1. Sleep. Getting enough of it will ... Minnville, where I've lived almost my whole life, and spent a frenzied week saying ... you want to stay away. It's, like, aloof. Unknown. MIT is the same. The

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a state school and thrive! You can go to a community college and thrive! A

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... : Well of course. Probably by spinning a ring. Prof. Fisher: Well, you can ... price to pay to get to meet Lincoln, you know?   Also, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  Boston. Classic.           2. Do things you think you can't. When I ... .           10. Make an impact, however you can. GTL emphasizes Mens et Manus, MIT ... Florence!   So I don't know if you could tell, but I was teaching in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  of an ordeal than you can surmise even from this picture. In ... DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson was the most-played artist on American ... ." Today, 3/4, is unofficially national marching band day. Get it? Anyway, to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  with social and cultural adjustments to campus? (Can I get my dreads done? Can I get ethnic food? Is there a decent radio station?) How do ... ? How effective are these systems? How is success measured? Can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  or foolproof wisdom, I can tell you that if you do come here, you will ... :) Can't wait to meet more of you '15s in the fall! ... the department and the Institute. You must be available from 12-1:00 pm

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  should consider buying if you come. So, without further delay, let's get ... should you get though? So many options! Let's start with the formalities ... you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  those of you applying this year and for whom English is your primary ... it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We honestly have no preference. If you submit both, we will use whichever scores

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  love writing that much. And only a high school teacher? Where did I get ... . I was kind of disappointed that I didn’t get any callbacks or anything ... , did get callbacks and offers. And while I was happy for them, I couldn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  took it. I've also blogged about this class already so you can read all ... top of the A tier. You can read more about my experience in Madrid here. You can find more about my travels in Madrid on my archive Instagram

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  new foods! What you see here is what you get: hot rings of deep ... that you can fully appreciate the neck-craning and awe-inspiring height ... other MIT student where we had breakfast and dinner provided. Classes were

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  . We have all sorts of hobbies. In fact, you can get through MIT solving ... Hall freshman physicist. If you enjoy integrating you can try out some ... . (Lydia again—) If you’ve got some integration in your toolbox, you can try

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  us for dinner as well. If you're curious, you can hear from Helen '12 ... career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks ... them. What you should steep yourself in is the ignorance, in what we don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some ... -class discussions and coursework really engaging.  One part I did get right, though ... with my other responsibilities. I understand why people get satisfaction

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  at night, and how much bigger the sky is when you can see it touch the ... months after getting sent home only increased my frustration with MIT ... determine on my own where I would live, who I would live with, and how I'd be

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  opposed to a performance group that students can join for credit (such as ... nonexistent. Nonetheless, the guy cooking hot dogs 10 meters away will tell you ... at all. Class of '13, remember this when you're deciding between

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  all. You can browse some of them here, on the financial aid website ... -students. Oops. Sorry! I took some screenshots for your benefit, just so you can ... in style since then. In any case, you can see that there is a huge list

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST <3 YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR). At 9:30, I realized it was 9:30, and leapt up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  creations. There isn”t much left I can get my teenagers to do with me on a ... Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I ... -off event to the Cambridge Science Festival) What kind of free things you ask

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011