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• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the different dorms. After visiting and getting a feel for the dorms you get to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  where you want to go. By itself, I think the T is kind of expensive, but ... worth your money. I urge you all, when deciding where to go to school, to ... outside MIT. The "M," if you will. After graduating, I kind of felt like

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Dorm Rush comes to a close, you fill out a form online, where you can ... ." Viksit, I can't tell you what your chances are of admission to MIT, because ... , your living group is more than where you live. It's a way of life, a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  elective, Plains Indians? Where you got an F on the fire-building assignment ... rules still haunt you in your writing. You can’t break them without a ... ) during lunch to go to Wendy’s. You had a senior bonfire where the director

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  people interview at and get into the various schools. If you get interviews at School A and School B, you can be pretty well assured you'll get an ... year-round? Seriously? But when do you get to wear tank tops and skirts

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  long did this take?" "Where did you learn to solder surface ... system! In the meantime, you can watch me talking at Maker Faire last May ... Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  -down stretches, you guys can sit down.” As Coach Matthew cleared out the jump ... impossible to ever find and to get into, being at the end of a winding series ... weeks to see if you like it.” ... Oh my gosh.  ... free...Free personal

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  many converging deadlines. If you’re looking to get an extension, you can ... where you can drop the lowest pset, so just take care and don’t worry ... thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  as early as you can on 1/5. – Get at least 20 of your friends and ... , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send ... this campaign, please e-mail me so that I can give you further details

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  ™,[/annotation] here's my advice: Get to the airport so early that you learn that you ... hit 12:50 so you can check your bags for your 6:50 flight Play Tetris while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  ."[/annotation] In my head, it's kind of a mash up of escuchar and mirar. You can give ... figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... research programs and internships is stressful. You will get rejected from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  to study 10 hours a night, and don't think you can take any more ... . Maybe you came from a school of only 5 AP classes, where you were the ... , ESPECIALLY here at MIT, is that you get to meet so many crazy interesting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  , and try to talk to as many upperclassmen as you can to get a feel for ... MIT.   After CPW, I knew that I was going to MIT. If you can't go to ... doing quick 30 minute tours where we talk about student life and tell you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of you who don't get in: Take a deep breath. It's okay. In my psychology ... . And to those of you who get waitlisted: Waiting's hard, yes. But the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  this page, you can click where it says "Go to visit [insert hall name ... who aren't slackers, you can visit this page to get a good idea of what ... freshmen can make a more educated choice about where they want to live. Of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  satisfaction and 2) way more scratch paper than you'll ever need. I always get ... treating you? 3) Are you getting paid for working for the Admissions office ... place. It isn't for people who are afraid of hard work, and it can get a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  Structure. This is a choose your own adventure, where you play as me, running ... ungrounded. You'll see several "turn left or turn right?" choices, where the ... that there's only one ending, where after dinner, you reflect on how the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  so far. (You can make the image bigger by clicking on it) There are ... productive, you can find people (and yes, even the funds) to help you explore ... something you want to research, but you can pick up some practical experience

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  airport, and now you can pick out individual birds on the ground, and where ... and hallways, so you can get from the T stop in Kendall Square to 77 ... you can see all the sailboats and people sunning on the beach, and then

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  , even in a bad situation where it feels like you're stuck, you can find ... subway lines and a few major roads. "Hmm," I thought. "If I can get to Mass ... (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006