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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  -Piper said of her MIT experience: "The brief thumbnail sketch of getting here ... , you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts ... early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  : YOU!!! Hope to see you there tonight! Love and "HOW HIGH CAN THE ... this e-mail finds you well and enjoying your long weekend! As your resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  issues you can see. Here is where you would identify any issues you ... assessments for applicants so they can get a better feel of how you work given a ... understand where you're taking your ideas. Do not be afraid to ask for more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  entrance. But it turns out that you can do quite a lot of things with ... ! The final story wall is incredible. You can truly see the range of ... you can spot! Alison F. MIT is kinda wonky, and this mural displays

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  does physics AP credit kind of strangely. You can get credit for 8.01 (Classical Mechanics) with 5s on both AP Physics C tests, but you can’t get ... think it’s pretty simple. You get assigned your dorm and room sometime

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  , can do for Hollywood? HC: Go see Jumper. And then, you know, get on it ... . So you’d get there and it’d be like, uhh, who’s that guy? MICROPHONE ... professors Edward Farhi and Max Tegmark. It's not every day that we get former

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe 5th favorite blogger is up to, I can tell you! Besides traveling (and ... really "MITsick" if you can believe it. (I'm sure the upperclassmen just

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for ... you and several of your friends may get the same EC while in really ... to you simply because they are the closest one to where you live. We

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it ... ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  pulled an all-nighter finishing three psets." They say you can tell a lot ... of experience to go back on, and I can't reassure you about the next 3.5 years because I haven't been through them yet.  All I can tell you is what

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  Unknown. Forget the brand-name universities and try to imagine where you ... that matter most to them (you might get a surprise). Ask them about their ... lecture in room 10-250, you can lean against the railing and think about how

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  , they’ve collectively forgotten that there are other people using it. You ... against you to make you suffer through the unpredictable Boston weather ... are other reasons, too: A mechanical issue or a passenger getting a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  't know where Clay got the idea he could fill out a pair of leather pants ... getting coffee before we started. He runs about 90 miles a week as a member of MIT's Cross Country team, so he can afford the calories, and he

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  test itself auto-grades as you submit code, so you can constantly monitor how you are doing. This is nice because you can keep trying until your ... . The Good: 6.0001 is immensely satisfying. The sheer dopamine I get

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  that you only really understand something if you can explain it to a five ... even smaller computers, but eventually you get down to small roads that ... , and (maybe) show that you can drive your thing better than everyone else

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  7:48 AM The view from my window If you crane your neck, you can see ... neck, you can see a silver SUV trundling down Mass Ave. My room has one ... 's standards. As you can see, Maseeh is a convenient stroll away from the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  across otherwise. You get to be the dude or dudette who provides the hook ... love MIT, you may not want MIT to be where your friends are, jumping in ... then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  table. You can then walk around the card and look at all the sides of the ... pointed at that card faster than you can imagine. It was a bit tricky ... are all sorts of different stances and poses you can put the characters

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  applying to, you can also get in touch with your direct regional ... application. You totally can write an essay about transness, or you can let us ... college admissions officers want to support you as much as we can during

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019