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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , because that's where the physics department is, and I'm pretty sure you can ... advance!" Well, for some classes, you can just accept that you have a ... with an add form signed by your advisor (you can pick up add forms

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting on a skateboard again for the next six years. It wasn’t until a ... getting really bored. Besides, I wanted a faster way to get around campus ... skateboard. Getting the board After asking some friends in the Class of ‘25

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  required, but if they can give more information, they can help you. The ... aware of what happened and explain everything as best you can so we have ... materials you can submit to help us evaluate you would be helpful. I would

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  three answers: 1, 2, 4. Can track you track your paper application online ... MIT. This is also the answer to your second question, how can you find out if ... achieved amazing goals. I can assure you from my own interactions with them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  can't get a dragon, I'd be willing to accept a donkey-dragon hybrid ... two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to. This would seem an even better idea when you'll be spending six weeks in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  groceries at Star Market.  But it's not that bad. Besides, you get to laugh ... ?  but calculus?).  Being the knowledge junkie that I am, you can bet that ... Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  thinking, “hmm I wonder what happens if the glass gets cold how do you even ... taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline ... you should be able to see what I’m talking about. (If you can't see it

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  EA? Hmm...I can't seem to find an exact answer, but if you poke around ... . The result? It was an 80s party. Please remember that before you judge ... unfortunate, since it meant I stayed out until after 2 AM and had to get my butt

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Maseeh Dining Yamatos - all you can eat sushi!! Domino’s at 2AM When ... bed after a long and completely exhausting day, knowing i can get enough ... wanted to show you it all: the silly, the poignant, the ones that I really

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into—you ... deadlines to pass so that you can just choose not to choose. Either way, here’s why I think you should apply. 1. Applying to MIT is how you get into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  's favorite beaver, you can find that too! Before you are deemed trustworthy of ... at MIT, I got to be Tim the Beaver.   Get to check that one off my list of 101 Things to Do Before You Graduate!   It’s always

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  houses/apartments and getting ACTUAL JOBS, you'll start hyperventilating on ... averted" with relief. Anyway. Where have I been, you ask? Well, here ... off because of the negative audience reaction to her. I think if you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  extracurriculars is hard. Don't take five classes unless you a) know you can handle ... of difficulty. It's difficult enough where you're going to struggle ... major, you can now code in C and Python, you know how breadboards work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  just manage your time better and make decisions quicker so you can finish ... classes: 4.112 (the studio), 4.401(building technology, where you learn …you ... and all that), 4.500 (design computing, where you learn digital

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... -destroyer, so I could just say "you have C's and D's, what more can I tell you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle around during the waitlist period; you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  waiting patiently for their dinner. You can see Jay '08 attempting to carve ... cut down the Christmas tree, but what can you do when flights home cost ... like you're living 5/3 of a day every day the week before Thanksgiving

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  complete-- but we get by as best as we can. This is what makes society and ... of the rules so that we can actually sit down and get some actual work ... often, as a first year, you know no one new when you get here. Why is this

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  though—you can't live there for a good while, and neither can we. but although we can't seduce you with descriptions of our mice-infested suites ... about your living situation in spring, and though we can't offer you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  actually interact with based on the classes you take, where you live, and how involved you are, the selection gets smaller and smaller. Of course this doesn’t suck for everyone, I commend all of you who can successfully

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017