Student life at MIT
[intro]No day at MIT could really be described as typical. You would likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part
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Discover / The MIT education
The first year
prepare for further undergraduate study.[/intro] Academic exploration ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... capabilities and knowledge. Conventional program A typical academic program for -
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Arts and music
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Books about MIT
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Life after MIT
for students to interact with companies through career fairs, recruiting -
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Majors & minors
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College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!
Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . This is a pretty good list that I actually used when I was college-shopping ... . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because -
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Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching
so I went for it. I did this for about 5 years, as well as selling kits ... ! And that gets us to today! I’m just finishing up the cross stitch for ... life. For those unfamiliar, cross stitching is basically textile pixel -
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Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT
occasionally shop for bok choy and Asian pears, but I don’t think it’s known for ... tailors and tattoo parlors and flower shops and bookstores all clustered ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For -
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Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15
rebuilding in his backyard. Spencer sent us the equivalent of a Maker Portfolio documenting his work completely rebuilding Gus, which (he told us) he planned to ... Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in -
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Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.
their shop floor. There are also some incredible opportunities for social ... , commutes, communities, and the world for the better. Come ride with us! ... , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my -
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Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict
For most of high school, the US was just a vague blip on the radar of ... gap year. I applied for the fall term to US universities. I meticulously ... of studying in the US would be like, but we spoke in the offhanded -
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The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!
part of the suit) outside. The Center for Bits and Atoms shop is the ... asking around about rooms in Simmons, she let us use her room for filming ... sat down in an office in MIT Admissions. “For the spring admissions -
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How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.
random blog entries. You know, just for fun. 2. Tell us what you want to ... So I was looking through some old notes that I was working on for ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting -
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A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me
us for more. reality check–at the moment, i’m 10 hours away from a 2 ... we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids -
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Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!
limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted ... your dreams for dear life, meet your decision head-on, and emerge with them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can -
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Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus
out and fine us for. Which leads me into the next list, the cons. The ... reach the Garment District, a used clothing shop that sells a seriously ... campus for their first year. But, maybe you're thinking about it anyway, or