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Wrapping Up First Semester
With my classes ending on Wednesday and finals starting the following Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have preregistered for IAP and Spring Term classes, started...
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What’s in My Bag?
They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this always carries that “judging a book by its cover” risk, but...
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Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!
2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC,...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Not Admitted
There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Deferred Early
As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Admitted Early
YOU GOT IN! Check your MyMIT account tomorrow morning (around 10AM ET) for next steps for admitted students. But for now, go celebrate!
View ArticleMIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log...
View ArticleDear Seniors
Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you...
View Article2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products
Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes), a capstone product design course in Course 2 (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up with a...
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The final stretch
We're halfway through finals week. This semester, though, I lucked out on not having to take any once again. Last semester, I took all project-based classes. This semester, I have one class with an...
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we are twins ... but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!?
Allan: These are the little notebooks that literally organize our entire lives (at least during the semester). Lots of people use Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but...
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Sketches from the Fall Semester
1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus. I believe it qualifies the company for the “Best Intern Recruitment Strategy” award. (Poster next to car said: The cooperation...
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We Were Deferred
MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for that. We read the blogs religiously throughout high school. We followed the tails of the bloggers, laughed at their jokes (or in...
View ArticleThoughts for the New Year
I was reading through my old blog posts and realized that it’s been a while (read: the entire semester) since I’ve blogged about my thoughts and feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I...
View ArticleLooking Forward and Backward
As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by far, been the most exciting year of my life to say the...
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I can’t feel my face
tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe...
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A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter
It’s IAP and as I’ve slowly but surely gotten back into the rhythm of things, it feels as if I never left for winter break. But things have changed. I mean DRASTICALLY and COMPLETELY changed. This is...
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Speed Walking
For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami, Florida. We’re relaxing, making some art, some animation, cooking with our mom, cleaning around the house, meeting up with high...
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All the Bloggers’ Personalities!
(it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like “ADMISSIONS BLOGGERS---EXPOSED!!!!!!”) Some of you may remember that a(n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about...
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Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations
If you go visit www.mit.edu right now, you'll see this has been set at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend. The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT's...
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