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• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  outside that evening. One of the laptops on my desk is my personal computer ... new knowledge of humans and the worlds around and inside us. It makes me ... are working on. I’m very happy to have my own piece of a square in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  Tests (formerly known as SAT IIs). Seniors: spread the word, give good ... the final time this school year on Saturday, June 3. The deadline for ... the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... in, from my lab-mates, from my friends...and so on. Maybe it's not as personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  on that in a minute) you're bound to find a group of people with whom ... "Haus". The oldest dorm on campus. Very accepting of alternative ...   Ahh summer. The fresh air. The copious amounts of free time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  a new way, rational inquiry and social concern...the ethos of talking ... appearances of Professor Chomsky, Kenny, with the help of the MIT Museum ... (unbelievably) still used on fall travel recruitment well into the aughts. There

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  , as it turns out, was on campus with most (all?) of the MIT 2009 Early ... subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Class of 2009. Akash, Ben and I had lunch together, and while we were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to ... lots of questions. It’s the way our students learn and will work well for ... and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a short walk along the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... results - not only in terms of the groundbreaking research and new ... ways of viewing the world, who are just as comfortable talking about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  pictures of my new room at east campus yet so here are some pictures, because ... corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... new digital environment, cyber-utopians ended up belittling the role of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on ... Saturday last week, I decided I would put 6.006 on Listener. One of the main ... of the great conversations I had this week while working on the problem

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and ... on a two-sentence synopsis. moving onto my floor of BC was the most ... seize every opportunity to walk through it on my way home. when i've left

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on ... 't quite empathize with the feeling of your whole life riding on a decision ... . Best of luck, and remember you have so much life ahead of you to do good

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  improve on? It's good to identify what went well and what didn't so in the ... I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... and Doing Things on colored post-card papers, and a curated set of ... myself sobbing on the floor. the dream of being someone loved & known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  dwelling on my high school self, living in the crevices of tumblr and slowly ... characters, my understanding of what relationships were supposed to be, the way ... tumblr for a good chunk of time, amassing a lot of followers but a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  a new line of plush toys that seek to increase understanding of ... flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody eavesdrop on a ridiculous conversation you're having with a third party. I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  with good pizza structure and firmness. Idk, New England Pizza just isn ... , down the ways a little bit. He was longboarding with a can of soda in ... I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  where viewers choose which of three new science programs will get picked ... on the CW television network (home of one of my favorite shows ... of MIT one semester short of graduation to pursue acting. Based on his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008