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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I saw and who I met. Tucson, AZ (A.K.A. Wildcats & Mr. Rattlesnake ... that my seat could be used as a floatation device even though the entire

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns ... , from Wenhao Sun... which I've been meaning to answer for a while: Hey! I ... MIT? I'm a pretty avid classical violinist with a passion for chamber

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this because I scrutinized my handwriting, ripped it up a few times and started

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  easily. On my first full day here, I jumped onto a trapeze, despite the ... dorms to explore, a hundred activities to pursue, a thousand friends to ... wandered into a tiny park. Its swings, benches, and lounge chairs stood

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  , two mountain ranges, and about a million different thoughts. The states ... scattered. I spent a good part of the month here, at the Sufi Foundation of America, breathing, stretching, dancing, hiking, subsisting on a half

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  cowboy or a butterfly, except that here I could actually really do it), I ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... batery failure in a sudden death one-on-one round (a clearly unfair call by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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  Thanksgiving was a beautiful day here on the East Coast -- I watched the Macy's parade in a tee shirt. Actually, since that one snowfall, the weather has been quite mild -- it was nice walking around today. After a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  that it has been a week since I first arrived at MIT. I won't dwell on ... . I'm 18 years old (although, I subconsciously still think I'm 13), a Californian (Nor Cal REPRESENT!), 5'2", and a lover of all things food. I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  4 years at MIT, if you ever ask yourself, "Do I have time for a girlfriend?" then YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. Man, what a total jerk. That ... named because a railway president wanted his trains to be considered the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  do with MIT research!) I still have a horrible memory of being ... This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea ... considerable grant money, and over the course of a year, create something truly

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  thing to do. If I were to do it all over again as a prefrosh, knowing what ... work and blundering around without a clue as to what I was doing, I ... had to do on a computer but hey! It worked! I'm excited! I can use the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  of the class further by "introducing a moral question concerning food choices or food policy through a medium such as a pamphlet, lesson plan ... some form of activism around food justice, but writing a blog post seemed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  day at a time, so that’s what I’ll do.  ... out to his family. Here's his story.   A little over one year ago, I came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  to do it.  While digging through my closet in search of a suitable ... I thought about this post while laying in a fetal position under an oppressively large comforter. A few days ago, my period cramps were as bad as

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  clothes, and these “velvet” hangers do a great job of conserving space. They ... A couple weeks ago, my dorm (Burton-Conner) got an email from ... email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  am a junior, and I play midfield on the Varsity Women’s Soccer team. I thought I’d give you guys a glimpse into the life of a student-athlete here ... hackathon. However, what may come as a surprise is that MIT is very, very good

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to register for spring semester until the first week of February, we get a 4-day ... dorm on June 9, and into... somewhere that lets you sign a lease starting

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could ... could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... ) are so important—they’re designed to give you a glimpse of what life

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  what rate do his X and Y velocities reduce as a result of the impact, and ... mode of transport when the weather is (reasonably) nice, it's a great way ... admittedly is a baller - so I also love the Charles River Bike Path, which runs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 stairs, taken a four-hour tour down through Rhineland, and traveled over 200 miles by train in a single day. Amazing Race 13, here I come. My

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006