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  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  ^-^ Abby: “been to verdes after 2 am”: I had a radio show from 1-2 in the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a completely silent store. “failed an exam”: I got a 12 on a 5.12 exam even after

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT ... . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Lou Guenier, Pedagogical Director at the 42 Silicon Valley engineering college. This blog post is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  a class I’d started remotely - the one I wanted to do instead of ... January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... end of a prolonged battle with the flu. * I’m actually not sure about

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I spend exploring life, the less I know what to do with said life. My career ... wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  from back then is a conversation with a nice man on the elevator— “How do ... time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born in Moscow on March 12, 1992, into a demographic hole created by World

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop ... makes even a bit of sense, and throwing out various swear words every two and a half seconds." You've always loved math, but you're not exactly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  It was a hot, humid Friday afternoon when I touched down in Logan after a 20-hour flight, badly jetlagged and starving (plane food is not ... a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more ... Venting, which I often feel like is a) a little depressing, and also b) not ... write a peppy post about personalities (which is still on the way for a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a ... " -- floors which allow residents to have a cat -- and Third East is one of them ... sleep for a variety of reasons. Dr. Popular is the most skittish

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  selection. ------------------------------------- A wrote: "When do we get EA ... adcom at an elite college saying that "we do not distinguish between a 2400 and a 2250"? No problem. In most cases we do not distinguish between

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  here, I had to do a final paper on Ben Bernanke.']monetary policy ... of the reading, and the authors do a good job of presenting interesting ... up to, what was happening around the train, what I was feeling, and a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  provide a green and well groomed carpet for the empty air above them. I do ... figure out what to do next. I had about a year of underemployment ... weeks since an even more significant phase change of life, involving a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the ... loan originators, loan servicers, and financial aid offices. A proud father of two daughters, Daniel also has a budding career as: - poet

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  instead of doing tricks. He got excited at the prospect of a fresh new ... The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was ... Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  for Q&A.  It was tons of fun.  I tried to do my best Macklemore ... There's a paragraph in Steve Job's biography where famed Apple ... is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  I honestly do not believe that there is a baked good out there more ... It's 1am Sunday morning. I just got back from a two-hour car ride with a friend; we drove through Cambridge and discovered a mutual

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of ... to the other side of the street. December 18th, thus far, has been a paroxysm of joy. Earlier tonight, Facebook like a hyperactive mailman

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  unbelievably cool. "What do you do for a living?" "Oh, you know. Rocket science ... , or Aero/Astro. What's a girl to do? Well, I pre-registered for Unified ... time for packing or doing dishes or eating or...well, lots of things

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  piece is just a series of things loosely held together by a vague relation to my identity as a woman. There’s a common theme here, though; it ... don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  Nearly three years ago, I published a post provocatively titled ... . Scheduling and Registration DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (for a formal overview, go ... , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018