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  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  going to college?" "What schools have you applied to?" "When do you get a ... , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large ... college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  that I think would make for some good discussion. For a full reference ... this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... ://www.mit-admissions.org/7075/newusr.asp (you need a new additional login beyond your MyMIT login ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... for me. A marathon has 26 miles. Half a year has 26 weeks. Coincidence ... competition they have in this category, but a winner is a winner. The store

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  a certain buoyancy into my steps which match my momentary lightness of ... expect them, but when they do occur, they do feel motivated. Of course I ... feel so good in the midst of finals, in the midst of a pandemic, in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  airport, I wasn't able to call an Uber as I usually do, so I got on a taxi ... It's been a stressful last few weeks. The weekend before Thanksgiving ... Kansas City, I had a 6.006 (Intro to Algorithms) midterm later that day

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  . He wanted to do a video call with me, so we did. We talked about what ... [Once, on [annotation note="a Philippine highway ... may go] Harvard and MIT hold a math competition for high schoolers

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  destined to do great things," a quote from Joe Paterno, sewn in white into a ... understood football, though I do feel connected to the town. I watched a ... . How do you call the police and tell them about a crime that you didn

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  first day of anything can always feel a bit stressful—but that must ... inside Cause you can do-make-say-think-laugh-sing-drink all night All the ... Madelyn Grant All I wanna do is fly Why should I stick around? With my feet

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... unnerving. I went to a presentation yesterday. It was meant to shock CEOs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... freeing, especially when i can just do things without worrying about grades too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  should do, now that the entire class has been admitted... Read Chris Su ... , check it out! Join the Facebook Group: Facebook is a great place to meet ... 'll find a bunch of stuff only available to admitted students, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  . It's awesome. It's lots of fun. You should do it when you get here. Or ... I've been Operating. Death From Above is a HUGE team (our mailing list ... they're doing, whether they've slept, and when they're hitting their

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  to the Bay Area, followed by a trip to the Rocky Mountains and finally ... the door. If you've RSVPed (please do!), you'll be able to check your ... know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  we started talking about building a web app to do these calculations ... closely. of course, that was back when i was a prefrosh and didn't know him ... to learn that i had a lot of common interests with him, such as esp

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  Caleb is a rising sophomore at MIT. He is currently studying Computer Science and Engineering, as well as a minor or concentration in Linguistics. He is from Dallas, Texas, and is Ethiopian-American. He's a Radio DJ

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... happens when I am not in a place, I am deeply missing Random and my friends ... lived in one room. There isn’t a typical Randomite and there isn’t a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it ...   and laughing at a bizarre article about the "craziest items seized by ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  During the first week of IAP, I took a class known as ESD.054 – Engineering Leadership. It’s a short class required by the GEL program, and basically a crash course in being a leader in the engineering workplace over a

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  mathematical set "inside". But that's not (entirely) true. In fact, there's a ... to have an infant within a 3 foot radius who's extremely unhappy to be ... wind up staying overnight in a terminal, or sleeping in the trunk of my

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010