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  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  Hello Everyone! Firstly, I’d like to publicly apologize for not ... freshman year, although, for many reasons, I still think freshman year ... queued for a later post (in an attempt to spread out my blogging and be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... cooking team. This means that, every Friday, I show up in the kitchen at 4pm, cook with my team-mates, serve dinner at 6:15pm sharp, eat, then clean up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert ... Recess for the worship of spherical projectiles and various incarnations of ... sandwiches and phalanx-like carrot sticks at exactly 11:55 AM. Never did I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  unless there's a predicted payoff of at least $10, with exceptions for ... dinner for 30, 105 miles of running, and a lot of Barack Obama have ... MIT, #261: Sure, you're miserable on weeks like, say-for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  ammunition, and more guns than you can (or would want to) shake a stick at. A ... Thanksgiving. The MIT pistol team has a reputation for not only being very good ... all make hand turkeys, draw turkeys, or photoshop turkeys to shoot at

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the ... advertise for their schools. Nice, neat, Photoshopped pamphlets arrive on your ... learn a little bit more about life at MIT. MIT's blogs have started to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  big in advance for my birthday - no one's ever around to celebrate, so I ... (bad bad bad - don't do this at home, kids). Then my friend Ashley ... movies and actually discussing what I should do for my birthday, it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Tick was created as a mascot for the newsletter of ... enough to appreciate it. Not that everybody at MIT is a Star Wars fan. I know some people who haven't seen any of the films at all. According to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  we're getting a spiffy new one at the new building. Whatever.) So I ... Prize in 1987 for his discoveries regarding how the body generates its ... journal: Today at the Plastic Lunch, the periodic get-together of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  , allows you to visit and attend student-planned events at all the different ... , for that matter) of Dorm Rush. As a result, they aren't quite sure what ... other options, but he professed his undying love for 3rd East and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  below for a while but couldn’t because I didn’t have time or didn’t want ... shoulder was silver/purple/orange for a few weeks and so were my chair, hands ... hair was moisturized and remained that way for the whole week I had it in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  met in Cambridge for family bonding time over lunch at Elephant Walk in ... (around 20 bucks for a three-course lunch), I'd rather stay at home and ... dives while glossing over the restaurants at MIT's doorstep. What's worse

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  make up for that loss! Like our famous ball pit and Gymmons, our ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] No thoughts, head empty[/caption] Not one for words, huh ... "] Wow, he's a peer mentor too? He's certainly making me feel at home in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  ) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... presentations after they occur. But for tonight, though, you can watch the live

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  be able to make plans for their college enrollment with as little ... from the wait list without exceeding our enrollment capacity for the year ... listed students or MIT were hoping for—we think you are awesome!—we wanted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact ... easier while juggling their child and groceries. For our technical review

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... laptop from exploding overheating while it was processing videos for ... 's definitely not what I expected to produce, but at least I have a basic idea of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... between July 3rd and July 9th. Rollover for the time the photo was taken and click for larger versions. The first panorama has labels, just in case you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  . Disillusioned and concerned for my lip health, I started looking for other sources ... of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am ... time we spend at home between work and exploring the city, but I can say

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... MIT site, you will find the contact information for your MIT interviewer, or ... . Remember, if you are applying for the November 1 Early Action (EA) deadline

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012