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• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  basically any kind of promotion (clubs, academics, etc.) can be sent to it and ... tyranny of psets (problem sets), zoom fatigue, and a class known as 8 ... felt I was getting a lot of emails, but not this many by any means. It

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  ="59152" /] On our return, I did several loads of laundry and went to bed with that ... can rely on and friends to keep us going. This year had a lot of bad in ... tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  institution. the university that is on the lips and minds of so many people ... . and so no matter the amount of hours i spend on this one pset, no matter ... in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  my mind theory and impact existed on two sides of an impenetrable ... model which works well on data from one domain and develop some way of ... conical surface of the sonar field of view. I could go on and on about how

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  cluster that's deliciously quiet and empty at this time of night ... custodian who works for MIT's Department of Facilities. He and a co ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  —based on what I can only describe as the rhythm of the writing, and finished ... , calling to the surface a sense of pacing and beauty—on the sentence level ... on personal enjoyment/emotional impact and not at all on literary merit

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• 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.

  

  , signed, framed, and displayed outside the store. A post-it note on one of ... on a football Saturday and seeing all of the people, or in June when ... was destruction. I knew a lot of people were planning on going home that

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

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... understandable; I remember doing a bit of that myself on college apps. I vividly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  became a second home for me on-campus. My supervisors, amazing women of ... I love being mean and denying people, but because I don't want any of ... soundcheck and Mocha Moves, one of our amazing hip hop dance groups, were

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  to really cool places, at home and (now) abroad, to try to meet some of ... O), biology (IBO), linguistics (IOL), and other domains of science (ISOs), the ... existed. I had never known anyone to compete in any of them, or even

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to ... developers of Bitcoin to continue work on technical development, as well as my ... , travel and overall support of Bitcoin protocol development efforts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  these organizations are a distinctive part of MIT student life and can ... sororities and potential new members will connect on mutually-shared values ... friends, and as communities. Hi there! We’re the authors of this post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  “local”–generally involves being born and raised on island. I was not born ... Hawaii, home to me was still in NC. Hawaii’s beaches and weather and ... : knitting needles, soccer ball, and a colorful stack of books. And honestly, I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  definitely let us know. It's best if you send any such letter by the end of ... strong applications, the kinds of applications any school (including MIT ... disappointed, are remaining upbeat, continuing to work on other applications, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  College, and then home safe by the gentle hour of 6:30AM. All this, dear ... ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... things scary on Halloween: college applications and cats. College

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  , everyone's but mine... "Every single one of you needs to go home and review ... ...") Of course, this eliminates the chances of getting a second opinion, and ... senioritis or my loathing of AP Stats and yes, I would go see my doctor if she

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  's really all any of us can do on a day to day basis: try to make the world ... student of mine and semiprofessional troll, on the Internet and also IRL ... On Friday, June 5th, the Class of 2015 graduated from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any ... . I could go into any middle school and find 6th graders I'd rather ... 't taken any math since ninth grade, you failed bio, chem, and physics, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  drove two hours to New Haven on the morning of and two hours back the same ... quizbowl is that you form teams of 4-5 people, and two teams sit in a room ... team can answer and the other team gets to hear the rest of the question

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  home, bound for MIT. Yes, I am known for my impeccable sense of timing ... ), a white polo, and waterproof boots and help those in pain, instead of ... human appendages. Part of me wants to grab rolls of toilet paper and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010