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  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  begin next Wednesday.  The Red Sox are in first place.  And MIT ... up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  , I emailed the women's ultimate frisbee team and showed up to practice ... and which way we were forcing the other team to throw, that was enough of an accomplishment. But! I learned so much on the sidelines from the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  personal and interpersonal. wholly submerged in the myriad of things going on ... 1Q84 by [annotation note= "author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and ... ordered four pints of Ben and Jerry’s with my roommate to prepare for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  ’ Association and the President of Sakata Afrique, an African dance team at MIT ... understands the power of good research institutions--which are first made by ... him, and build up the volume of participants. However, he’s still

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  the boxes from the oversized section of baggage claim and hauling them into an Uber. It was my first time in an Uber, and the interior of this ... and made my way toward the back of the line. Still sitting in his chair

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were ... left are eyes and a Solo cup button. The body of the snowman, however, is ... reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total number of admits, this year the number of early international admits doubled, decreasing the number of spaces remaining for international

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  my friends predicted I would ditch the whole idea by Denver and opt to ... distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  doing them and felt that they were the most helpful part of the course ... ) to 10 (Always). The first number is my result from the beginning of ... , in the context of our goals and priorities. It also discussed our

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real ... ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... Crossing, where we switched to the Orange Line and took it until the end.) We ... 'm going to mix it up a bit, and give people's living groups instead of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  and mechanical engineer. Most of my 6-3 friends have already taken the ... the last week of classes. I did not take any of my finals and OX’d all ... manpower (turns out it is A LOT of work to pick, gut, and transport all the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  the first picture, Ethan, Desh, Matt, Maggie and Maysun (all '10); in ... , I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects. Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair. And some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  For those of you wondering, I ended up working only until the first 2 ... the sheer exhiliration of cleansing myself to "When Doves Cry" and ... training to eat all the pieces of cookie dough and brownie out of it and then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.   ... . Two of the more unique (and potentially off-putting) flavors the group ... of 30 students the molecular composition of the substances and, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  sequel to Fantasy High. A Court of Fey and Flowers - This is the current ... thing that stuck out to me most was the level of dedication and commitment ... dialog with the intent of being intimidating and cool, but you roll a Nat 1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  Several things happened last week of note. Monday was the first day ... suitcase, standing in the cold and chaos of Penn Station, wondering just ... of the opera soundtrack, 1 Beatles album, and a trunk loaded up with

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  over the next few days, there are lots of things to choose from and ... welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and whens of ... Admissions and Professor Alex Slocum will welcome the Class of 2018 parents to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... year, the first being this past IAP; I described it at the end of this ... On the topic of free benefits for MIT students... Tonight (Wednesday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  '03, was on Season 2 of Beauty and the Geek. My current housemate ... will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las Vegas (see photo of Ed "before," with Carson Kressley at right). The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006