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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  a shuttle with a lot of other students each day to JPL.  There is also ... orders.  A week later, the cannon appeared on MIT campus with a brass rat ... job.  A few days later, some Caltech students showed up with a moving

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  wrapping up the night with a Poetry Slam where poets compete for a few bucks ... content with the most important aspect being that they stay consistent. The

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  share my personal system for dealing with nerves; I do acknowledge that ... with them. I start by writing down exactly what it is that I'm afraid of ... understood and dealt with. My personal example. I drove myself into a nervous

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  -pi-day" posts with various thoughts, comments, and advice before the decisions go ... up with decisions; apologies in advance!] Okay, it's 11pm and I haven

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  food chain with eleven trucks and two restaurants (with two more opening

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  heating device Sproutacus: A machine that allows farmers with smaller ... presentation! 2.009 ends with a bang! Now you may be wondering why I like the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  ;Superstorm"?) Sandy, we will be flexible with your EA application materials.  I ... for EA consideration.  And we continue to be flexible with all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  or counselor does not include the MIT cover sheet with their letter. We ... additional documents you send. It helps with filing. (Documents without the ... us to match the document with your file.) Interview The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  concentration (Philosophy, which could easily become a minor with some work). Don't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... linguistics research with QRLG. That particular stint lasted close to a year

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  with each recommendation letter. Also note that MIT is not a member of ... coming weeks with more tips and advice. I’m looking forward to

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  on familiarization with MIT public service through participation in ... world.  My counselors are superheroes with all the cool things that they

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  graduate, which they can (a) keep with them as they go through their four ... , went up to the counter, and spoke with the very nice fishmonger who spoke ... . Daniel came to fetch me after buying the skate. Armed with a piece of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  for 10-12 weeks, hanging out with astronomers and scientists and ... with him. Basically: we were going to go look at birds, through ... straight with you. I knew nothing about birds. Nothing. Prior to the trip

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  invigorating. The hush, the electric cold tingling your lungs with every breath ... 'll have to make due with this video I made but never got around to posting

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a ... closet, we used the course 16 lab which is decked out with foam cutters

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  summer with a new design and streamlined navigation, we also made room for ... collaborated with students and faculty and the film crew to capture the diverse

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  proposes bills which may, with sufficient support, become law. There is one ... . It is a bad bill, which if enacted would become bad law: bad law with ... love it. H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), along with Senate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  invented, go ahead). Do any of these things have anything to do with why we're going live on 12/17 at 12:17? No. What they have to with is this: history

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  partly on what "fit best" with our real personalities. I was horrified ... (the musical's composer, who used to live in French House with me) sent ... boyfriend (who wrote the lyrics for the musical) about my exchange with Julie

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  2007 between continuing with the newly signed band or pursuing his ... balence your extracurricular passions with some hardcore classroom learning

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011