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  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I ... started by students that decorate the walls. This year, because I've been

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  I recently received an email from a rising high school senior who was ... ! Panic! To address the worry that follows the question what if I actually get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  Hi. I'm in Reno, Nevada, right now with my grandparents visiting my uncle. And although I am 2,880 miles away from MIT, I still attended the ... year's commencement was great but ultimately felt distant because I didn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  RING! It feels so good! I have many pictures from and of the event ... friends in my class that I was really excited to see! We had a great time ... plans ring delivery and designed our beautiful ring! AND THEN I FOUND

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... Angeles, though, I never got closer to these alpine pursuits than the pages of a Patagonia catalog.  Certainly I loved hiking, and spent a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  stress from midterms somehow, right? (I’m a little bit sad that no ... up on work/sleep/fun/etc. Personally, I seized the opportunity to ... ’re alright. But sometimes I really just have to step away from campus,” and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  .  Like most stereotypes, this is not wholly accurate.  For example, I ... popular, in fact, that I'm told there was a 50-person waitlist, and my ... minute, though, I whipped out my blogger "media" credentials and managed to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It may have casually come up in the times that I’ve written here that I am ... graduate students about what makes them stressed here at the institute. I

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this article on the Degas exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), but I saw ... I reached the Huntington Street entrance of the MFA that afternoon

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for ... of dead trees and ancient power lines. So I figured I'd come up here ... before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is ... Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... opportunity to do so. Greg is one of the most talented makers I've ever met. He

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  Whenever I hear the term “open house,” I think of panthers. Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas ... apartment three months after the move, so I wasn’t surprised when my dad

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  following email: "I , and the department are looking for 4-6 volunteers from ... volunteers we will pick names from a hat." I RSVP-ed attending to this lunch event for two main reasons: (1) I didn't really know much about Visiting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in ... for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... , Cornell, and Berkeley. He decided to go to college at M.I.T. in Boston. "The culture of the students I think is something that really drew me there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  In mid-December a friend of mine, Jared '10, asked if I'd be ... . It would be him, me, and Dan '11. "Sure, why not?" I replied, and one $50 registration fee later I was enrolled in 6.270 for IAP. The

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived ... folks I saw at the reception were Prof. Woodie Flowers, my old dormmate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my interview before I submit my Part I?" and "What happens if my teacher recommendation gets to MIT before anything else?" I'd like to answer all questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice ... hackers... I am more excited than usual because I will be a freshman ... are stuck with me as an advisor! ;-) Seriously, I am honored and excited

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007