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• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  problems on sheets of paper, and talk about your unwavering dedication to the ... ?", or "do I have enough energy to work on my resume today?", or "do I have ... available in-person. That we're hanging on to symbolic meanings, in the hope

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  fascinating backstory that I won't spoil for you because I know you're going to ... You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  appeals to you and why? What attribute of your personality are you most ... spend too much time (over)thinking these questions or your answers to them ... work on these essays is up to you! My only advice is to read Chris S

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  on a train to Boston, then took the subway. I got to campus around midnight. On the way back to my dorm I stopped at my team's (Death From Above ... on our own anyway, but I elected to stay awake for 36 straight hours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  to look back on all that happened and express to you a bigger picture ... out and growing up and being on your own. Academically, first semester ... Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the ... ! Upon arrival, we threw our campsite together and got to work on our first ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  something.) To celebrate Ben's continued ownership of all ten digits on his ... as I tEpikazoomed over to pika after my last class on Friday afternoon ... long-awaited decision to join pika by scrawling “I PLEDGE!!!” on a roll

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  into a job application, only to not get the job, that is time and energy ... had a feeling I was going to get rejected and I didn't want to give them ... for things I want. But if I ever want to get to anywhere meaningful, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I ... City 4. Pump your own gas 5. "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed Despite correct answers to four of the above questions (though we totally guessed on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  get to comment on the subject at hand, EXCEPT for the Dalai Lama. The ... morning was to misunderstand the instruction to line "all equipment" down on ... later in the day. I considered turning to the reporter on my left and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  -winning writers on the faculty. I was surprised to learn that, apparently, MIT has ... important than ever to look at life from new perspectives, be it the tip of a ... 's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product ... blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... -aggressively tell me to get better at dispensing water, but to our surprise, the QR

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  Salem. Linh ’13 is sitting next to me sleeping, her right hand holding on to our suitcases. I probably should’ve put my suitcase on the luggage ... makes me feel like I’ve exercised enough to last a lifetime, though. On

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  bustling, 24/7 lifestyle. No longer could I afford to spend hours on a single ... knowledge did. Most days, however, I strove to just get done with the agenda ... on the unloading weekends. I tried not to remember my beginning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class ... to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... who is working on something that you think is awesome. More than 90% of ... MIT Game Lab, a laboratory that conducts research and develops new
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids ... today as it continues to move up the East Coast. On this grey day, though

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  this Friday), and attempting to put together and remember choreography on ... to put together on Spotify. Here it is: Comments on certain ... to this album yet but it's Kelly Clarkson, come on. I learned about

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four-year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action ... the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005