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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the ... me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when ... holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn't live within a drivable

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest ... MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept Quest
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  to get my feet wet (err...only metaphorically) with Winter School. It ... ), which traditionally is when all the students return to see all their ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I actually had several more entries partly written, but never got a chance to finish them up in a timely fashion, and now it's just way too late to go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from a cherry pie that someone had brought into the office to share. As one ... response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries ... continuing of the Meet the Admissions Officers series, a look forward to our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to ... gathered yesterday afternoon to share some better ideas. 5:30 pm, Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  application process, and financial aid. And in order to have a good amount of ... 'm constantly trying to do a balancing act between telling the stories that ... announced to the crowd that the score was 2-0 in the second inning. That part

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... to draw some pictures to factor out a few thousand words. ... This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over ... // watched Qala a little too late and cried a little too much // cut my hair ... // dressed in pink to watch Barbie! with my sister // screamed to Speak Now

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your ... poetry that tries to incorporate math always comes off as cringe.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons ... what that was all about)/It's-the-Boston-Marathon-and-the-city's-a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the ... 's appropriate given the start of the term. Is this a good or a bad sign?

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here ... interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most ... performing a birthday dirge, as opposed to a birthday song, where we stomp and ... excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT is Utopia Because the nice guys were here.

  

  a lot of fun. Then, yesterday night Wong Fu Productions came to MIT ... , so I was super excited that I got a chance to meet them. Be sure to ... The last 2 weeks have been such a whirlwind of activities. Last

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach ... ' Cream * Rock n' Pop Swirl * Tripple Play * Apple Pie a la Mode * Oreo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020