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  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went ... reach of seats by the window. I wrote for a while. I thought of Anis ... the half-formed ideas, and usually, by the time I return to them, they

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  the eye and put down electronics when we talk, to go to bed and get up ... person I was as a child. We had just moved to the United States. I had just ... been to eat healthier food that costs less money, with a weekly exception

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... that I have a minor platform, I finally have a place to share my awful ... important that happens in December. But, I refuse to break a trend and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  dough-snakes into pebble-sized dough nodules use a rolling pin to ... to a pan and putting the dumpling in make sure to cover the pan so ... boils again, then add a splash of cold water to stop the boiling wait

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing ... surrounded by friendly and helpful faces. The first person I met, a grad

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB ... Barracudas anyone? So I got to go to Tomb last Friday for a friend ... used to watch Smurfs as a child; I even had the video game on Atari. OK

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  and biscuits. It was good. I realized I have a lot of groceries to ... super nice addition to my suite lounge. A lot of my friends also had a ... (!) on North Court for the first time since fall.I went to a [annotation

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... 's okay.  You don't come to a school like MIT looking to coast through all ...  combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  to a few students who didn't register using one of the recommended ... and fill out the CPW registration form asap. If you don't have a MyMIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... get the first half down. We practiced in a courtyard with two giant ... we do "A Salute to Walking," since we have sheet music for "Walk This

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw ... pulled over “just to have a quick look” while the open house was going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions ... 's a committee decision, and we do the best that we can to treat the ... , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life ... writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential ... ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  , Euripedes - thousands of poems - Aristotle's own library brought to Egypt by ... can be lost to it. The missing plays of Sophocles will turn up piece by ... ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  proof. anyway, i applied for a credit card and i'm expecting to get it ... pledged to et this semester, which means i'm a house member now. i still ... thing in the us, but it feels like a Real Thing now that i'm going to rent

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  firehose firehose is an event hosted by esp (educational studies program), a ... situations where a few people end up having to do everyone else's tasks). there ... bodies to music a lot more naturally than i do. maybe someday i’ll decide

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a full week. There seemed to be events going on 24 hours a day! While this ... not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... only have three (well, two tests and a final) so I don't have to take ... 'd like to predict what a future blog entry may be about (specifically, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008