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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  this puppy by adding 25 to both sides." "Let's do a rigorous proof of the ... Actually, I didn't start this joke. It was started by my 8th grade math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come ... question: “Are you afraid?” To my surprise, I responded with a serene sense ... ways life would be better if I could just find a cozy nook in the past to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  ,[/annotation] but here's a sneak preview while we're waiting for the event to start ... than the outside air *in a fancy voice* "very nice." – Kayode To summarize; Red Team made a product called Vortex, which is an alternative to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  a mission to serve and create a better world by providing universal ... Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose ... Shape breaks you out of your daily routine and gives you a hard shake by the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  get a good distribution of sizes and breakage points. To get the pieces ... "]abstract[/annotation] sometimes, so it might be hard to discern a storyline, but there indeed is one ... defeats Sachiel, the angel with a red orb, by releasing a magic rope from

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  left to shovel, but they shovel the slush anyway. Oh, and by slush, this ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches ... 's Ring Premiere to get an idea of what I'm talking about. There are some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  the situation all wrong. I tried to make a second story by lofting a ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... I can’t bring my laptop or a book to bed unless I want it to fall out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and ... what needed to get done, who was doing each task, who wasn't doing each ... Portraits by sending out countless emails; or rushing to the office late at

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  [by Elise Ruan '14] Going to college and moving into a dorm ... favorite band or sports team. But it can also be a chance to really customize ... gets painted back to white eventually and the curved walls some of the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... very helpful. If a teacher asks you to write the recommendation for them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  which classes have psets due which I do not want to finish. I also have a ... had devoted more time to the class, because it offered a lot of great ... uhh tl;dr;  freshman fall: took fewer classes, was able to write, ran a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  events led to me, a high-schooler, getting the opportunity to work in a ... up, so I amplified the sadness by listening to more Bowling for Soup ... wanted to be a [annotation note="At this point, I was pretty sure I was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  favorites below. Failure to follow directions: This one never gets old.  I ... directions is impressive, we are not actually impressed by the inability to ... to have complete information. I know some feel like it may be a hassle

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her ... Sarah and I always escaped to the park.  One year we made a daily pilgrimage to Eegee’s, which is a Tucson sandwich chain named for its fine

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  -14: Bae-Area Bloggers I'll arrive this afternoon, try to grab a quick coffee ... , before heading over to a celebration dinner for Jess K. '10 graduating from ... work out at Stanford   h a c k e d   then stop by the Stupid

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  mission too. I hope you get a chance to see it soon.   ... included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... installation. For the blogs, I wanted to go into a little more detail on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were ... get to redo my first year at MIT. Whether I liked it or not, whether I ... years later, about to become a senior this fall. Of course, one can argue

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [live blog] BLUEPRINT 2025 by the Blueprint Team // come see what we're baking!

  

  't get to write very much RIP. but Elena B. '28 my goat did a write-up of ... is SO CUTE so we're going to try get you guys some photos too. i ... adorned by the cutest rat hats (irl Ratatouille fr!). we just finished a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  Graduate - spend a summer in Boston. I don't think you'll ever really get to ... how it took place, or if it had anything to do with me becoming a senior ... cleaned the toilet once a week (although this was helped by the fact we were

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  really because every time, you think there is still a lot to get done ... i attended junior year, they would play The Woods by Hollow Coves a ... into the homeliness that seems impossible to find in ten days. a few

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023