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  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  Orientation Activities Midway; I loved getting to talk to students and hear all ... get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the iTunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  . Actually, I knew a lot of people who would be there, so I figured I'd stop by ... immediately lent me her caution cape to wear as a cool accessory. (Thanks ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by ... also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to ... began disappearing. I needed a job. I needed something to do at MIT that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  networking afterwards because I had to get to another class, but I did learn a ... would react to being woken up at 8. I had a class that grades attendance ... some networking followed by a Q&A panel. Afterwards, the attendees

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I ... inspired by a line from the Amber Spyglass, as the ghost of an old woman ... whether you're new to HDM or returning, I've got a fun little Internet thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  graduate by getting an internship at a firm that would be likely to extend a ... day, I made a Target run to get eggs (about two minute’s walk from my ... set the world on fire- I’m just trying to get by. I can’t afford to slip

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  migrating back to campus, stopping by a bookstore-cafe and a riverside ... 's also a perfect way to see a city and/or get hopelessly lost ... -back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog about the result

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have ... pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... that needed to get cut, which was good, because I was taking a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  the W-cube. there is not much to get out of this story, i just like ... taking a playwriting class. i was partially inspired by Alan and partially ... my writing. to some extent, poetry is just a monologue, right? right? i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  enrollment") Both of these examples, of course, don't get caught by spell ... on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  -cold liquid oxygen over a magnet to playing a physics guitar. That class was ... the semester by breaking a glass. A lot of people compare at MIT education to drinking from a firehose. I'd like to go out on a limb and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  has different goals – you need to a) help get others to safety, b ... and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a ... a player, your first instincts are probably to a) run, b) find a safe

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... I’ll get too anxious to continue. I have this problem a lot, where the ... coolest. thing. ever. A whole month or more to just do whatever you want

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  for things I don’t pay attention to, until I recently talked to a few ... periods of introspection, helped in part by taking a Myers ... ” behind it (tl;dr: there is none) and was inspired to take and research a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... ) thanks to a rather obscure Massachusetts holiday called Patriots Day. The ... runners!) go right by the Phi Sig house. It's really pretty cool. I need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next ... resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  [/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... family a few weeks after we came to America. At this point, we didn’t have ... ’s frustrating to hear “listen to your gut” and “use your best judgment” in a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Get a discount on Bose products Visit Singing Beach at Manchester-by ... Daniel would start by taking a class, because he didn't want the game to ... orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005