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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice ... MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... get a cannoli And if you get a cannoli, you must find a nearby park to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... , getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and ... November when I learned I might be able to get some funding to come from

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  these things aren’t super easy to come by! Regardless, we started ... days Cried for about an hour on interstate 90 :( Moved to Maine with ... Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely ... it came right down to the wire. We were frantically solving puzzles as ... . I'll post answers to the puzzles you guys worked on and some to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  Matt McGann. I was introduced to him in January 2005 by a mutual friend ... to get advice on UA stuff (I still do this - Ben teases me and says ... some point!), so I'll kill a little time by answering them. What's the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all ... each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  , which is where we really get to practice our skills. LLAB is run by the ... sophomores useful skills and to let the upperclassmen get practice leading a ... "shadows" to evaluate and assist us. Some cadets also role played by acting

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... secretly wanted to do this. ...get special seats at fractal Planetarium ... hotsprings, and even climb up rocks to get there.. I learned that crutches

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  get a copy just by being there after bypassing people who'd been there ... Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  academic departments, or courses, which are often referred to by their course ... Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... refer to rooms within buildings by their numbers. It's kind of bewildering ... students in the winter -- once you get to the Infinite in the winter, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  encouraged by the quality of the deferred applicants that we will get to ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... deferred to regular action, and which students will be denied during this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  ’t Hurry Love by Phil Collins - I remember listening to this song a lot in ... absolutely drowning in work and had to distance myself from my friends to get ... Sleeping by Myself (all by Pearl Jam) - I learned these songs on guitar to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... like them and they like you, you probably end up getting a bid to join ... introduced to when you first get here. If nothing else, don't pass up the surf

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your ... _hidden]every time i get an email from you my heart skips a beat how i wish you would say those three little words three little words to change my life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... visited each of EC's ten floors to get a better idea of which living group ... activities were made available by each hall to aid in that purpose. A few

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts". To which I thought, "You're darn right, pal!" But of course, now that I live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global ... around campus, including a "film" screening by lbgt@MIT. Tonight at 5 ... gets infected with HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, you all aren't actually here

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  . From novices who are just getting started to experienced people looking ... more about technical theater just by listening to and talking with the ... January and four weeks is not a lot of time to get a production up and

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  ), and getting ready to head off to my usual Tuesday night trivia contest ... Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New ... days, followed by several weeks of solidifying the class, selecting the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005