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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... sabbatical next semester to write a book, so won't see him around for a while

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions ... this pset, so it is unnecessarily demanding to finish the pset by this ... ": "In response to popular demand, we have decided to move the deadline for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am extremely excited to share my MIT world with the blogosphere and to heighten ... get on with the “Who is Cydnie” business… I am commonly referred to as

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  for the server and often get together to get into their "roles." It ... destress! Also, this is actually just an excuse for me to talk about the ... be being naive by saying this, but it's just very refreshing to have a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... employer would take on by spending a lot of time and money to training you just to have you leave a few years later. I know how important it is for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  the term, working desk is a great opportunity for me to make a little ... every time somebody rings the intercom to get in the main entrance. The ... ") to "tool" (MIT slang for "work fastidiously") on, so I played this game

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... great opportunity to get to know a few dozen classmates well, before ... control boxes, participants get to take a cruise of Boston Harbor and learn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by ... anything to do with what the water is actually surrounded by. A single bubble ... decided to match Federal Pell Grants, which for many lucky students (like me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  ever get to do these? would anyone ever do this for me? five three years ... with some more contradictions. for one, i (don't) want to do work. i want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... pumpkin. Time to make a stem! Get an assistant to gather a small blob of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  year, but I would like to create things that won't get me sued by the Ivy ... I didn't pre-register for it, I was nervous that I wasn't going to get ... "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  really cool place to work. But, back to what you came here for - it's my ... get to school, when everyone is looking around at the different dorms ... , you will not get to do that. I say "unfortunately" because REX is what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  'm flying back to Boston by way of Portland, Oregon and Philadelphia ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I ... guess after four years it might be nice to get a different perspective on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... non-stigmatized safety net for when things goes to shit I think I ... attempting to take a class asynchronously is a recipe for disaster. Every

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to ... independent college admissions counselors. It was a great opportunity for me to ... I'll probably never have the opportunity to visit. For the counselors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  time to properly support me, getting woken up at 5am every morning by my ... suggested forms for each week, but it was completely up to us if we wanted to ... . Perhaps one could argue that by giving space to my anger and frustration

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  Admissions. But what we mean by match - and what match means to you - isn ... to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... I went on to Princeton Review, searched for liberal arts colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  everyone who made it possible for you to get to this point. (Do it now ... 's the big sequel to last year's Things To Do While Waiting For Decisions: Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II! 1. Consider majoring in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  've brought you both here today because i need to announce a decision date for ... check your decisions, DO NOT listen to Vienna by Billy Joel immediately ... ’t get admitted to MIT, I will personally ship you Maseeh dining until you

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  job you can get at MIT; you get paid $9 an hour to play Snood, press the ... assume were red highlights. I didn't stick around long enough to get an ... So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005