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• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  break I'm going to get to know my new camera better! I've started using it ... It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  students—from grades seven to twelve—occupied a distinct row or two. And by ... loved to hate the dining hall because every day we had rice for either ... thousand retributions. For that evening, Hassan got to eat his ramen in peace

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  Climbing that I failed to wake up for. I ended up going to see a talk by the ...   Hi. Meet my Google Calendar, the metronome to which my life ... /January deciding vaguely what classes to take, student "preregisters" for all the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young ... will not stop"]set a calendar event for August 5th[/annotation] to remove ... accomplishments, it’s about the messy paths and missteps taken to get there

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  to get into MIT for graduate school. Departments which don't accept MIT ... should get used to that.) And a question via email: Yasemin asked (via ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many ... was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in ... fast?? i'm actually too afraid to jaywalk, which sucks, because there are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  * Little did they know that by mentioning MIT to me at that early age they ... 'll have to come up with your own). By freshman year I actually knew I ... morning I started to get nervous. I'd been told that decisions come out 15

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of ... getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  Culture; I am extremely excited for this class. It's taught by Ed Schiappa ... out of bed at 9:30 to get washed up. Morning stretching; Recently I ... know that this class is supposed to prepare me well for technical

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  also be beneficial for my research mentor to write me a recommendation in ... project lasted only for a month or so, but it was a 9 to 5, monday to friday ... chances? I've got 730 for critical reading and 780 for math for SAT I (new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  , volunteering for community service, mentoring younger students, starting new ... that fifth graders don’t get to do robotics,” I argued. “What makes the ... refusing to take no for an answer - he finally agreed to let me join on a

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and ... you've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  . You’ve been lied to by the [annotation note="A shocking amount of the ... “Shanties” loosely refers to any new age sea music. They are both pronounced ... , Blow the Man Down, [annotation note="Lore I have to share: The story for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  , you might get the chance to see Nimby training for her next race, going ... chicken, that’s got to count for something! Fast forward to 7AM, we ... for another time. Honorable Anecdotes - Some stories that did not get to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  letting her know she had been accepted to the university renowned for its ... to 3.14159, better known as pi, the mathematical symbol for the ratio ... 12-volt battery. Half their winnings go to their school, but they get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  computer went dormant, replaced by a new enthusiasm for travel. I had built ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... were asked to identify travel options, routes and fares for the Boston

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  were still pretty nice. Inferior to New York’s, but good for Boston ... take some encouragement for me to do so. Get 25 free t-shirts ✅ I wrote ... grad dorms are pretty easy for me to forget. Participate in a UROP… or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  that list to the ones that are most palatable for a blog. # I didn ... ’ve become illiterate, too hosed to read good books. For all of October I have ... poetry for anyone else to read, and when I write for myself I'm all sorts

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  I took a leap this school year that I’ve wanted to do for a while. I ... liked to try new things like dance. I’ve been learning more about ... is 21M.601, Drawing for Designers, our first assignment was to do

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  functional enough to update! Ok, first things first: we have a new blogger ... room, and every laptop has a browser open to either google ... claimed that the solution to one of the metas was given by reading the first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006