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  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  all the chairs in the microscope room are too short for me to see the ... weather and went out to Chili's for dinner, then shopped a little at The Pru ... . To be honest, I was completely and totally sick of snow by the end of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  Sometimes I secretly wish for exciting things to happen to me so that ... publication-quality data by Christmas so we can hopefully get published by the ... games to cheer for this week (one was tonight). I went straight from the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... . I'm also thrilled to be part of DUSP's new urban science major (Course ... values, methods and tools we can adopt for us to start to do better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  elsewhere, and who write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for ... I have ever seen in my life. I was determined to get to MIT Media Lab ... message. I want to share my story with you and thank you for all the amazing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  each category by how much you want to take them. My ranked list for this ... search for classes by number, and filter by different categories, which ... build your "want to take" list, I recommend searching Firehose by keyword

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  for snickerdoodles at LaVerde's, and they needed to get baked -- I find ... off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play ... reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man dance. He danced to a diddy called "Welcome to Six Flags New England ... engineers at a theme park waiting in line to get on a roller coaster and you

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  larger group. It’s never been easier for me to meet new people than during ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free ... long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus ... the few that actually gets to go to school here. I remember that on one ... class so interactive and free, but he did, and I am thankful to him for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  you are lucky ducks."]we all[/annotation]prepare to hunker down for ... 'll get through my to-do list with time to spare. ((Spoiler alert: I don ... , but it lets me call my parents from 10 to 11 before my house gathers for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  future or telepathically reach the Admissions Office. So for now, try to relax. Apply to Regular Action colleges (for that, refer to 2 and 3). Live ... evaluate your performance and form. Welcome to the applicant pool! For your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs ... [/annotation]. Get the Libby app. Profit from never spending money to consume books ... for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends ... to visit improv shows and eat hot pot. For our second to last day, we ... own room. I also get access to a kitchen, which I share with my suite

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than that. What I do know is that I never really intended for it to be ... fast, seemed sort of normal at the time. I write with every chance I get ... opinions on the merits and flaws of the book. For instance, to his taste, my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be interesting, common enough to take us all around MIT. To inform our orange

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  . Title Link: I Am Prepared, get it? IAP... (it's okay if you don't want to laugh) My primary mission is to start working on my new project in lab ... better? Come learn about databases to find answers to these questions, get

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  basically is looking for? And how can I actually get to catch the eye of the ... for another school, by all means submit it to us in the "optional essay ... ? It will take a while for me to go back home and get my secondary school

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  restauarant Mitra introduced me to. There, they'd be talking about the new ... prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually ... you get when you cross the Flintstones with Public Transportation

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  different projects, but because drawing is way faster for me, I like to sketch it out first to get the rough shape and dimensions down and also have a preliminary design to get feedback on. [carousel image1="116775" image2

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  receive credit for a class by taking the final for that subject. Scores for ... , you might need to learn new content on your own. No matter what, you ... college-level class -- Go for it! You have nothing to lose on PNR, you like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025