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  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  . Don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Life loves going wrong when ... /carbon/other gases. Review your deadlines. Not every school has the same January 1st ... supplementary materials after the deadline, but some won’t. Be mindful of every

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  get excited about the Amharic class he’s taking at Harvard. On our way out of the dining hall, I stop to get some coffee and he chats with a ... who are all staying in the Hyatt. “Yeah,” he says, “and I might go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  , sailing, and, of course, UROP. Pat Antaki isn't the first MIT alum to go to ... Today, MIT alum Pat Antaki '84 will compete in the Olympics. He will compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  , across the street from Burton-Conner (not to be confused with the Sailing ... team in the middle of Colorado. Prior to crew, I never thought I could ... members of the US National and Olympic teams did not learn to row until they

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  the morning so I woke up around 9:30am and then went to 14.01 recitation ... then Kelly who went to the 1pm lecture said that it was a guest lecturer ... and then we went to Harvard Square. We went to the Hunt’s Photography

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... would stare longingly out the window. Then when MIT went back to class on ... and had to head off. The rest of the band, much more bandcore than I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into ... topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  here and sean goes to harvard. the three of us talked about credit, as ... thing in the us, but it feels like a Real Thing now that i'm going to rent apartments and such. i dunno, back in the philippines being able to pay your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  to say that. It's true! But upon further inspection this evening, the ... !" Jeffrey? Seriously? Jeffrey? Okay, the zippertastic green-grey striped dress was nice, and the jacket in that material was also pretty hot. But Heidi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  . :-) BUT I had to share a particular incident with you today as I was walking back from working on psets. I walked by the LSC announcement board (LSC ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  Break starts today! (Does anyone know if milk is okay past the Sell By ... and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... the last bit of my milk, which may have been a problem tomorrow

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  with the world differently than I used to. Things I used to enjoy kinda ... things are *technically* under the worth-it line, but I had to do them ... outside in the rain to visit one of Starbucks’s 6 reserve roasters in the

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product ... semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self ... nights on campus spent tooling. By the end of the week though, it's clear

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  just so happy at these events and it was amazing to get together with ... the walk highly entertaining. What's funny is that now I'm addicted to ... Global Real Estate Group in the Fixed Income Division. Favorite MIT Class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the ... Since my earlier post on MIT's summer programs was linked from the MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  up this morning excited to verify the existence of this thing you call "snow", but was greeted by clear skies and even beaming sunlight. Please

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to publicize their misconceptions in broad daylight. The people of Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early September: Mid-October: Last week: ...I don't get it. (No, it does not ... , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006