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  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  's application, no matter how strong, isn't enough to get one accepted. We deferred ... you need to do to get into MIT." Sorry if I confused anyone! -B ... Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... 're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... also taught the freshmen about the best ways to get around when it

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  restaurants I'd go to were [annotation note="small local chain with pizza that ... closest to campus, as well as [annotation note="sandwiches and delicious ... "]Roxy's.[/annotation] Now, most of these places are closed, so if I'm too lazy to cook, I have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  interdisciplinary, and also decided by the fappers, to maximize their enjoyment of the ... second time, we are now beyond desensitized to the word. It's both awful ... arrived on the 21st, so that gave us around three days to do all the prep

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  really like it--i'm content to be left alone most of the time, and i get to ... , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... will undertake independent research projects in economics. will have to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

      (Photo credit for these two goes to Julie H. '11) I was amazed by how ... goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same ... like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know what I thought would happen to me: that I'd freeze? That I'd get ... to my roommate, "It's so... gray!" She's from the northwest corner of ... breakfast, made an attempt at making my bed, and I might even go to the gym

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... This entry is kind of inspired by an entry that Anthony wrote. Yes, I ... ones I posted. Also, I got hosed. Junior year turned out to be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  , come visit me. They're probably the closest people I had to best friends ... able to constantly stride around the city like I knew it so well. Hopping ... lounging in my work office as I finished work. When it came to a close, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You ... finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  we were supposed to have taken during orientation or by September 24th … or by Oct. 30th as the last email from MITPE commanded…Maybe it’ll get ... -internship, starting/continuing an UROP, learning to snowboard, making pottery, or (gasp

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing ... .) (Thanks to Christina for finding the picture for me.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... people when we read their applications. We imagine them coming to MIT, finding their niche, doing wonderful things - sometimes we even start to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  once it gets to be grass-killin' szn again. [caption id ... torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  still manage to get into accidents pretty much every day because of the ... I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even ... get to laugh at the word "pants" and not even feel bad about it ("I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Brighton, 57 bus from Kenmore to Washington Street Highlights: created by ... Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. '25! I met her ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  : Start by contacting your EC as soon as you are ready to schedule your ... You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014