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• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in ... school) trying to get me to go there. I didn't get into MIT." (Phone is no ... for something. The years that I'd worked hard to get into college had

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  ago, to go to MIT. I was struck by the fact that it would be waiting for ... . “Disaster Management” by Ariel Katz, if you’re interested. It was about two ... different fields for me, new avenues to explore. Right now it seems like the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  standard 18-55mm lens. I wanted to get a new lens to be able to try out new ... , meaning that if a BNSF railway train needs to get by, that train will get ... stickers. I don't know what to put them on, but I'm hoping to get a new

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  Musical kids yet, either) Tomorrow, I will get to have breakfast with the ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to ... A quick shout out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I am attending

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  to new scenarios — to create. On the other hand, trivia is much more ... get back to learning more trivia. so oops. sorry if like, you actually ... by Cole Porter as a response to Oklahoma! The Gulf of Bothnia

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  , but I got convinced to stay by my FPOPmates and I'm really glad that I ... to put on their best show to get freshmen to switch to their living ... talks in Kresge, to the grand finale which included a huge migration by

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  into the room at all. So this year I was determined to get the beach ... discussing with the new freshmen if they wanted to loft their beds for more ... one day. At this point I was getting pretty discouraged. If you're

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  liked to try new things like dance. I’ve been learning more about ... didn’t get too much time to draw out the details, so I scribbled some of ... adding the old belt each time I get a new one. So far, I have the white

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  baked (here's the recipe, in case your mouth just started watering!). To ... new store, I took a different street back to my dorm. [caption id ... promised to sign "one if by land, two if by sea" to indicate from whence the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  and EMT!  Little did I know, my new skills as an EMT were going to be ... the bowl, and I put in a new bag. I helped her back to her room, where ... get help with managing missed classes. They are going to encourage you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a "Counselors College Fair" (I may have even said hello to your ... is greeted with generous aid packages. It was also nice to get to ... many ideas, and having learned something new. This year, some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  rhythm of speaking to your best friend again, after forgetting—but not ... saw were working on a new rendition of its elegant figure to stack onto ... ’d have to draw, or if they saw their home in a new light, with sharper

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... to get sucked into the MIT mindset (or as I like to think of it, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  you laugh and to keep you from crying. So just remember, when you're ... : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2 ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  and ready to mail. And again, you will have to wait to get your letter in the mail to find out your decision, as it will not be online, in ... mail all of the letters together in the same batch; we hope to mail by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  break, let's share a celebratory non-alcoholic drink to ring in the new ... , microwave-safe cup. Helpful tip: If you can't get the powder to dissolve, try ... to be in this post!   $picy     Happy New Year! Hope

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... 1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... automotive seating manufacturer was approached by Cadillac to design backseats

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005