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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you're ... very impressive. But I have to admit - sometimes I wish we'd get

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family ... for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... . No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  ; your decision should arrive any day. I know that your frustration is compounded by the fact that people in Alaska have received their decisions while people in Cambridge have not. I can't explain this, other than to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  ! You're responsible! Be operator for a few hours!" So, now I get to feel ... , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing ... , which I intend to fill by working on the only puzzle I've worked on all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco ... quite a bit. I had a whole Penske truck to fill. I'm not sure why I left ... (which can be expensive and annoying). I was happy to pack all of my stuff

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  , you often have to interview at your school and compete for one of your ... that but sometimes i need to remind her that failing just made me get up ... application processes as a way for me to simply learn more about myself and get

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... advantage of your holiday time with family, too. Happy holidays! =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  patience, and check out this post for some answers to your frequently asked ... looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  Production Services (AMPS) would love to hear your feedback about ZigZag, about ... feedback! What are your thoughts? Would you subscribe to and watch this ... MIT has an experimental new video podcast called ZigZag. Currently

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  there waiting for one of the two or three daily trains to get us into ... is expected to be finished by 2025, although this doesn't seem really ... beach was made of SAND. I even managed to get a lady to watch our stuff

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  our plight. Sam: "Yeah, I really need to do get some money on my laundry ... because I'm out of underwear." Parents, don't let this happen to your ... situation in Germany. So, since we didn't quite get to the haircut unit in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by ... ) - so I didn't get a chance to practice before then. Disaster. My first ... challenge to get any noise out of the instrument, since the amount of air

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  more important in science: getting results or finding new questions to ... just create new ideas. Well...she was right. Physicist Joseph Henry said ... around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  itself and your understanding of each topic is illuminated by the previous ... 's presented! Plus, it’s probably more fun to figure out your own position on the ... premises, he argues that any attempt by a governing body to interfere with

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  this one, however, we were using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) tools to ... Wednesday that I'd had to tool for, and I had already spent nearly four hours ... optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  contrast was pretty tricky to get right, but I'm pretty happy with how it ... than those I just mentioned. I have, however, been able to do some pretty ... to play with), I realized how much I missed my synths from back home

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  -humored kvetchfest by remarking that I have nothing to complain about and that it took ... as mildly painful as getting punched in the kneecaps by someone wearing ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on ... 'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006