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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  —like trading your morning walk to the barn for a crowded hustle to the Kendall ... to inform how we create welcoming spaces, but also to help me get ... to the cozy warmth and twinkling lights of Boston's snow-covered brick

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  . And the ability to find your own little oasis from time to time is ... cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U ... Please don't be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... to get from one side of the road to the other. Because there aren't any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  appoint officers, on down until you get to the general admissions infantry ... to or support is even tougher to get into, because it seems more ... is not to get MORE students to apply to MIT, it's about getting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  we were not really getting to know each other. I spent my freshman ... me to get things done--by making commitments with other people. It ... I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper ... this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For more on MIT AIAA, check this out. Photos from the event to follow.

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  most MIT students i've spoken to, and probably most college students these days, feel as if they've lost a lot of time to the pandemic. the ... fall, even in spite of my tremendous workload, made me want to spend time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood ... nation I'd always loved was finally getting to know and love their LGBTQ ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  gig. If I was chosen to be part of the team, I would get to code ... undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their ... . (Though listings are far from the only opportunities available - if you're

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  two. We played rock band in 10-100 together (enough to get rock band ... people. But there's one person I'd like to thank specifically. Michael ... humidity, taking a lot of lumps as we had him try to do sillier and sillier

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  to gain access to your...terrain. The next morning, Spencer dropped me ... to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  your work apart! Special thank you to the system inspectors with ASC for ... that the teams must get to by a certain time. However, other than that ... reached this point without your help. Additionally, thank you to ASC

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  to see that they didn't get along very well.  There were nights where I ... dad also tried to get me into STEM at a really early age. He would ... should stop keeping to myself and start actually, well, get to know my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  compensate. On your way to your destination you will pass by many people ... get the cart up into the office, and I reckoned it'd be best to avoid ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  to get 100s on the psets and above 80s on the remaining midterms, which ... improved immensely. I was able to  get my checkoff, a live session where we ... counterintuitive to the human mind. One solution was to simply kill your darlings, or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020