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  First read

  

  gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  the year. What is something you’re looking forward to for the rest of ... has been stuck on campus with conference games. So to make our own fun ... heading to host 10:00 AM office hours for Computation Structures, I make

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  lately is going to make some monumental difference upon where I end up in ... have to make an emergency flight from San Francisco to Boston because ... myself for saying this when I have a kid later on, and have to make all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  people when your interaction is consigned to a closed Zoom room. Over the ... people, so kudos to them for making the show a success. This may become a ... writing to comedy and, uh, culinary, which is a testament to the interesting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  from someone trying to make others feel bad about themselves. Then why ... now you’re learning something new, and that’s hard to do, but that doesn ... needed that affirmation to make it through MIT. So no, I guess I wouldn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  safekeeping upon arrival. (In theory, MIT returns your time to you upon ... friends will take up a large amount of your time, and it is very tempting to ... order to graduate, why not make sure that some of those are writing

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  shrink myself into my book and you’re feet making it feet agonizing feet. I ... of your plane by half a plane, making me take another plane, filling ... One bus, for trying to shove a whole extra person into your van, which

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... if you still have your natural hair color, you're an exception to the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  you can make your own for much cheaper. Toons Prior to MIT, I have never ... five buttons and a strummer you have to move your cursor and click on ... have your own things that you do for fun that also helps you to destress

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  craving the napa cabbage and meatball soup that my dad used to make. along ... packets so i could make it myself.) i try to emulate the ghosts of my ... kid, you typically don't have to go out of your way to ask for things

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  agony. He was trying to say something, but I couldn’t make much from his ... your lips on this warm night. You can see why he has to do it, why the ... to you that their growth will mean yours. And when fear comes, gnarly

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  drawings. And you know, try not to make it cost a bajillion dollars. My ... ––basically, if modern civilization has tried hard to eliminate your need to do it ... so much cool great fantastic stuff, that it becomes tough to blog

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  running around trying to taste a few. Which makes me sound like a fifth ... room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious ... !) Unfortunately, I'm not going to sing it for you. Sorry, but trust me, you're

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  some don't; you're only expected to take a GRE subject test in a subject ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in ... chemicals and worth-more-than-your-life machines.) A grad school interview is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive ... called Leash. You can use Leash to login with your Athena username and ... your identity to the MIT computers. For whatever reason, SecureFX is a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  behind-the-scenes of the making of different murals! Describe your mural ... painting! So I leapt at the opportunity for more excuses to make art while ... more than a full year since we could make any in-person contributions to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a MyMIT account and you will need to know your username and password ... you wish to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  or whether you’re just listening to keep the silence at bay. Whether it ... turns out, is incredibly hard to find when your floor mates are hanging ... electrifying enough to make me forget about how stressed out I was just hours

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  battles every single day! Trying to chase your dreams while fighting visible ... ): “...tell your friends to pull up.” This is not just a black peoples’ issue ... this will spark a conversation in your circle that will lead to some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your decision about where to go to school. But will the slice be what you're ... to help out your friends" are pretty universal, for instance), but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006