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  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08 ... Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show ... of other events, but nonetheless I found the time to make the trek over to Kresge to get a peek inside. However, it seemed as though many other

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a ... four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... over by a bus?) #29 - Hey, how about when they shut down the Harvard Bridge for a day to film 21? (More on the movie itself later.) #35 - Wait

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a ... . Don’t go to office hours; you don’t want the TAs to put a name to a face ... ’re paying for your education and it’s your job to make the most of it. Life

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your ... discover a whole new territory. Make your mark in whatever way you can - on ... class. Lead a life someone would want to remember. No matter what anyone

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do things, it's to make sure that things get done." i've learned that it doesn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  , commas, and empty roads, and has always wanted to grow up to become a penguin Kidist A. ’22 of Georgia (the state), who likes to cite tweets by ... bloggers to you! On July 1, we posted the blogger application; by the end of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to ... , according to Google Analytics, but no one is commenting, so here's a place to ... to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  different kind of portrait. I have a few pictures below; the best ones are by ... the lives disrupted by climate change Tarnished Horizons is intended to ... . Installation runs November 11th to 17th Commissioned by the MIT Committee on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  hero. We'll give him a few days to grow and then we'll get some pics up ... Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  . You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B ... compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a ... hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the ... befriended by a group of warrior women with a quiver of arrows. They give Joe

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this ... will be a great opportunity to share your CPW experiences as well as

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  about my class projects here. A major contributor to my enjoyment was ... more of a reflection than a guide because there's no definitive guide to ... classes also vying for my attention. I'd typically try to pick a set of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still ... thirty to forty people a year. So that's a lot less than what MIT accepts

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to ... freestyle though, because sometimes you manage to get a line, or a verse, or a ... still has a nice ring to it. Loosely playing along, you start to knock out

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... a single applicant's numbers, to tell you the truth, and I'd be hard-pressed to find a single admissions officer who could. Because you are not

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple ... is probably not the most important thing I’ve gained by coming to MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... grabbed a program to read while waiting for the lecture to begin. That ... year's Killian Award and the person scheduled to teach us "What is a gene

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019