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• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... to our name, we wear all black, and have a somewhat-prepared, sometimes ... to take out the thrower, or deflect a thrown ball with a ball to keep

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize ... rejections from the past decade and a half. After graduation I returned to ... -2 years. A pal gruffly rejected my hug; it later comes to pass they do not

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  'Reilly animals would make a great component to a Mystery Hunt puzzle. I brought ... to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the ... various divisibility tests. I wasn't certain, though, until I got to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... , including Carl. Adam came upstairs to A-Entry to talk to Carl, and since Carl

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... "undergraduate application materials" on the envelope. You do not need to be a ... or be a music major. Art. If you are an artist and would like to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... also want to say what an outstanding admissions staff we have and what a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  end. I don't want to call businesses to ask to make sure the food ... better and a dozen cheap thrills. I want to be tired when I go to bed ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  , I started keeping a daily blog; a sort of space to vent about the past ... ="I watched physics presentations and travelled to a debate tournament ... -last year of college, and hopefully, by then, I'll have a little better idea

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  field is an exaggeration. Right now, I want to get a BME minor. I'm not a ... , and MIT Pro-Choice, and am a chapter coordinator for How to Get Around ... Bomb by U2. I ran cross-country in high school, and did crew as a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  rejected from the last company we thought we still had a chance to work at ... take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate ... building up to Idina Menzel's huge belts gave us a greater than life feeling

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  made a bunch of jank formulas to find each question's response ... on Massachusetts Ave., a very short walk to Target or Hmart, so it must ... chose the superpower of being able to travel as quickly as a car, compared

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  decided to make a super-retro 8bit blocky construction / run away from ... 't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... entirely: Minecraft. What is Minecraft? Quoth Wikipedia: a sandbox building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a ... screenshot of course notes: This relates the NYC subway line to a concept ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my ... 'm spending spring break visiting Adelaide in France, with a 2 day excursion to ... your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  : We are a strong community.  We will remember the sacrifice made by the ... It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even ... mean, I think we all do. No one wants to get on a stage and forget their

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  'll make pre-college fellow admit friends who you'll all use as a support ... friends and your support structures and you'll be well on your way to making ... forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005