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• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  for reasons to stay, all I found was emptiness. A yearning for somewhere to call home, a place that'd last, not like the city I'd move out of ... went to a retreat with some friends, and I didn't realize we were in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  to the commuter rail from campus via the red line - just go a few stops ... I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  computer screen and having no breaks except a couple of trips to the bathroom. There had been more TAs for a while, but in 004 they tend to leave shortly ... this one, however, we were using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) tools to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your ... 24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  thanks to Ariel '09 for sending me a text message at 2 AM with only that ... goes like this: "An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician were on vacation in Scotland. From a train window, they saw a black sheep in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  in the United States are women, and that number drops to 17.9% by ... up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... ." Melissa's concerns are reasonable. According to statistics from the Society

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other students) out there aware of the deadlines for a subset of recommended summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... life that you can basically do whatever you want, and I wanted to make ... /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Appetizer Prelude to an entry

  

  Real entry to come soon (within a week), this is just to get you ready/anxious. Click here

  • by Snively '11
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  schedule to mail today. The bad news: I woke up to a blizzard this morning ... conflicting weather reports - some say 4 inches; others say up to a foot. Start ... . Here's a pic: Have a great weekend everyone. Congrats to the admits, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  the heat to "simmer," and cover the saucepan with a lid. Cook until you ... white wine to add when cooking the mushrooms =p it would make it smell so ... on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday morning). So to procrastinate on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  on what it would be like to be a hacker at MIT, the actual accounts of ... whatever "being an MIT student" is to them - just a modified version ... changing themselves to fit an MIT "mold" (not like there's really a "typical

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  happened next. And later, when I popped grinning by Mikey's office to ask ... take the time to relax and have a little fun ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I ... , once in mirror The glassy surface of the river reflects a portal to ... now, I have gone to sleep with a gentle tap on my window As the rain

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  mit x caltech rivals to lovers another comic shitpost

  

  i made this in a day and sacrificed a pset youre welcome

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to ... 't tend to do much to prepare--they might look over a few problems the day ... peers who are happy to get up at 9 AM on a Saturday in December to solve

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for that matter, I have an account for just about everything, but by no means use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I'm not writing another entry. Ha! So, let's turn this into a learning ... their pet fish. In this case, whereas Mitra has provided a professional

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random things on campus. I'd like to bring that back this year, along with a much ... 'm doing this semester is here - it's a guide to nice places to work on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... what to buy, and where things are located. I inspect a bag of clementines ... . One bag of tortilla chips. The clerks at Trader Joe's love to chat. A

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022