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  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  to really "get" what makes this such a special place. Now, I know such ... education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  is to teach knowledge–which makes a lot of sense and is very ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... cool, and also touches on a lot of the general reasons as to why MIT is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  Here is something that always makes me laugh: My sister (a Harvard ... to buy embarassingly large-sized teddy bears for your parents that make ... my friends made up. It's also apparently a term having to do with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... like such a big deal, but it's actually harder to make it through ... 've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  acknowledging that it is possible for anything to hurt you enough to make you cry ... intentionally, I just ended up tearing up when trying to explain a situation. I ... . The need to look young and beautiful is a shackle, the kind that you

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  Snively! So, you want a fun activity to blog about (since we all know a good ... was likely to empty out during Spring Break so a pillow fight could help ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  ?" "Isn't Black Lives Matter just a hate group? Shouldn't we be working to ... you. Here, I want to try my best to share a few moments in my life that ... up? We wouldn’t want him to be overwhelmed by a new environment.” She

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  thankfully had made a suggestion for where to eat, and we were off. Now ... it. On the way, Hawkins '12 thought it would be a good idea to dare ... made. Due to a slight (actually, major) misunderstanding, we looked

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  cafeteria- you don’t have much of a say as to what goes on it. SAT Prep Pizza ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef’s apron and tell you it’s time you learn to make your own lunch. You

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  few hours ago. I found a place to live this January when I'll be ... after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of ... language lab, meeting with a fellow EC resident and software developer to put

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  hysterical). I got up at 4:30AM on Thursday to make it to the airport in time ... a pretty long day. We got to Tampa around 11AM, checked into the hotel ... we hit the town, where I got to see a lot of my old pals from the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a ... a player, your first instincts are probably to a) run, b) find a safe ... has different goals – you need to a) help get others to safety, b

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life ... joking around and whatnot, and I’m all “hey, wouldn’t it be awesome to make ... probably one of the more epic things we’d done in a while, and proceed to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they ... civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my ... making decisions like what job to work at after college. i think we’d be in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  deciding to make some crazy pants. The first play we looked as a class was a ... moves through seven cities, trying to make her way as a dancer/actress to ... . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... , better to be thorough. 12. A bathroom caddy. Depending on you live, you'll probably have to store your bathroom stuff in your room or in a little cubby

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  meaningless art. Trying to make personal art required a lot of thinking and ... Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  -intensive, and thus require a set amount of writing. MIT makes taking four of these ... employed by writing new blog posts, and I hope to do about one a week from ... . Sometimes I'll consider a personal project I'm not attending to, or even a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... that feels to a parent (although other parents will instinctively

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  biomedical engineering, join a fraternity, and try to engineer the human body on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience ... years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006