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• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with ... trucks pass. It's 9 PM on Friday, and a heat wave broke this morning

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  familiar with it. Note: I had taken these on a Sunday morning before the gym ... 't have to wait for a machine. A view from outside (it's distorted...sorry, the panoramic feature on my camera doesn't always cooperate): A dark

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  that you don't need to make a special trip here; this is only if you are ... interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  As you probably remember, we are launching the new MITAdmissions ... , ExpressionEngine, is, like my mom's 16 year old minivan with 250,000 miles on ... making it hard to blog right now. So, in order to not have to migrate n

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam ... . Komen Breast Cancer Race for the Cure: We also try to visit New York City at least once a year (Witness Sam's sleeping-on-the-bus face) We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  -- but I cry a little bit anyway when I mention it on the phone to my ... The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... . February 20, 2020: I write my name on a little piece of paper, sit in 10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  : "...thanks!" They went on their merry way, and I returned to a brand new hope ... AND CONTINUE* there lives a brand new hope that's calling out to you ... . You work together to put on a production. One person's gaffe is everyone

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me ... the way, I ran into a friend in distress, who was also on his way to ... . She brought me to a giant black sharpie and wrote on my arm "Reminder

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule ... , back to having more space than a suitcase and carry on.     ... all that I could -- and wanted -- to manage on an eventful month

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... is only eight to twelve hours from Boston through New York City ... travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  whizzed by like a door violently swinging open on its hinges, revealing to ... possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... 't stop laughing as they try to stay afloat.   I feel it when I'm on a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  realized that I might not have a harmless cold after all. So I went back to ... saved the day yet again and told my classes to push back a few project ... over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to ... time has taken on a new form. From the second my head lifts from the ... , others I published elsewhere, and the rest I kept to myself, on napkins and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  done there... which is quite a lot.) As I do not intend to write an essay ... not a writing test. There are no real requirements, other than to use ... the new album... what is your take on the song English Tea?" I like Paul

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB ... might be interesting to play a little game: THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHOTO

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  will you say hi to, if a new fish is born today? 7) “Are new fishes born ... on the math diagnostic to be recommended to take 8.012, a class ... already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear ... philosophies on admissions, financial aid, and more. Each session, including Q&A ... Beginning this weekend, MIT will be going on the road with Brown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... need to be open to the, too. A lot of times, they aren't." Behind him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ... even carrying a child in the front and another in the back. I want to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018