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• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Mechanical Engineering Pre-Orientation Program, I was shuttled off on a tour of ... sensation of a vertical nap. -One fine night, I fell asleep on a roof ... started to look less like a container for storing robots and more like an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  service, and so on April 21st I got up at a ridiculous hour to watch people ... while listening to Kelis under a sign labeled "THE YARD". I have all of ... adequately describe the incredible sight of 20,000+ people on their way to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  work on these essays is up to you! My only advice is to read Chris S ... . Instead, for a variety of reasons, we use our own application, hosted ... MIT application is that we don't prompt for a single, longform essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  , it will potentially involve re-programming a WiiMote. To that end, my coworker sent me some links to a project that his friend had worked on, which ... Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  students now have a whole bunch of stuff on their MyMIT portal, including ... information to match you with a host & living group. Some living groups are ... Floor. Give us a clue as to what will work best for you. We'll have a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases ... working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a ... admissions officers sat next to me at a college fair last week in Chicago

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  -control aircraft to fulfill a number of mission requirements, and do it better and ... attendants standing next to patients on gurneys. The plane also has to be able to taxi for 40 feet on corrugated roofing. The theme is different every

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  procrastinating! A few answers to common questions: Please remember that if ... mailed materials (e.g. recommendations, etc.) time to show up on the ... you haven't yet done so, you must click the "Submit" button on your EA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  allowed to say that on here?) I do, however, care whether YOU win or lose ... than done, but try to remain a semi-reasonable human being. Don't hole yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... on the impact. (thanks 11.011) There's no one way to measure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  stereotype was one of the things that turned me off to CMU. It wasn't until a ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... Sciences, a former admissions officer and current employee of Open

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement on the right hand side already says —  that the 2.s009 product launch ... 's flagship hands-on courses, with a class budget larger than some offices at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  This was a fantastic session, short enough to appeal to beginners, but long enough to achieve a little harmony and inner peace. If you're on campus and free on Monday nights, I highly encourage you to attend!

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... 'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Princess Leia" and "When You're Good to Jabba" and "City on a Cloud" and "One ... space in a Turkey vs. Spam entry, just in case you were planning to go see ... Rather than working on the 12-page paper on green fluorescent protein

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  blurry memories of restaurants, relatives, and a zoo. I flew over to ... breath. Between our cousin threatening to toss him off a bridge and ... , people order a bunch of food to taste and share together. The entrees were

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  on this. I can't really find a good way to put it, but I think I ... 'm taking a psychology class to fill a HASS requirement and Cambridge students ... ... I think we started early breakfast to make it to lecture on time

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon ... you can be a part. Sincerely, Kirk Kolenbrander Senior Advisor to the ... invited to have lunch, there was clearly a 100% chance that there would be a

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and ... “girly girls” were smart. When I grew up a little I started to feel the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017