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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  'd appreciate a quick line explaining what you're up to this summer! Thanks a lot ... to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing ... A few weeks ago, I sent this email to a bunch of my friends: Hey

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know ... instinct when seeing a flock would be to pull out my phone and snap a picture

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  . I've historically been known to be somewhat of a firecracker on campus ... to catch me on a bad day, my strong personality traits seemed to ... , really just light up a room." To which I quickly replied, "Oh, I'm just in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  , but also a way for you to get to know us better. Show up on time ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new ... a forthcoming software patch should (hopefully) fix that. I think the ... . I'll be back with a real entry very soon! Hope your summers are going

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  ! There’s nothing like seeing a silent film on the big screen ... synthesizer, a musical saw, and (my favorite) a junk, among other instruments to create the soundtrack. The film is a precursor to almost every sci-fi movie

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  ‘til the mountain closes at 4pm. We head back to the cabin, go on a run ... . I eventually made it up to a spot flat enough to put on my skis. We ... choose to take condensed classes, conduct research, work on projects, work

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite ... . There were a few giant red flags on the first day. I won't go into all of ... , but here was a deal-breaker: I went to the orientation meeting, only to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... automotive industry. I wish I had a whole day to spend there listening to the ... , we had a mere four hours there, barely finding time to check out the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  problem and are working as quickly as we can to resolve it. If you can ... questions. Have a happy new year! All best, Mikey ... - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  application and receiving your decision is a good time to focus on family ... . Lots of reading to be done! If you are a regular action applicant, please ... time to follow up on that and make sure we have it as soon as possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  new to hall, having arrived in a kennel on Delta Airlines from a place ... I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a ... " -- floors which allow residents to have a cat -- and Third East is one of them

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  Athletics Department took the initiative to build a new weight room that will ... After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  my own to the collection: Thousands of people showed up on ... 's 150th was a pretty neat event to cover: Check out these three articles ... need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  one of numerous youtube videos on how to be a ninja. (Thanks Rena. Wow ... actually a nightmare to walk on in flip-flops, but in the moments where I ... on my butt) around the ice rink a couple of times, sans costume. But

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  Virginia) to give a talk on his pulsar research. The fifth grader clutching ... astronomy professor for permission to deliver a 20-minute public talk on ... , preferably over a couple of days. If you're going to write on a board, practice

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we ... , but a lot of really cool stuff had to be left on the cutting room floor ... A new and different episode of ZigZag, MIT's video podcast, is up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  -quality poetry. Before I begin: ***A quick lesson on Shakesperian sonnet ... like a glove As time went on, I found my strengths and grew To understand ... need to give you some context: a ridiculously eventful Thursday. A BRIEF

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  this past weekend. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! A quick update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... TV, who worked tirelessly during CPW to capture our various events on video

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle ... this happens. "Typically a bus will be out of service going to the start ... then same thing — a number of those will pull back to the garage at the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022