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• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same ... would be away from home for at least 3 months until Thanksgiving. The ... temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a ... the former second-best Goldeneye player in the world if it weren't for a ... 's it. It's rare for any freshman to live in Burton-Conner for more than

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real ... the snooze button for two hours, or even accidentally turn off the alarm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... FOR THAT MATTER) ALONE! (Except for Justice Clarence Thomas who claims ... looks to his or her peers for validation or rebuttal. He is overly

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  every day. I actually do cook for myself almost every night, but I haven ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... elective credits for that exam? Information about that can't be found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Corp, making textile inventions like a faulty needle sensor for knitting ... biomedical devices, solar devices, aids for the handicapped, industrial systems ... develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  sophomore year in 1935. Luckily for the history of organic chemistry, he was ... for that class. RB was entering his last semester at MIT when he ... for the tests to be rescheduled . Upon his graduation in Spring 1936

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  , and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a ... translated into "M.I.T." Then I got a dreidel and geld for Hanukkah and some kind of delicious Kosher jelly candy for passover, both stuffed into my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Okay, I must really be starved for questions if I'm now answering ... dining halls, it's good for all of them. So if you live in Next and you ... for the house (if you're still confused as to why the FSILG houses care

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... that we admitted. We're proud of you - for being who you are - and proud of ourselves for finding you. Second, it was a celebration of simply

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  do the same for others last year. Within the blogger team, Kano, Anika, and Gloria also mentor for Metropolis! It's a pretty good gig. We're typically responsible for running one open hours session and one equipment

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... woman, especially Mulan of all women, was catastrophic.) For this spring ... 'lightning lane' for specific rides as opposed to the normal ride. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  .  And it feels just as surreal as it felt when I got to campus for the ... in the picture!?), reality hit for the first time. In just seven months ... grown up with for the past seven years will go different ways. In seven

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  my family has migrated every winter for more than a decade. It ... way there, then stop by a QuickPrint station in the Infinite for paper to take notes on and Café 4 for coffee. I find a seat in the back row

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ? What kind of extra cource work we have to do considering for admission ... , activities, and essays section of the application, I needed more room for a few ... thinking of sending in a DVD of a video I created for my church's Vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies ... last Friday for early action?" And Andrea wrote, "For the standardized ... in by Nov 1?" And Anon2 wrote, "What is the deadline for mailing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within ... ?" I am! You can see the schedule for the entire MIT Office of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... execution is not there. I have SO MANY ideas for projects and blogs and things

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  1. Why I didn’t think I would be a good fit for engineering. I came ... cognitive sciences as my major for one simple reason: because it was cool, and ... wandering to new things – I wanted to do something that mattered, and for me

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —it lingered in my mind for days after. How was it possible for a group of ... elaborate for musicals than for concerts or dances. Maybe a musical puts more effort into crafting a specific experience for the audience. But that can

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025