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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  to do with peanut butter. Thirty minutes later we were still arguing. A ... Alright, it's been a good five days since our blogs have come online, and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be ... to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually ... a method of producing charcoal bricks out of natural waste materials

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  Today - or I guess, now yesterday - was a special day on 5th East ... birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... The Associated Press has a nice story about "Gap Years" that has been ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  hall meal plan, and some (like me) do a bit of both. At least once a ... There's a lot that happens after 5PM. 1 // Sunday [caption id ... I once took for granted tasted like a Michelin star meal. On Sunday

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  When I brought up at a blogger meeting that I was thinking about writing a blog post about quizbowl, somebody said, "What's quizbowl?" So of course I had to say, "Now I'm definitely writing a blog post about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because it’s about MIT students doing what they do best: Awesome stuff. Last April, a group of four sophomores, who are all incoming GEL students, won

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  answers) I'll do a full wrap-up to compliment Yan's. We were on different ... of the Show on G4 tomorrow, they're doing a feature on Mystery Hunt ... Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  ship it all the way across the country. But we do, so I started packing a ... heavy and shipping would cost me my soul. Other than that, it's a good way ... that I found a little odd: "Yearbook from high school as a conversation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

    You’ve probably heard this a million times in various iterations, but MIT is a kaleidoscope of vastly different people, all of us ... think in many ways reflects his individuality and personality, and is a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  work we're doing. Another picture is of Tish '10, a student in the MIT ... a research team with professors and their grad students, doing real ... a hotel in Portland Oregon absolutely surrounded by prefrosh. Why am I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  ’s because we love what we do and who we do it with. MIT is a hard place, as ... This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT Formula SAE team! Eight years ago, her brother, Kevin C. ‘17, wrote a guest

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  us as role models - and all we have to do is talk about a topic we like ... I love everything about Splash. I love waking up at 8am on a Saturday and bouncing out of bed. I love wearing headphones in a hipster

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are ... you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action ... email address that you used for your QuestBridge application. Do not
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  . Do not begin a first-year application in our application portal until ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any ... . Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a Quest
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  it might be more interesting to do research than to do nothing, a ... , and doing classwork will feel like a slog. But maybe that's just the ... number, confirm my address is still valid. "Do you still live in 362

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... halfway there." And I'd repeat this throughout the class. It became almost a ... on and so forth. I feel like I'm doing that with my time here at MIT

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  Occasionally, we bloggers get together and do cool things that are ... 't until 6 AM by MIT rules. Elizabeth was kind enough to organize a trip to ... somewhat early) and a large proportion of the bloggers were probably still

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

   usually do on a Sunday morning with the dog, my partner, and the wood stove cranking  (even when it's too warm out), I flipped to a big section titled 24 ... pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be ... materials, class presentations and assignments. I also assisted with a ... regarding health and productivity. The host: The IFMR is a very

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011