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• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  move on and pursue another dream -- and whatever else the Institute would ... -age eligible, I competed on the international Junior Grand Prix Circuit in ... Sectionals. I love to compete, and its what drives me through hell weeks on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  Boston living prices, I sent out a poll on [annotation note="A mass email ... those who are and aren't on meal plans--and non-essentials ("unnecessary ... response on dormspam vs how much money you spend."]summary stats

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure ... .   But the more I think on it, the more I realize I had no idea

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  first song i learned on a dance team at MIT. every time i hear this, i ... excitement of performing this dozens of times on stage Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom ... , regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  ever joining the group on an adventure through the woods of New Hampshire ... Tetazoo. Last spring, I joined Tetazoo on an adventure to Rumney, New ... on a rather painful hike in the snow. This camping trip was a little

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  get the most of your time on campus. The first question I often hear ... student each day (perhaps the President's Welcome on Friday and the Closing Variety Show on Saturday) but mostly I hope you will encourage them “do

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  here are some thoughts on making this a worthwhile and even enjoyable ... (perhaps the President's Welcome on Friday and the Closing Variety Show on ... figure out if they are comfortable and at home on our campus and the best

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  ridden on an airplane? During the Holiday Season? Without your Super ... miscounted, you could have been on that one." "You definitely have a seat on ... on another airline. Let me transfer that ticket." "What? They say we

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... of paper and important looking stuff on it. I gave the guy staffing the ... from this experience: MIT values different parts of its mail depending on

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  headings in bold and you can skip around as you see fit. On reward as a motivation. So by way of introduction, it is 9:50 AM on a Friday morning. I have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  semester. On the flip side, most of the Conner 2 freshmen are in that class ... is now.) Anyway, I know I got some quality naptime in on Friday, which was good because I was up bright and early on Saturday. I showed up at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  played a similarly important role, proposed that we work on an emoji ... , started working on building one, and today they launched it. As I wrote in ... ). Users move hands around the dial to ask a question, relying on layered

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the ... I experienced when I got on campus. It’s a moment I won’t ever forget ... year, I’m taking on a slightly different role. A smile forms on my face

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We ... order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  by quiet, I mean crazy, of course.  I live on Tetazoo, after all. I ... Microstructural Evolution of Materials.  It is all about materials on the ... than 3.022, I am working on my management minor with 15.812 and 15

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I'm enthusiastic about food nonetheless. On a scale from 1-10, where 1 ...  (Chinese and Japanese food) over on Beacon Street, Trident (a smorgasbord of sandwiches and breakfast stuff) on Newbury Street, Flour (a bakery and cafe) on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  , crunchy mass on the countertop over Labor Day weekend. I stayed in bed ... already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... reservation was still open in Firefox. “Alright! Get on.” Seven hours, four

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  on the street or in the hall, data (avatars, game stats, points, etc ... carry this sucker around with me at all times. I bank on the fact that MIT has a bunch of people that will buy a new system on launch day and thus

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  don’t have any carry-ons, the guard who is supposed to simply check to see whether your ID matches the name on your boarding pass will feel it ... again, you might be lucky enough to be put into business class on the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  played against someone in the back seat holding on the car ride over in his ... of the two dozen folks who went to Peru for the weekend went hiking on Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010