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  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  , coming in every beat at a tempo of 146 bpm or 2.43 beats per second, so i ... walker memorial. i have known this fact for at least a year, but didn ... , because i’ve never been good at rhythm games and have relatively slow

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  café, or (dare I say it) constantly refreshing the decisions.mit.edu page. I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  web reflecting sunlight, and just as I’m snapping the photo, someone on ... Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the meantime, I've got a guest post from my friend Elaine L. '18, who also wrote ... of your control. Back in high school, I spent my summers worrying about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  , people. Life skills. ** CRAZY NOTE ** At the time I'm writing this blog entry, when I google "careers office" the MIT Careers Office is the third ... sponsored by Class of 2006, SWE, and GSC (Graduate Student Council). I'm very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  Street, near Kendall (I think)[/caption] While snapping this picture, a ... guilty I didn't work well, before giving up to write"]I lacked the attention span to work,[/annotation] I started to type away. About an email

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  major. Don't over-enroll. Per MIT policy, all freshmen are required to ... make some decisions? I'm going to ask you to go the following website and ... admit two, deny two and waitlist one. I've participated in this exercise

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high school. The days I spent at CPW felt intense – MIT is a unique place and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  work at home, working outside for my dad. No, I'm not working for Google ... than flying home during the winter. This is actually the first time I've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  . Google maps told me that it would take five, but I’m not sure if they ... A few months ago, May.  When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever Wish I could explain it better --- Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish It

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  When I was a freshman I joined a plasma physics lab. Plasma physics ... , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research. But I first became interested because if you figure out those beautiful

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  's for 29 hours per day and then lied about it on my blog. (*I plan to ... allow me to redirect you up the river*. (*I'm kidding! Please don't take ... all around. In fact, I couldn't even tell you the frictional coefficient

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  MIT as Plano West. "When I look at them, I see gears turning," Timur ... along with Albert Chang, Colin Taylor and Joanne Shih. "I know they're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  food last). as per tradition, since i'm a [annotation note="exec member ... good time. however, i subsisted on oreos, mozzarella sticks, doritos, and burgers for the entire weekend, so i did not feel great when i got home

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San Francisco. Aside from one of those double-decker tour buses, I’d never spent ... …and basically the first time I’ve lived like a real adult. My official title at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  ahead of you, Jess. I’m working as an editorial assistant for Angles (http://web ... Hi, I'm Jess L. '12. I met Yan during our freshman year (she even ... -interpolated constellations swimming in celestial gutters cluttered with light pollution. As I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  -tech industry (at companies like Google, Microsoft, Linear, Analog Devices, etc ... Microsoft or Google) cite it as one of the most educational and useful classes ... : What made you want to go to a different school for your masters? I had

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... % pure silk” scarves as gifts. However, I was skeptical of these scarves as soon as I unboxed them. The packaging was incredibly suspicious, with the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  is Quynh Nguyen and I’ve always wanted to be an admissions blogger. Unfortunately, I forgot about the application deadline my freshman year (let this be a lesson to all of you – use your Google calendars!) and thus missed

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013