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  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  not located at MIT during Thanksgiving break. However, I was able to ask ... think it shows that we’re all people. And at some point, being a friend to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  there I was one afternoon at MIT, talking to Dumbledore in his office ... ? No. At some point, there’s too much scatter between a set of options ... by German, and at work I was surrounded by stellar spectroscopy and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  week, someone from my hall at MIT asked, “When are you coming home to 1E ... directions, and if I go out at sunset, I get dizzy from spinning under all the ... Library. Twice. Sat in a serene fake temple at the Museum. Saw masterpieces

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  LinkedIn. My pageviews are down 80% from last week, when they peaked at an ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... hit me at Chipotle because I was too focused on the due date to pay

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  possible kind of way) and awesome people. I can't imagine being here at MIT without them. *At no point in time were we in danger of starving to death

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  Tuesday • Put a bird on it at the admit gathering in Portland, OR ... • Live that aloha life with your fellow Hawaiian admits at a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting ... semester, and I jumped at the chance of signing up (as did Chel R. ‘15, who ... tempted to go back, revise, and maybe attempt at writing and drawing a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the ... should also look at Andrea Silverman '05's photo essay on the Glass Lab

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  -or-treating. The day started off like most Fridays, with 20.110 at 10am, followed by a 5.13 at 11am. As we entered the 5.13 lecture hall, our costumed TA ... greeted us at the front of the lecture hall: Professor Buchwald dressed

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you ... : next on my calendar is the Siemens Regional Finals, hosted here at MIT by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT I GOT CAT This past weekend, I rushed my mom and sister to come visit me at MIT because I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  can’t go eat at Flour Bakery literally every day. I want to eat ... dancing, and I told him that I liked it, but I wasn’t very good at it. He looked at me and laughed. “I noticed.” (But really, FAP was fun. Do FAP

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  – they're not great – but as the blogs already have four years of Keri-is-not-good-at ... first day of school in the United States, at the start of third grade, was less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us ... , he didn't get to eat any Angel Food Cake. He only got to look at six

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of ... ) at HackMIT last October. Then called "ImagesAsText," he took home

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  by your accomplishments, whether academic, athletic, or at home ... mind: “At the end of his wits, his mind reeling from all of the bad news

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  Meeting Of The Year. I woke up at 8:30 to my alarm, turned it off, and *actually* woke up at 9:30, this time to the aroma of cinnamon rolls. One of ... of finishing all my requirements at the last minute like that has been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  locally at MyMIT. One of the differences between the Common App and the ... know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  have such great concentration skills. We used to be a varsity sport at ... the team! The competition was at West Point Military Academy, and we ... weekend, and I know that we'll do awesome.   Caving At the beginning

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013