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• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair ... : For 108 years now, Tech Night at the Pops has been one of the most ... together for an exclusive concert and a rousing rendition of the alma mater

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... down to the fact that we don't have room for every excellent student who ... choices for college, though. We need to hear more about them. And parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  harvest the cap. But alas it was simply not attainable for reasons detailed in this dormspam I sent out of desperation: I will pay $15 for an H2GO ... resorting to dormspam. Best, Audrey bcc'd to dorms green hills software green for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  supposed implications for all forms of human text generation. For reasons ... . However, it certainly does pose interesting questions for pedagogy ... /W is also the departmental home for the MIT Writing and Communication

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  Conner's Porter Room, but since the dorm is closed for renovations, it took ... so many alumni came back for dtyd L, but boy do i wish i was there to ... . For DTYD L, literally hundreds of alumni flocked back to MIT to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... exploring it for four years. CJ: If by exploring you mean “living on campus ... -188! We have the room number! We’ve attended this institution for two whole

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  many others for the past month. I'm not going to, nor would I like to ... /criticize anyone for what they've done. Instead, I'm going to give you the facts, as ... undermine our shared goals for the safety, health, and academic success of all

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I've been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... decisions will be made available online for RA '06, but we are working on it

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  Layla, for sending it to me and knowing i would love it ... for college"][/annotation], I'll give you the feeling the movie gave me ... anyone in my life for granted. Similarly, my brain is swimming in all the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  now. For better or for worse, everything about me has changed. I want to ... , and really opened up. I played music in front of people for the first ... shell. I had developed a real confidence in my self for the first time in

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason ... the delicious dishes that people have cooked up. For Conner 2, my floor ... clear the M does not stand for anything else, contrary to what my floor

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... grad dorms are pretty easy for me to forget. Participate in a UROP… or ... on an intramural basketball team for about 3 semesters now! We play in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023