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  New York, New York

  

  one of the directors of undergraduate writing at Massachusetts Institute ... grade of one. The longest, about 400 words, got the top grade of six. In ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  released — the few quiet hours that Ben once called the eye of the storm — I ... I wanted to open my decision alone so we could get the argument out of ... the 2019s in anticipation of pi day by Yuliya K. '18 (2015): but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  and paint it back at the end of the year. Just so my readers know, I ... couple. :) Nicole R. asked: "Do most of the dorms have bunk beds or two ... campus is mostly the opposite of pretty. But it is an ugliness that I like

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight savings time. There's nothing like enjoying the only 25 hour day of the year by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  says something along the lines of: people are their blades! bluntness ... dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... of the confusion at the time i thought going from spiky to soft also

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21 ... of secretly plundering the game, he decided to go to the Ontario ... some extremely moral person because I didn't take advantage of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  Fund which supports women UROP students pursing research in the School of ... filling out timecards. All of this information can be found on the UROP ... analysis And the list goes on and on. But of course, doing a UROP is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption ... , working faster: psets, labs, and readings each week new. The art of being

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pics from the WMBRBQ! Do You Like College Radio??

  

  great shows, like Bats in the Belfry, The Hot Rat Sessions, The..., and of ... of live shows back to normal. This makes events like the WMBRBQ so epic ... part of the station!   [carousel image1="103689" image2

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be settled?) by the Writers Guild of America. Without writers, the show has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  of The compressive properties and function-composition relationships of ... summer internship? So one of the services MIT provides is the Career ... tough deciding which one I'd like. The allure of one offer is that their

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  transportation, and this is a problem. Alternative evolutions of the bicycle ... of the images for a better view!][/caption]Why settle on a bicycle? Why not tricycles, for extra stability and a flair of whimsy? Become the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the ... , the class is about making games using a framework called Love. One of ... programming course, so no real experience is required! One of the reasons I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to ... , hang out with my brothers, and try to ride out the worst of it. But ... have our own power plant and all of the wires are underground), so as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  busy for students, too, as today was the third day of classes at MIT. Two ... of the cool stuff that's available... ... For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... food I go to the Ocean State Job Lot, one of the best stores for $5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  , inspired me to draw the comic above. There are a lot of nebulous feelings I ... of this particularly difficult semester and the beginning of summer ... in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  parents cheered us on and wished us good luck the morning of? So much seemed ... seemed to be simple. It was easy to identify what was at the top of the ... 's waiting at the top of them. The ladders seem infinite, and my path through

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  the present, lingering in corners of the past. revisiting things that ... my life. because the reality is, there's not a lot of new and exciting ... high school, but times that i remember with the sort of fondness that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in Early Action.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2017! This is what you look like right now:     Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011