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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  do everything possible to avoid getting sucked into the cocoon of ... 's get back to the blog. I said that I've withheld large segments of my ... admissions site. You all are trying to get a sense for what MIT is like

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  to grad school after getting some work experience aka job...for say 1 ... undergrad for several reasons (to make money, to avoid burnout, to get more ... 's somewhat easier to get into graduate school after taking a year or two off

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  walk through the tunnels to get around campus. Tunnel66 is an interactive ... animation I knew I had to get involved with Borderline. Having never been very ... of the Arts at MIT to paint a 200-foot long section of the MIT Tunnels

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  considered for Early Action. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get them to ... when trying to get in touch with them, as it may take them several days ... to have you applying to MIT through QuestBridge. Here are some FAQs

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  break this to you, but it gets worse with age. What are you doing this ... : Mechanical Engineering) Where are you, Rashed? On the way to get ice cream ... fridge…you're making me feel tempted to go get some. Before I go do that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  note to get those wheelie shoes prepubescent boys wear. 10:00 AM: Stand ... introductory physics. 3:55 PM: Leave class with Keri and Cristen to get meds and ... : "Tell him to stop faking sick so he can get free food and girls waiting on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what ... , but I'm getting a team together to take the Mobile Autonomous Systems ... -frosh get their I3 (Interactive Introduction to the Institute) housing DVD and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all getting desensitized to the negative connotation of procrastination so that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  and get to know your fellow classmates? So please consider your memory ... , March 25th? I feel there should be a dramatic chord (or small mammal) to ... be tempted to break out the blink tag. CPW is an enormous event. It

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  yet (I'll get to it later, I'm about to go to sleep...), but basically ... Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS ... ...it's kind of pathetic, I suppose, that I just figured out how to do this. But

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  're getting closer! 10:45am: A quick walk through Lobby 7, soon to be the site ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  "Restistance is Fuschia"... Getting close to solving another puzzle (maybe "X ... a few more of my favorite puzzles of yore. But now, I must get back to ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’m anxious to finish it on time so I can get started on my work for ... -house groceries to make themselves breakfast and lunch. So we get a lot of groceries ... functioning anymore so I go to sleep. Sunday 5:11 a.m. I get up to finish the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well ... , instead of trying to bust my ass to get an A instead when the rigid

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... that this was going to get done. People’s level of interest was a truly ... that we had the puzzle out. Josh ordered some Insomnia Cookies to get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  'm Vietnamese, would you tell me about how to get a scholarship from MIT?" Hi Nam ... 's just an accepted social norm that in college people really want to get to ... tests i have to give to get admission in b.tech in computers." As far as

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  sunset from the Harvard Bridge so many times, so that one was easier to get ... also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors ... do it at all. I was planning to at least get my Harvard Library ID

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

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  outside to take a break and get some fresh air. It was, however, raining, so ... friends and I decided we absolutely needed to get out, away from campus ... getting up at around 2 pm and walking to get a peppermint mocha from

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  recommended pressure and were almost ready to get back on the highway before ... need, but neither of us had the strength to get the lugnuts off the tire ... still get our gift and she decided to spare us. i picked out first band on

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025