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  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big, fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky. I start to think that I could ... Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a ... top of it. So I woke up Monday morning to find that there was a five ... occurrence, because I happen to live next to the president of the MIT Sport

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  credit to Mitra Many of you have seen that the MyMIT portal is down. No ... stereotype was one of the things that turned me off to CMU. It wasn't until a ... , contrary to what you might think because of its steel industry heritage, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  upcoming thesis defenses. Those posters have a kind of soul to them ... , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and ... biologist not to care about the happiness of beings that their naked eyes can

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... processing of all submitted materials. Items are not posted directly to your ... processing of all materials at this busy time. If you need to switch from

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  helicopters carry their relatively miniscule payloads of water (relative to the ... it's certainly a problem crying out to be solved. The summer/fall of ... have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... " to the end of it. "But it's black beans and rice flambé, Mom!" didn ... live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  be written, so let it be done! Best of luck to everyone. ... As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  hall to a post somewhere on Instagram. I even have a little sticker of ... .  A Tale of the Widest Tim of All the Land Part 1: Born to be WIDE What ... , exactly 3 years ago today, I welcomed MIT’s Class of 2024 from quarantine to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus ... many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... longer. I don't think I've ever quite emptied a tube of toothpaste to this ... , incidentally, lasted all of 1 whole day for us (no!)] went to cheerleading

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... not studying, but managing to oversleep and forfeit 5 minutes of the ... final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  to be the least glamorous and least enjoyable part of the overall ... 't really want to bore you with the details of things I throw away, except ... As of noon today, I am officially done with my first year at MIT. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you're competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... wanted to major in, and, hey, if one of the professors in the department

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  much more visible than they used to be. The presence of merely married ... 92 days. Lately everyone seems to be asking me how I am. Are you ... doting quite flattering, to be honest, and it's been very sweet to see how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  of this semester. Perhaps even enough to compensate for the fact that ... .006 Introduction to Algorithms This class focuses on “mathematical modeling of ... back to square one. I take this class with the inmates of the Norfolk

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if ... . You see, one of the things I want most to get out of freshman year is to ... . But one of the things I learned to do in Design/Build/Fly was soldering

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  generation of other undocumented engineers to strive for a greater goal. Now ... , subject to renewal every two years and only in effect for the duration of President Obama’s presidency. One of the students’ top goals is to win the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To ... semester, it's easy to forget that there exists an entire world outside of ... developing countries to improve their quality of life. One of our projects, for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the journey of that week, and what it's like to have both a mix of soccer and ... how to improve the litter removal process from highways. After a ton of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023