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  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  like spring, and I could almost see down the path of the months to come ... hall on campus). Probably more than half of MIT freshmen are going to be ... not, I will have lots of pals to suffer with.   6.009 is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  * Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs ... . * Super Mario Brothers 3. * The death of Richard Feynman (abdominal cancer). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  new data and apply novel ways of thinking to improving the driving ... , product development, even the head engineer of GT cars, who happens to be an ... lots of discussions - easy to imagine for a group of architects

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  ; etc. In short, this is for you to get a sense of some seniors ... final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  decisions to bed. The weather here was so bad that nothing moved on Friday. As of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  how painfully obvious that was. Of course you have to do your best. How ... were something to be proud of... (It's really, really, really not ... of how close I was to starting over, and HOW INCREDIBLY MUCH I'VE YET

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  . A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one:   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the letters on all of these doors have been hand-lettered by one man, Glenn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  to all the places I wanted to see, wasn't taking advantage of being ... it's an important part of the culture. Students do not apply to Cambridge University as a whole, but instead apply to a specific college, of

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  year of calibration for me in many ways, beyond just adjusting to a ... changed majors to [annotation note="one variation of the mechanical ... peace, an outlet to make myself feel whole and sane. I’m excited to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  the number of people who have died from laughing too hard I decided to ... question singular bold of you to assume I would ever go on a campus tour ... just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off ... tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  , and subsequent coordination of shirts and sweaters. Then, we have to ... ’ve had a lot of chances to practice!). We are at Ben ‘12’s house for dinner ... Now, I know I’ve had a tendency to bury the lede a bit, (although I

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class. After exploring the Minuteman trail (including a statue of Uncle Sam; did ... MIT's campus to take some pictures of MIT"s newest sport. I started out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  writing. But it took me out on the commuter rail to a part of the state ... in over a month. Just a lot of loose ends to tie up, you know? I ... actual deadline for the senior thesis that I am now desperately trying to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  of the Weinberg Lab. To be honest, I'm actually incredibly jealous (who ... 'm headed to my last class of a day, an hour-and-a-half lecture ... (and see?) more about the fruits of our meeting later. At 5:00 I'm due to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  several weeks building them in lab. We're so excited to launch (and to finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023