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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  this to love, in that a loved one can be a source of rest, but at this ... day, it’s my go-to way of organizing a blog post. Or take To the ... typography, or to continue the train of thought, how words are written. I don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  did manage to find the bottle in the corners of old photos! Pardon the ... 'm willing to cover up for the sake of the newer ones. I got a [annotation ... slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  .0001: Introduction to Python Six triple O fun Is brainwashing you to join The cult of ... bus to Rochester, NY for the first round of the NCAA tournament. If you ... photos that accurately summarize my current state of existence: The

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... the wildfire burning 13 miles south of me. I'm also looking forward to ... friends because we'd have something in common to talk about or do. Of course

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  place at the end of finals week. Last night there was a dance party. Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet ... light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  the majority of my college experience, so it'll take some adjusting to ... in the midst of a lot of relationship-related conflict to be reminded ... hadn't yet begun, my roommates were able to devote a lot of time to help

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

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

  

  by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have ... formed to watch people drop a bunch of frozen pumpkins from the roof of the ... Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight

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

  Hello world!

  

  Hello to all of you readers! I'm the latest student admissions ... Atlanta, Georgia. I'm the oldest of five kids, ranging from half an hour to ... 're one of his regular readers you might have seen me occasionally comment

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  title of the film, Monkey Dance, refers to a classical Cambodian dance ... Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in ... Julie Mallozzi to do a screening of her film at your school. It's a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl, possibly the most anticipated game of 2008, came out today. Can I just say w00t? In commemoration of this momentous event, with a nod

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT's culture and ... of the interdisciplinary nature of MIT. In 2005 MIT Professor Emeritus

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been ... intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong ... to really process all of this. In a nutshell: after four incredible ... , it needs me - in many of the same ways that MIT did four years ago - to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  painted the same colors. Yuki wanted to know why I was getting rid of the ... - or better yet, make it into an aquarium to really complete the theme of ... At the beginning of the year, Rick '09 and I had a marathon carpentry

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since we're both seniors, rather than get down to business, we goofed off in ... instruction and practice in the forms of communication specific to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  cheering the water polo team to a 5-2 lead at the end of the period, we left ... . Some of the cheerleading alums came back to watch the game and cheer on ... to the musical stylings of the MIT Marching Band. I was really excited

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  '08 had seen March of the Penguins, so she knew that the best way to get ... actually planned to their home stadium and just randomly spectate at one of ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... of my essays were within word limits, and yeah, it wasn't great to cut ... important part of your application, since you have the chance to open up about

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

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  additional bed posts, after several weeks of being ghosted, I decided to regain ... disjoint construction material, a circular saw, and a handful of screws to a practical piece of furniture opened my space to all sorts of customization

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025