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• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  to the linearity of time, hence this preoccupation with the future: the ... off to work in New Zealand instead of grinding away on problem sets in ... It seems to me that we swath an imaginary future world in pretty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall ... How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  stage of grief so demanding" and "maybe you riot for nothing—it's just a ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i wake up and i'm already tired. i no longer know if i want to go to my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation ... [/annotation]. A lot of the people reading this are probably starting on their Common

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  . Welcome to my dorm's implementation of CPW! MAC.0001: Introduction to Mac ... for other people to cook better food and deliver it to them). Much of Mollie B. '06's post re:MacG remains true, but I may need to update some of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  suggested that memorial gifts be made to the Jimmy Fund of the Dana ... turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... surrounding Briggs Field: Helicopter flyby: Thousands of people packed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of it. This morning I got to go to class as it rained ice (yes, ICE

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  the same time? That's how exams are here. Most of the time they're all in different weeks so that you have one or two exams to take every two weeks or so. But then there is this one week that just happens to fulfill

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  I used to play Pokemon. I won't lie. One could possibly say that ... involves a bunch of artistic cows placed over the city. A friend of mine has decided that she wants to catch them all with her camera this summer; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  I am excited to let you know that things are looking fairly good for ... juncture. I'm hesitant to post this because I don't want to get your hopes up ... , and things look good, but we need a few more weeks to be sure. Due to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other ... with any schools. If you ranked MIT as one of your College Match schools ... send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the Quest ... 're welcome to enter our Early Action or Regular Action cycle. We'll send an ... your QuestBridge application to apply through Early Action. You may use
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools ... -- he knows, according to his own estimate, 70% of the skiiers on the US ... Dave '07 go to the store and buy many, many pounds of bacon (both piggy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  someone to notice that I was adamant on skipping meals because of how I felt ... weeks" or "Get rid of that chub ab exercises". I would go to my room every ... and a feeling of cowardice and defeat. When I finally came to college

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  more of a reflection than a guide because there's no definitive guide to ... aiming to graduate early may try to maximize the number of classes they ... , contiguous chunk of free time in my schedule, then I try to avoid these kinds

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  figured I need to actually do something constructive. Those of you in AP Lit ... decide to drop the class, too. So I go and unpack, get a hold of MY little ... . The three of us decide to visit The Friendly Toast, an awesome breakfast

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the ... represents making it half way, as well as is one of the main symbols to signify ... On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs ... I really want to help undermine the value of the physical public ... back to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in less than 2 weeks. What

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011