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• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  specific types of content. Second, I've decided to display portlet content by ... functionality a bit to make sure you're seeing new stuff all the time. The major ... with the authors of our features. I think we'll be able to get there in

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not ... experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... , and channeling Michael Phelps.) What're you going to miss? Your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  summer. I wanted to spend time with my family, and I needed to get off ... chances of finding a job were pretty dismal, so I tried to compensate by ... open yourself to opportunities. Important tips for bluffing your way

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teachers sufficient time to write on your behalf, they will get your letter ... write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  on reuse, and if you get email pushed to your phone, you can get some ... breakfast? Go for it! Don't want to go to class? You won't get in trouble! Want to give me a plasma screen TV for free? Be my guest! Remember, you're

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... are meant to commemorate attributes from only the class. If you google

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  been hiking and exercising a lot, and trying my best not to get burned by ... have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don ... surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I

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

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  consulting. "If you're an M.I.T. grad and you're going to get paid $50,000 to ... getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... , "by the time your roommate is out of grad school, you've been promoted

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  to be shot by Boston police). At around 11:15 Dan and I prepared for ... to provide the chance to participate in random, spontaneous, fun events ... gathering of similar magnitude to my past adventures. This one, a

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  work to get grants, artists get stuck in bubbles that make it hard for them to broaden their horizons, and students like me get swayed by status ... , and the realistic impulse to be a part of and be recognized by the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  have to drive a long way to get to anything. This was the first time ... people in attendence in Denver, by far the biggest crowd we spoke to on ... Albuquerque, but we had decided ahead of time to break up the drive by staying

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  't too many people passing by, our mom suggested to just play her music ... beyond the *literal* shuffle-shuffle-i'm-so-cold-and-need-to-get ... urops, and often, it feels like the only way to keep up with it all is by

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I ... even put them on the MIT Class of 2012 website SO if you wanted to put a ... - they're affixed to a placard next to the door). Also, we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  ! The first time is absolutely terrifying...but you get used to it. I ... my tan is fading I guess it's time to get back to work. One month until ... me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  just can’t seem to get your essays the way you want them to be. Hear my ... research. I miss going to college websites and reading through all of their ... I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  . It goes out to Meder! Solve it to understand why...) Today was a ... officers are expected not to come into the office (where there can be ... at Diesel Cafe. Reading is kind of like studying: everyone needs to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  things that cover your shoes to stop soft ice from getting into them, so my ... starting to feel warm. When you get too warm, water leaves your body and ... words again. But then I thought that I may never get to call "Big Rock

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... decided I'd have to trick it into social interaction by giving it chances to ... once you make one friend you often get a bonus prize consisting of your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  , we get to watch great films by legendary directors like Chaplin, Keaton ... a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... other hand, you're given an enormous amount of variety to select your

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008