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• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  , everyone sporting Rush T-shirts from years past; on the back of each shirt is ... cooked on EC’s very own grills, iconic for being there every single day of ... later on that I did want this. And honestly? It’s a breath of fresh air

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  last friday a lot of my friends walked at commencement after a speech from tim cook and a ceremonial turning-of-rings. this class especially -- "my" class -- carries a lot of people who taught me how to care, how to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  the beginning of the semester, is beginning to bear down on me with all ... really nice language that isn't full of warts...but on the upside, me not ... . Karger, on planar point location: "It helps if you think of two dimensions

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  top 25 albums of 2007?! Come on, Blender.), when it occurred to me that ... regret it afterwards. I don't plan on becoming one of them. If that means ... Near the end of winter break, I was sitting in an uncomfortable

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  mild sense of laughter in your chest, perform it, and move on. Noot ... reasons, and I was responding to an email on my phone at the end of a busy ... [annotation note="read, they still haven't kicked me out of the group

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl ... swing of things. Speaking of which… Deciding on my classes: It’s my ... people on assignments, and it is wonderful. Part of the joy of MIT is being

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... kinds of them — from people who are still young and also some who are old

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  calling new students and chatting with them about MIT. I've participated in ... is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  on the grandiose vision of ‘goodness’ I had settled on at the age of ... you of that. Today on the walk back to Next, I watched a gaggle of ... twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  (and residents!) got to ride around our courtyard on two horses, one of ... our bucket full of hotdogs and a handful of buns and embarked on a ... CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  Chesapeake area, you were given a bit of a treat on Monday night. Several people affiliated with MIT put on a live webcast from 77 Massachusetts ... -esque level of social awkwardness isn't - but even some of that praise verges on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  : silence and song. Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the ... dilly dallying on my phone while songs flood the space. Moments of ... The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5. Score 2300+ on the SAT. Earn a 4.0 GPA. Participate in math team

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  resources and help to be found. On top of that, the lecturer, Professor Terman ... semester is going to be class heavy because I'm doubling up on HASS classes ... ) last semester I'm finally able to jump into a couple of the CS classes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I ... peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  near you. Or theatre, if you're on the wrong side of the Atlantic. In ... Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  sophomore arrived: ICE ICE BABY It all looked really nice on the night of ... delivery was on the final day before dead week, or that time of the semester ... now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring's design, which I covered

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get really excited about snow. The ones who keep yapping on about how pretty the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked ... particularly conscious of the magnitude of this selection process, given the ... decisions, we utilize a wide range of sources to help confirm and validate our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  default to one of these shirts. Anyways, as I was unpacking my clothes for this semester I happened to stumble upon two fresh new victims. So, I ... want a better version of a t-shirt blog, check out Aiden's here. But

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025