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  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  weird being out of the norm. It's strange that I still feel that way, like ... award. Then he gave us candy, and sent us on our way to trick ... a little abnormal. It was Halloween. I was surprised to see the lack

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of ... 're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first few steps along the way," said Mr. Sahin, who plans to major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  -nighter (informal, v.):  to be awake continuously from sunset to sunrise (alternatively, civil dusk to civil dawn)  to be awake continuously for 24 hours ... might be after the end of the semester']managing everything

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  realized I wouldn't be seeing my friends for a long time, knitting has always healed me. Looping together yarn in that simple way, hands guided by forces ... the repeated patterns when there was no pattern or meaning to be found

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  application component at this time. There are still more weeks of reading to be ... able to evaluate it before selection committee begins. The best way to ... . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  . Wouldn’t it be cool to learn about the things in [EECS Opportunities List ... before the class was about to start, a package made its way to my home ... mentioned quite a bit. To be frank, I lack the attention span to pay attention

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  from Shaw's on the way back to the retirement home. Even then, nothing ... didn't realize it was going to be freezing even though it's been fairly ... ridiculous considering I grew up being taken to, and falling asleep during, San

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  to find Terminal E, and jet lagged. By that night, I was bouncing with ... metaphorically open. At the MIT museum, my favorite things had to be the ... education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  application becomes complete, it goes to the staff to be read. For applications ... (remember, we're professionals); newer readers might take 30-45 minutes to fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the ... second floor of the student center. This exhibit was put together by ... . '17, Sabrina M. '19, and Anna B.), which was officially closed to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  time and what I want this semester to be like. And then Gloria Z. '26 ... try to add it to your bag, but with everything, in a short sighted way ... back to the idea of me time to be alone that Gloria is talking about

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  nanowrimo. (by the way my mystery hunt post is coming out tomorrow morning ... -thirds of the way into book 3 of a practical guide to evil. i went on lots of ... productive i refer to when i say "i need to be productive"; that kind of just

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  months to settle back and see what it's like being here and meeting other ... enough to let slip through them. But then again I left and chose to be ... time I chose to be with friends, of which many choose to live in the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  my hall, and I expect to be detained by people. In the evenings, they ... humans of the hall, I strive to find a way to their hearts. I am excited ... necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  report or two - so I'll be able to use a few experiments to confirm or deny my hypotheses about Afrikaans. And then - for once! - I'll be able to ... class isn't meant to be an overview of logical fallacies. For 24.241, it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  to move out. For Next House, residents that weren't graduating had to check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my final exam in psychology. Even more conveniently, my room had a lot to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  tonight, Trump decided to pick Randal to be The Apprentice over Rebecca, a ... asked if he should also hire Rebecca to also be an apprentice. The crowd ... wins a competition to become the apprentice to one of the most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  conversation is refreshing" because he quickly got to asking bread ... . 5. Try new things Don't be afraid to break from routine once in a ... , his inspiration to become active in this field came from his being away

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  reading this because you might be looking to move here in the future, or ... in Maseeh. Note: This is not meant to be the definitive guide to ... work on GIR psets together, Maseeh is the place to be. Here is the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  , New Jersey, and New Hampshire. We're travelling by plane to Seattle and renting a van once there to take all the way back to Boston. We must be back ... promising I would never be late to a flight again, I was promptly late to a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017