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  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  of time for blagging. Good thing they got Sniv to cover it as well. But ... -rotor helicopter that can be used for search-and-rescue missions, and maybe someday ... for my boyfriend on that stage. And the night after, BJ Novak was going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  Nick, who was recently sued by Apple for defending free speech on the ... registering for normal MIT classes - you have a separate form that needs to be ... fellows); and of course there's the whole dressing up for class thing. (I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... some of them for more information about the case. But the contacts won

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any ... – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  for people who have decided to switch dorms. Final dorm assignments go ... don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... 's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... tea for lunch, and then I take a caffeine pill because a large black tea will not cut it for today. It’s a pretty quick meal, and I run into a few

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... responsible for the bad quality on half of these pictures. Blame the tech, not ... decorated with more winter things. My high school went mildly hard for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... floor's events! For example, my floor is holding[annotation note ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution ... go on. The five of us hopped on the shuttle to wait for the others to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  you to parse through the poorly-developed Wikipedia pages I linked for ... of toxic relationship with linguistics. For example, I did a UROP in linguistics for an entire year, and I loved it, but by the end I felt like I was

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... rescheduling or simply asking for forgiveness. Everyone was more than ... for an extension. I did what I could of the problemset, I sent off that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  at MIT. These classes aren't for credit and if you're an undergraduate student, you can become an Art Scholar and receive a scholarship for a class ... got in trouble a few times for doodling on my desk. But during my time

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many ... page. For most MIT bloggers, that change is documented, like dozens of ... to Do It. A few weeks ago, I was searching for 8.02 ASE materials for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  that you're doing for fun. It sounds really silly, but… it's pretty easy ... excuse for spending seven hours the other day listening and recording and ... effort for something that didn't end up looking too great. I mean, I had to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  situation especially bittersweet. for me, it's my former dorm, Burton Conner ... to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for ... few months in a building I won't return to for years influence my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  choices made for this building. The color scheme in particular annoys me, as ... ="I know theyre important for energy efficiency, etc,, but they have these ... Jeffery Gibson. This work was specially commissioned by MIT for its

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... 't ready for it. Sure enough, I woke up on Saturday morning with awful muscle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... there for the dodecahedron jungle gym that's in front of the pond area. It's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020