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  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course ... distinction between what bloggers post for us and their "personal accounts" on other platforms intended for other audiences. However, when we were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew ... little worse for wear after yesterday's heavy flying. The time to beat was ... . Adam (who we are forever and ever indebted to for his amazing flying, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved ... [email protected] if you would like more As for more Qs. How will ... requirement for this program, and I landed in Milan’s Linate airport on January

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  awesome. I woke up early this morning, 8am, for EMS drills, and although I ... . In other news, like I mentioned in my last post, the theme for East ... new hall is responsible for providing some sort of food substance for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  loud, very grand church bells, then couldn't find anything for breakfast ... just over 15,700 ft (~4.8 km). Feyi joined us for the cable car ride ... to head back into the city and catch her flight. She's off for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... stuck at home for 6 (yes, for real, thanks mister snow storm) extra days ... you. The reason I’m off campus is actually for a class that’s part of

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  after grades are available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am ... fill this form out? The form has fields for you to report your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  Season 1 of Breaking Bad and napped for a couple of hours. Anyway, we all made it in one piece. This afternoon, I arrived at my hotel and for a few ... interrogated him. Turns out that this convention center is being used for a Music

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in ... hands for a research job. I have a UROP (Undergraduate Research ... sciencey things and learning cooler sciencey things and getting paid for it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item placed on the sac tab is automatically up for grabs. This is usually food ... -- you never know what you'll find! 2) When you bake something for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  This weekend, in some order, I: 1. slept for twelve hours straight ... activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical ... about Rocky Horror: for some reason, the showing started at midnight. More

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... between July 3rd and July 9th. Rollover for the time the photo was taken and click for larger versions. The first panorama has labels, just in case you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  . Instead, for a variety of reasons, we use our own application, hosted ... MIT application is that we don't prompt for a single, longform essay ... something you do simply for the pleasure of it. Although you may not yet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  . Disillusioned and concerned for my lip health, I started looking for other sources ... of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am ... . I take every chance I get to try new places for dinner. Otafuku has a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of ... for me was the culture. I didn't realize this until I started visiting ... buildings are always open. You can easily find an open classroom for students

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  and Planning. When I RSVP-ed for this event, I totally forgot I was ... . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty ... for Food Trucks", all led by experienced food truck entrepreneurs from

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers: (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... countdown began for midnight.  FIVE!  FOUR!  THREE!  TWO!  ONE!  .... A few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  other places to drop some dough for a bite to eat. I'll leave the fun of ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians on the recommendation of the advisor for Active Minds, one of my ECs. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  been pretty business as usual, thank goodness. Take my last two days, for ... from the other day in class and add a little something to them. Just. For. You. All things for the greater glory of blogging. Fun fact No. 1: I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... MIT site, you will find the contact information for your MIT interviewer, or ... . Remember, if you are applying for the November 1 Early Action (EA) deadline

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012