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  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a ... forward to, almost from the moment they first slip the ring on their finger ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  my poster and have to rely on the copy that my friend Anna has hanging ... , "I can't wait until I get to MIT and brush shoulders with Nobel Prize ... Professor Solow is on the far right. I especially wanted to blog about this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  for 6.046. I put it on the top shelf to avoid the oil paint rubbing off everywhere; I wonder if, on some level, I also wanted to shame myself for ... calligraphy ink, and dries shiny. You’re supposed to wait a few weeks before

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  out" but that's a tough philosophy to motivate yourself on. As astute ... and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... pertains to our adorable half-scale prototype. Right now I'm working on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  how they were able to fully commit to working on anti-aging when it ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like ... patience to watch the office in its entirety but was able to get through the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . Silbey let out a huge, surprised yawp before proceeding to lay on the desk ... . You'll get people who teach well but whose research doesn't live up to ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  plan for each of your targets with details of how you want it to be ... while. i was working on reducing data to get light curves of Alinda, a ... targets to become high enough to be visible because we were unclear on the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on--that you're ... garment bag around to medical school interviews. (I actually got that bag on ... much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  . one reason is so that, when i get up every morning, and get ready to go out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... shibboleth. when you go to turn your rat around today, please, take a moment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... alone. It’s hard to value companionship until you’re starved of it, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  of trying to get student rush tickets for Wicked (the untold story of ... touch of procrastination, we decided to go for it on Wednesday. Because ... —so close to the stage that we could see the details on the costumes, the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  , and I get off the bus to find a seat on coach. I'll be here until ... ’t seen most of the United States. My cousin’s getting married on June 30th ... blue: I’ll be on the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago, then

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  breakfast, mess around for a bit, and embark on my journey to 6-120, my ... getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... somehow will myself to trudge over to Stud5 to try and get some semblance of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  run, there's still time to change the road you're on and it makes me ... growth. When I look back on all of the long drives west from Long Island to ... -of-age movies. When I decided to take a gap year, I wasn't sure if I'd get that

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... get off campus for awhile. I'm even more confident to not continue on ... TV and fridge, sure- you're welcome to put whatever you'd like into

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  now, getting on to dusk, and I am thinking of heading home soon ... the kids trudged past to their classes, and I wondered how I would have ... to do this. Find your own rhythm. Experiment. Record your fleeting

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  right before your alarm goes off, or you put on that favorite sweatshirt ... down your bags and sigh because it feels so good to be home? Yeah. That ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  , my dad texted me to confirm plans to come get me on Sunday. I made ... like? How would it have felt to get to watch my friends in the Class of ... section to help remember how novel COVID-19 felt compared to the domestic

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  down to our turkey dinner. Um, hello? How about we skip the hosing and go ... get my picture taken to be even more authentic. My mother is not so ... work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005