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• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  was this: people prefer to tell us about the things they think we ... ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... , is that Varsity Club didn't really seem to be an important part of Erin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  archetypes, if you will: [annotation note="Because of how I chose to divide the ... of any class, but it helps demonstrate the differences I want to show ... student has to take. The strongest examples of problem set classes are the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  we were asked to do it four days before the event, so we had three days to prepare, and i shrivel from embarrassment every time someone ... spinning to redeem myself and wipe that talk from my memory. [caption id

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  memorabilia from the school year! He has yet to successfully hold ALL of ... , wholesome sticky notes given to us by freshman in the program at the final FAP ... arcade that we went to the last time we hung out with our high school

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... Bunnies for my birthday (credit to the wonderful Kristen Y. '19 and Jamie C

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  in the friendliest sense of the phrase. His trip to Whole Foods ended ... out to be invisible until right after everyone leaves the dinner table ... -sweet BBQ sauce that makes me want to weep honeyed, tangy tears of the same

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... prove it to you. Dominating our Conference MIT is the most successful ... to be clear, this isn’t one team carrying everyone else on their back

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Rambax and Galak Tika used to rehearse in Building N52 – a 10

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  .) and various sensors (accelerometers, capacitive sensing, etc.) to create ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product ... semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed to be a happy place, or at least, that's the lie I'm going with ... the whole essence, [1] because I need to be a senior, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... people organizing my floor's video. My friend sends me some clips for me to ... quality content as I go. It's really nice to see the videos; I miss my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  Us, hesitantly: “Do you want to see every Naruto-themed art project ... , barely clipped down to the base, was protruded as if it was about to ... / in Naruto. So sure, maybe it would make sense to have a theory about a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  as much as my family did: Anyway, I come to you in 2018 bearing ... updates that you want us to know (things like awards, achievements, etc ... obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one ... psets all night it becomes much too easy to skip meals and rely on fast ... made the largest difference in terms of my day to day happiness it's not

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  , I almost forgot to take advantage of my (last :'/) biannual free post ... students struggling to graduate on time for the dumbest possible reasons ... told me that he convinced the EECS department to let him take his GIRs

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... -ly duties: 10. I was doing physics:  During IAP you’re only allowed to take ... composed of representatives from companies who then offer interviews to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric ... relentlessly upon Cambridgians' freezing bodies, the confetti to its gleeful ... visibly permeates Cambridge, and hike to Voltage Coffee, whose abilities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... out." He turned to the other proctors. I took ten steps in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... . "Beards?" you say. Yes, beards. See, November is also home to a hallowed ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   The Early Action season is shaping up to be a ... want to be a part of our community. They are attracted to the innovative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010