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  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  was done, I decided I'd drive through Tacoma and get a sense of the town since, yes, we do get applicants from this neck of the woods, and I like ... final scene, the one with (Boston's own!) Letters to Cleo playing on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  to spray-painting. Spray paint with stencils, by the way, is possibly ... You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... by the entire world if I did so. Arguably, this is less of a costume

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  external markers to highlight the success of one's life. Either way, I ... present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... , very fortunate that this is even a choice I get to make. Two: At MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  media affiliation), but I was able to get in on the last day for free ... products ranging from Google beanies to Google Homes (the device not an actual Google house) to anyone willing to wait two hours in the line (not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  station, which is the fastest way to get to Boston or further away from it ... , and you'll get all the way to Downtown Boston and Back Bay. Travel to ... to the West side of campus twice, even though it is only a 10-minute

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  months now. One thing I've noticed about this site in the past year is that most individual entries have a relatively short half-life - that is, the ... blogger who wrote it, or the general information pages accessible by the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  really hope to God that I get the yes. After rapidly typing up an essay, I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... decision, your hard work is not time wasted. The college application process

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  , and I go all the way to the top. There’s a lovely view of the evening ... I went back to downtown Denver after work today, back to the center ... in my family we are cheap af. It is summertime in Denver. The ever

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game ... is supposed to be fun; don't let the application get you even before ... breath, close your eyes, and count to ten. Applying to college is really

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , seizing on an opportunity to get me into the kitchen, asked me to come up ... . What I didn't expect was me flowing into it quickly, getting lost in the ... 's couched underneath a few other stores in the area, it's hard to find, but

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  . This way, you get to take the test while the material -- especially for ... advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for ... registering is April 28th. We suggest that when you register, you list MIT to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  notwithstanding, this is when you get your shit together for the semester ahead ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  between those two poles. I feel that the culture of MIT is, almost by ... their mark upon the Institute. By saying this, I don't mean to say that ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to ... or class ranks or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way ... Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way." [...] "I don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early applications are up 10%) We are working as quickly as possible to process all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  you and the car is related to the force along y delivered to your bike in some simple way (for instance, linearly). Say that the car is ... blogging brownie to whomever in the comments can come up with the best

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ]. One way to “derive” the formula for the area of a circle is by taking ... Pi Day celebrations on March 14th to the Simpsons, even. Pi is a number ... 12 mv^2[/latex] is the kinetic energy [latex]E_k[/latex] possessed by

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find ... to "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris, (hey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  of ALL of the things that there are to do here. The point is, I guess I ... My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... common question that emerges on the blogs, to be answered by both ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011