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  The mail, and more

  

  better than the professor, though offered to write me a rec. My question is ... like to get their boss' boss (or boss' boss' boss) to write the letter ... is best to mail supplemental music/art/etc. to us on a CD. I'm told

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  reading to hear Prof. Díaz, as he is teaching the following courses this ... Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way, let's move on to the pictures... John '11 gets serious with the ... '12 tries to become one with the igloo Steve '12 tries in his own way

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  smallest magnitude close by the moon." (II.1051-3) I'm not sure what Milton means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... that in a way a particle we detect is a manifestation of the wave, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  year: The Sound City. This is a town that your listening habits best ... listening to it.  There was an interesting variety in the genres listed by ... 've listened to a lot of the "Sad Girl Starter Pack" playlist made by spotify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an ... will waive your interview. It is your responsibility to check your MyMIT account to find out the name of your EC, and to schedule the interview

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  lifetime is about to come true for one of America's best and brightest high ... 't know: that the executive at ABC who greenlighted to show is an MIT alumna ... ABC has a new reality television show called The Scholar, which is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Leave It to Beaver. The town is largely shielded from the recession by ... still is grasping at the moral, peaceful way of life we’ve grown used to ... after the rain, and there is no smell to the air but that rain. State

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  things are out of place, which is funny because to the average viewer, my ... face paint. It was always untidy to me, the way it looked just icked me ... I want them to?" And in a way, MIT has helped me get through this. My

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... 'll be getting married in September -- our wedding website is here, for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  decided it was time to get the show on the road. We started our off ... ] speak for themselves. An awesome way to end the semester. Outside NALGIS ... taken by me. In other news, I still have no idea what is going on with the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  being in a small program is a really easy way to get to know professors ... had given lip service to the idea that you could get a research job, if ... motivated and encourages you to work your hardest. My personal suspicion is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log into MyMIT and confirm your application tracking is complete. Mc ... by mail! If your school uses Docufide you may request that your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... two reasons, the first being that I already go to MIT; denying my nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  ) argue with all your friends about what the best filling recipe is   ... until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth and elastic ... to taste (optional) WRAP THE DUMPLINGS: when the dough has settled

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  bakery on the way to work.    I showered quickly, put on one of my ... design process is in the works, and it’s been interesting to see how all ... underwear and then shivering in the sun trying to dry off, surrounded by my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  likes to say, your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. The last time I ... decision fatigue post, I wrote: The thing is, it’s usually easier to tell ... ability to do things. My goal over the next few weeks is to do that again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  get there), and the food is good yet cheap (I think this meal also cost ... get you 15% off your order. The food was... okay, I guess. I'm not a fan ... the only place where it's socially acceptable for me to get food in my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... again, the statement is as hard to internalize as four years ago. Dear

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  for the entire class. I really, really like this class. We get to build ... because most of the time, if I want to leave a class, I can just get up, but ... I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022