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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  that we can understand, or learn-what does it mean to say that ... the ... application season approaches. I hope to post it some day soon. That day is not ... the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  own lip so that she'd have something to blog about. Do you think you can ... welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should know that we will be looking to hire almost exclusively incoming freshmen

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  knowing how to use it. I'm hoping my internship woes quiet soon. They flare ... closest things I had to a brother and a sister. It was really nice to be ... 's made it this far in the post and to the people who consistently read

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  roommate, my floor’s tradition dictated that it was my responsibility to bake ... : The candles were lit, and it was time to sing. All of the upperclassmen ... stopping to draw breath. It certainly didn’t sound like anything; I just

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  cramps and paralysis, though when boiled, it is used to make herbal tea ... also extends to other species, and I think it remains true on both the ... within the petri dish started to diminish. It was only under this stressful

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  thing of me to do, but I guess it reflects the state of my mind at that ... admitted who don't mind the expense of traveling to boston for the weekend in exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  able to replace it overnight. Back at home, we have a Rottweiler ... , my fish. When I was younger, my mom used to keep a fish tank for me ... to a pet, but it was time to face the facts; it was time for a

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read ... out who had the means, motive, and opportunity to do it. We're given a "little black book" with lots of contacts in it. We've got to solve the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  exciting. My advice to you— If you brought homework, don’t do it. Meet people ... come to Meet the Bloggers so that you can meet us, the bloggers, and you should also come to Random Hall so that you can meet us, the Randomites

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  exams Use this as a time to experiment with different study techniques ... just starting to study and trying to do well, I immediately decided it ... exams have to pass an undecided "exam average". I assumed the worst it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  the semester already. I envisioned my final semester to be ~ c h i l l ~ but it didn't start out that way. I spent the first few weeks trying to ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  perfume or nail polish remover can appreciate. We used the program Aspen ... the one before it, so there was pressure to get a working solution every ... something my mom would say to me, but she never actually called me Margaret

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from ... : "...It would be hard for me to choose which to attend, if I didn't have to ... further from the truth. It really is a joy and a privilege to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  closer together those entries were. I used to say that after 3 or 4 days ... insane, so it's back to productivitiy! Time to churn out the dozens of blog ... her precedent I have some time yet. Let's see if I can get you up to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  everyone to draw it from memory. Specifically, the instructions I use are ... -so-secret artistic talent that can be celebrated"]Nobody is going to do a great job ... I am not a fan of icebreakers. It already takes a not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you? ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  Use sand to seal the edges and let it carbonize for a while. Fast ... focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We ... will boil the cassava using the heat from the fire in the barrel. Peel it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... software to stick. I brought it down to the NASA computing center about 3 ... without incidence. For the summer I learned to use Octave. Then I finish a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  try to act normal, but at home we can use dudebro language and act as ... know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... relative offensiveness so I can know what to avoid. I swear casually around

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025