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  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  hours a day, six days a week, for several weeks in a row. It’s hard to ... in my cute short dress, it looked like someone had taken a baseball bat ... prefer to spend the duration of IAP with the MIT Alpine Ski team, living in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... ’t consider myself to be a terrible ice skater, but I was pretty bad in the ... also force you to go to our beautiful gym and pool, and get your mind off

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  ’t participate in it, but it’ll always be there if you want your social life to be ... getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... "]freshman[/annotation] to be Box Boy, who runs around in a box trying to bring people to the

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  to ask yourself what your community is, and how you fit in it. When ... have to actively want to participate in activities to really become a ... ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  rock star, I'm going to play a free concert in front of the Koelner Dom ... , gentle reader? Just so you know, Ling '07 is going to be in a lot of ... foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you need to find a station to check in). This general lack of planning and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  -- Wage a land war in Russia in the winter. I can't wait to see you all ... , they would get a lot of money. No, really. This man had been teaching ... 'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  ." Unfortunately, there is only one way to become a master at MIT and it's in only ... , rounds the corner from a hallway orthogonal to the one I'm in and sprints ... hall, and slams down into a couch next to Eric. I stand in the doorway

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short walk from the ... Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get ... incredible detail in the Club layout, from tall buildings all the way down to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  .007? Leaving space in your schedule to pursue personal projects, such as through ... poster) 4.140 OR 2.008, not both — 4.140 is harder to get in to, harder ... get in to the Diaz class, and drop Sustainable Energy or whatever else

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  January test, you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores. And, of ... year in addition to your college applications. Best wishes! ... . Please do not harass your teachers or counselors if you don't yet see a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  . After getting a little bit of experience in it, they seem pretty handy to ... clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24 ... a bit. In a hurry to clean up this problem, I CADded a simple object

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  . If you do use your new teachers, I would give them a bit of time to get ... can press hope to get to university in U.S.The list you have supplied ... asked (in response to this article), "That's a cute story. Is 17 really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  straightforwardness of New York. In a subway station en route to Ben's house in West ... . I was feverishly tempted to step in and have a 3-course lunch that ... indulgent enough to make bacon look like celery. Engrossed in a transcendent

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  watched a series of videos (x, x, x) to help me get more acquainted with i3 ... . Honestly, I don't know if I'll get to these goals in time, since I know that ... I want to do in CS. I'm just really happy I have a place to put all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far ... ways it forced me to grow up, and how to pick a healthier path in the ... from MIT and the East Coast to start a new chapter. Well, it's July now

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... for a little bit. Watch me eat my words in a few months time. I love

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked: 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case ... that being in a fraternity gives you access to a lot of upperclassmen who

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  answer. A) and B) are somewhat in tension, but we try to balance them as ... response which we then evaluate, akin to the soft rubber hammer which a doctor uses to test your reflexes.  Over the years we've asked

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you ... serenade you with the song of flight. Have to wait a bit to get off of ... in front of you to recline and steal you of your precious leg room

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013