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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... slowly that I had to really simplify the rig, which ended up consisting of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  some people try not to think about the inevitability of death. I put my ... things must be fine and not offensive to her as an individual. And yet, at ... better way of putting it might be that I try not to think a lot about other

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  . Paradoxically, I was desperate to be and not to be noticed: maybe somebody would ... the room, and I’m not really sure what to say (“what’s up?” doesn ... not taken the first step to reach out to me?

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here ... and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  to be a professional clown? Absolutely not. But now you can say that ... my “formative years” in Orange County, I’d like to think that the years ... getting me to where I am today. At the very least, it was the source of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... the door. Please note that no RSVP is required. The meeting itself will ... varies somewhat, but will cover the same information. We'll talk about MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  -and-pasting, the entropy of the universe will not increase as much as it would had I ... It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... sailing, suffered two blows to the head from a wayward mast, pretended to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  making to myself as to why I was not going to post: I am not even that ... be descriptive. Not sure if I succeeded. Do I have words to post ... social battery seemed to always be on 0%; in the absence of tasks to do

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  accepted that we were not getting tickets, and decided to just ask the ticket ... not! So then Jonathan offered to take us to the stage door after the ... being broken and finding the strength to quit doing what’s easy and start

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  received a week or two after the deadline will be reviewed and will not make ... right off, don't panic! A decision on your application will not be made if ... was mailed, for the tracking system to be accurate. If on November 14th

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  squinting against the bright lights, it looked pretty damn close to being full ... -Premiere. This year, our Delivery is going to be on May 5th, at the top of the ... to be upfront, being a member of the class of 2026 Ring Committee is a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  has nothing to do with the November Rule). I finally have time to ... was nice! I got to see the John Singer Sargent mural on the third floor ... felt worse. On top of the looming stress from not starting the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  hosting. Some hosts are very hands-on, being excited to be with you the entire weekend. Others are more like guides: being willing to give lots of ... weather during CPW seems to be much nicer than the days around it. It would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation ... would not need to be on an MIT recommendation form from the application; a ... music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  2015 from the NYC area. Highlight here, besides being able to interact ... will cover a couple different trips over the past few months. And since ... woke up to the second blizzard of the year (which conveniently arrived

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  spring of last year, I realized I really wanted to be in California for the ... bottles, pens, phone card-holders, and enough T-shirts to not have to do ... someone will want to hire you! This is my friend Angela. She worked at EA

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  what it'd be like to pursue Course 20 at MIT. He said that it was the ... came to the decision to not pursue mechanical engineering and chemical ... crisis (which will be another blogpost most likely), but for the timebeing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall ... without ample empty space. So in order to not break things around the house ... . At the first meeting... uh, to be honest, the beginning of Taekwondo is

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  = awesome. Exams in the same week = not). Now I have my own theories on why ... the end of the week. What's being hosed? Well there's this saying ... is said to be "hosed" from working so hard. Now if you'll excuse me, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009