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  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... to a few weddings, visited family and friends, and generally took time to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  once you've decided to come and made your travel arrangements. As long as ... ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... students around 6pm Eastern time, and working our way west until around 11pm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... 4th web site to read about the fireworks and about the live concert

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  all the time, but not to so many at once, and not from such a distance ... month-long intensive Introduction to Architecture and Environmental Design ... million to me) and I loved them all and walked around feeling fireworks all

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  , because right now in your life SO MUCH is going to change SO QUICKLY and you ... they intend to approach analytically and solve with solid evidence and ... MIT. MIT has changed me so much as a person that it kind of shocks me to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  , several friends and I headed over to Harvard Square (about ten minutes away by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  college I’m finally taking steps to beat procrastination and do things early ... entirely new to me. And yet it’s a completely different feeling knowing that ... to get a coffee and read a book in front of the Winter Palace. I don

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  rate that is much, much higher than many select private schools, and even ... gender parity, certainly much closer than most science and technology ... One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  able to explore a little more of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and ... on certain weekends, and my friends and I decided to go on a whim ... State House, and went to some local art museums. The highlight of the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  over the last week. I have so much to say and so much to remember, but I ... later (with photos and videos, so it'll be much more interesting than just ... government organizations and soaking in as much as possible as we could about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  So this weekend I managed to visit two time zones and five airports ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured ... hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and ... some things that you hear before you come to MIT, and even while you ... there's always exceptions to the stereotype, and that things you never

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... anything like this. I encourage you to keep sharing your feelings and ... community and want to help make your transition as positive as it can possibly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  , and this was going to be too much. Absolute best outcome from this was ... . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... chance to de-tune and think about my progress so far. I'm halfway done. I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  again quickly). And I'm sure that's all you care to hear about the GREs, so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began ... after I was done, I walked back to South Station and decided to wander

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my ... brain refused to give me anything to write. My eyes were so dry and I just ... /post-docs who just so happened to be discussing the fire alarm incident and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  ’m ready to celebrate right now.” And what a party it was! On my first week ... pm studded with glowing cocktail tables and large light sticks began to magically fill with people. The band began to play, and the black tie

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  , and Transgender) Community, so the Rainbow Lounge at MIT is the home to ... loftily (and according to the sign outside the door):   Through the ... learning and sharing with others.   The entrance to the Rainbow Lounge

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  have you guys been up to? Remember to call home and all that, and visit ... but you can't reveal it yet. And good luck to those of you starting grad ... it, over and over and over! I am very proud to tell you that the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  would to a joint blog post and write about our experiences, but never got to finish it. two years later, jessica and i are neighbors at next ... logs. reading them over, they're such a throwback and deserve to be on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019