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  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  I had to wake up early enough to clean and prepare for their arrival ... grandparents and my uncle from Costa Rica. I couldn’t wait to show them all ... the academic buildings and where the different labs are. I had to find

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  , and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half ... discussion to a close, and at the end of the day, we accomplished nothing. No ... between 5.111 and 8.01, I headed to the Student Center for some food. In

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you ... clinic was open from 8 AM to 6 PM. That’s ten hours. And over nine thousand ... [/annotation] and continue upward. The largest contribution to the speed is probably

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others soon. Katharine (and others) ask if the delay in the deadline will delay ... don't help terribly much, and we never expect that applicants will send

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  first week was needed to adjust to my new schedule and the loss of Pass ... that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for ... performing or playing in a game, we gather people to watch and cheer them on. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  , proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry ... 4-159 and somehow I need to find a stapler in the next five minutes. And then I realize...oh, yeah. I'm in Building 4. So I book it to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  about race in education and the school-to-prison pipeline, called notes ... knocked on doors and reminded people to vote and got more comfortable ... . too much left to do. here's to 2017.

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  world, from Taiwan to San Diego to right next door, and I’d much rather ... Kart tournaments and everything in between, flooded back to me. Home was here, not ... ="Next is known to have one of the best dining halls on campus, and so far the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  of the time, and proceeding to sit down for a whole two hours and ... Once, while working as a cashier, I noticed that a customer’s total had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... Admitted: To get this answer will be difficult and perhaps a bit frustrating ... it may seem like the “end of the world” to them (and fodder for yet

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  hope that all your hosts have had the forethought to contact you, and that all your travel plans by train, plane, and automobile, bus ... on down to the esplanade and take a few minutes to run 3 miles with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  the hidden location on campus, call headquarters to confirm, and we'd be ... -fi plots and RPG-inspired tasks that is undoubtedly much cooler than it ... and Astaire and write them in the grid. The second trick was to realize

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  , East Campus, and Senior House) dorms plus Burton Conner allow students to ... TV and fridge, sure- you're welcome to put whatever you'd like into ... considered to be an awful room with a bad shape, size and lighting and through

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I ... on the ceiling from which to hang stuff. And oscilloscopes. Lots and ... numbers and not content. The word “pset” doesn’t come up much. Then the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  market was difficult and they struggled to land a job. Totally ... undergraduate experience was cut short by COVID-19, and this was a good way to ... everyone to write a thesis, which usually means working in a lab and gaining

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  Symbolic and Mathematical Computing). They didn’t speak much and expressed a ... to learn from them and see what else they had up their sleeves. It took ... surprised to discover exciting new things – both about them and the world

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... Class of 2017 has arrived and is doing Orientation.  Classes will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... Bio, Computational and Systems Bio, Developmental Bio, Genetics

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They' ... to pledge. Rushing isn't an easy job, and popular culture doesn ... you to make a well-informed decision as much as you do. They're not

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT ... , is of course, difficult to find at a place at MIT. There's just so much ... , and you have to throw out an arm or a leg to counterbalance and keep

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013