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• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The city of Portland, Oregon was named for Portland ... KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ADMISSION DECISIONS AT 10:37 PM TODAY! URAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" In doing so, you may

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  buildings. It's a great thing for lost visitors in the summer and frozen ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... in the morning despite not needing to. To Julie, for dealing with my ... midnight in the timeshare, sleeping next to my aunt and eagerly showing her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  whole way up. Which is why when I found myself out in Oregon for the ... when you haven't seen your friend in a while. Being away from the 'tvte ... , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  ??!?!?" Yes! Frosh can live in cook for yourself dorms right away, you aren ... to get more experience in cooking for when summertime hits and I no ... for when I do make good things. Independent Living Groups In addition to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  . Although, there aren’t any slated for this fall, there is a spartan race in ... a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  -level work in a state where for many, going to any college is seen as an ... ran 45 miles a week to get in shape for cross-country. I swam and dove ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  that a brief concert for the residents of the dorm were in order. Hey, it ... tonight and give a free midnight concert all over campus except for Building ... Center, countless Biology graduate students in buildings 56 and 68, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  commodify it, sell it for the blogs under some guise of 'relatability'. But in ... truth. There's some need for attention and validation sprinkled in there ... cw: suicide ment in lyrics if you'd had told me a year ago that i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  "Murals of Senior Haus" exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery in the ... undergraduates in July of 2017. The circumstances surrounding the closure were featured in various news outlets as well as on the blogs (see Joon, me

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is ... difficult" - by MIT standards] Dear psets, In the past week, you've tried ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors ... Period. As holidays go, I'd say Spring Break falls somewhere in the high ... in a reasonable amount of effort over the break. (Kind of like high

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... items might help you as well. Fourth in Malibu Sands Summer Sixth in Raven Symone's 1st Third in Greek A + Roman V Thirteenth in Mr Tumnus

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  undergraduate who says she's been interested in astronomy for "as long as I can ... in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... , more than a billion miles across. Emily Levesque, a junior in physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  . After celebrating, we also planned for an upcoming fundraiser in Lobby 10 ... I once took for granted tasted like a Michelin star meal. On Sunday ... 10, from above[/caption] I went to a meeting for Chroma, MIT's science

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  famous hiking trails in the country for its scenic vistas, so as somebody ... be available to me. I think it's because for the first time in my life ... . Anyways, we had two motivations for this trip, and one of them was hiking

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  Sam pose for a picture in front of Burton-Conner. Notice that Sam is ... . (Yes, this was all in one day. Except for the skiing part, which happened ... -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  good fit for me..it has a lot of opportunities that I very much wanted in ... for you. I'm very glad that in MIT I found my right match. Another ... , and in turn the expectation is that I will pay for my children

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  to hang in my room for the fall! how-to-dormspam. probably for ... pretty bad..."]any tabs[/annotation] in the last 3 years, since I got my ... , gradescope, canvas, "<enter any city I have lived in the last 3 years

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024