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  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... application in Freshman Spring. I was in Simmons for a few weeks, thought it was ... longing for sushi at 11pm in the student center, but your only option is to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  compete for some serious national recognition and prizes. In our first year ... universities worldwide in these areas. Q: What advice do you have for applicants ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  use about moving on. Closure has become an amazingly overused word in the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for what others should do in the face of tragedy. Whether thinking about

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  issue of class size versus # of applicants - but in the end you have to ... The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now ... here in Massachusetts for the summer as a concept engineering intern at ... for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  've been trying for years!' 'Well, you didn't have an MIT freshman in your ... , was responsible for the issue. I was glad that the prank wasn't mean ... campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite was blue-masked, then another guy in my suite appeared one day with a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick Patterson (the first author) was published in this week's issue of the journal ... conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  -listening hotline, for the score. Nightline's greatest service is in peer counseling ... So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great ... Doctor (resident), engineer for Sony Consumer Electronics, medical school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  competition that middle schools could compete in to qualify for Nationals. I ... all of our own questions for this event — in total, over 600 question ... I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for ... time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... in exchange for some research or teaching activities. Last week, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their advisor several times a semester; advising seminars (for credit), which ... are currently four options for learning communities: Terrascope

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... stride. In retrospect, I am a little furious at the airline for not ... filled with light linen shirts. I was not dressed for the weather, and in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  person who led the effort for him to come to MIT! The residency ended in a ... 's Media Lab, to design equipment for his live performances. Yo-Yo lives in ... participation sprinkled in between. The fanboying back and forth went on for a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  , News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies ... Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  me gain confidence is that in the process of making my tool, I ... throughout the month in preparation for it! Some of the people responsible for ... For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another ... ’ve seen the encyclopedia of an events list that we all got for CPW ... were some of the few things that I actually attended after finding it in

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  For those of you wondering, I ended up working only until the first 2 ... thereby increase the efficiency of daily lives--like, for example, the ... you're in the middle of a problem set. Continuing in this vein (not the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  : Turn in reports. Turn in 18.03 pset. 12:05pm-12:55: Lecture for 5 ... in the world for the knowledge it displays of the human heart." Reading ... In the middle of 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) lecture, 16 men dressed in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  the two o'clock bus and settled in for the ride. The Chinatown bus has ... issues. It was hard to sleep on (bumpy) but we got some naps in. When the ... planet or that we were in New York City ready for a day of awesome. We

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008