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• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  , like Arthur Dent, don't listen - but I guess he turned out mostly okay in ... Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a ... in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  in high school, I'd pictured myself on a pretty green campus with ... . Three of us had written novels, out of about fourteen. In my Harvard class ... excellent study environment. I don’t mind working in corporate corners of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Waverly, just in time to check out the course before the sun set. (I'm going ... of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... : The ladies at the course on Friday. In case you can't tell, it was

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two ... physically moving parts in this project, thankfully (I’ve learned my lesson ... out to be much harder than I had originally anticipated. When I first

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  . But now that that’s out of the way, hi hi hi! Last week, I finished up ... for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  backstory is that in EC, the singles are big and the doubles are small. (I ... had seen so many other people do. I don't know if this is common in other dorms, but I suspect it's so popular in EC because of room size, the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... research for the past three years in a UROP with Professor Robert "I ... . Alicia and I were sitting in the suite one morning discussing, among other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It ... letting people ride it around their neighborhoods in the coming months; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  his personal spiritual encounter?" and "As a scientist, how can I ... in the universe?" pointed to it, and asked "can science answer this ... reading. In general, though, I'm a big fan of fantasy, however cheesy and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  , sports, and the occasional hack." I hosted Episode 4, check it out! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart ... scripted. You can also check out the first three episodes: Episode 3 has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  MITWE, I can play music from around the world in a large ensemble ... could feel the excitement bubbling in the air as I lined up in the hotel ... colour food, like edible henna. (I forgot to mention this in the previous

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  various locations around the world"]GTL[/annotation] in Kazakhstan, I ... 't socially acceptable to wear there, so I can only imagine how hard it would be ... to be checked in, I watched the TV in the lobby. A woman reached into

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... ’ve found is to try appreciating the tiny moments in my daily life that I have ... surprised by how far a little extra effort can go in elevating the mundane

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be ... to get started. But for the first time in three years I genuinely wanted something to do.  MIT is no walk in the park and I wanted an

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  flight, drifting in and out of sleep --   and then i was back and ... a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and watched the colors in the sky changing.   soon after that i was in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... 's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  still be in high school and interested in robotics. Now that I have ... time on Admissions :)  _________ When I was in grade school, I distinctly ... time, I didn’t really know what it meant to have a job in robotics. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  .     yea that's about it... the rest I think you can figure out ... meat quality. I am located in Leon, Guanajuato but I have been able to ... an ambassador for such a cause. Now I am at home in Tulsa, OK interning

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  house and suck them out of you. No, really. I fully acknowledge that it ... because I was lazy, but because I wasn’t interested enough in the subject to want to dive into the deep end…I was fine with wadding in the shallow

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  still turn out well for you in the end. What should I do about the May 1 ... likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with ... letting us know one way or the other. Can you tell me where I am on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007