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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  -consuming -- when multiple test strips fail to produce what I want, I cry, if only ... This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of the semester, we were thrown into the darkroom. It might as well be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  official Hunt website, and they call you to check your answer. As the ... heads against the wall so hard their brains are going to fall out. In addition, the Operator is responsible for "calling in" answers. When you

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... ! MITWE fall 2010, photo courtesy of The Tech. I decided to quit either ... could handle two groups. The MITWE director, Dr. Fred Harris, is a great

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush ... smart, hardworking, and destined for greatness. I will be very proud if my ... made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone ... stop before. But, being the smart MIT student that I am, I thought, well

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  on time. Relax. Relax. Relax. Remember, there is no way to "fail." The ... applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular ... intended to be overly formal. You should dress nicely, but you don't have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  -minded, and don't be afraid to change your plans to fit the circumstances. For ... perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or ... this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  wasn't going to make it very far. So I called in and talked to the dean ... Medical - if you need to go to an outside hospital, there's an extended ... about sending a sick note to my TA, which they normally don't do over the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  all of the fee waiver requests (which we're happy to grant). The day ... all of the documents therein are yours, that it is ready to be evaluated ... documents, and I hope you can understand why. Please be patient. If the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  I really ought to be well-rested if I want to be up and ready to stuff ... way that you might love the gym. You go in all excited to be healthy and ... that has never failed to carry all of my stuff, both the useful (e

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  if it will be or not, though she’s right that it’s weird to think that ... to forget how to just be a person with the craziness of this place ... we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  get to campus by bus, or about half that if I decide to drive. The bus ... interests, and we all pay the rent when it needs to be paid. Most importantly ... them being impossible to dig out from feet of snow in the backyard. Did I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  major crept closer.[/annotation] I wanted to know if the major would be ... Fee to discuss the situation. He assured me that in just a few weeks, a ... officially become a 6-9. I was definitely one of the first to officially be a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  custard" (from the drinks menu, which turned out to be just a bowl of corn ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I ... If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  science" and "Maybe it's ok to be this way").  You can see the ... in me being asked to take a year off. If I came back, I had no idea how ... to the employers you're interested in as early as possible. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ever want to know the surface area of a golf ball with radius 3cm covered ... , like the ability to tell someone their video on YouTube of a baby hamster

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  nothing was happening. To be honest, sticking my head in the sand like an ... enough to not be impressed with the bare fact that you got into/went to MIT ... didn't know how to grapple with these facts, or with the heavy

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind ... The Oatmeal argues that we should call it Bartolomé Day instead, because ... up on work/sleep/fun/etc. Personally, I seized the opportunity to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  different ways. It's kind of a fun place, unless you happen to be under the ... kids, and you'd be surprised how often the argument, "It could save his/her life" doesn't work. Of course, if you have the right amount of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  me to be for the three or four hours when school was over and work wasn ... everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011