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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  : "It's only an audition! It's not like I'm committing to be in the ... that - my semester is going to be horrible" e-mail to my very worried ... character, Billy." No biggie. It's okay to perform in a musical and sing a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  ? -Why do you want to come to MIT? What is it about MIT that attracts you ... is also human, and it's easy to tell true enthusiasm from feigned ... "wet and not-so-hot." It's quite an experience to be in a place where the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  discovery. Exaclty how this came to pass is a long story and I'll skip it here ... , awareness; and it is this, above all, that we need to regain, not only in ... Gunn a little over a month ago. Actually, it’s probably more accurate to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  difficulty: the majority of classes are 12 units[1], which is supposed to refer ... it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in ... the Boston Marathon bombings. It's also forcing me to write, an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  spend the rest of my life doing it; MIT is a pretty great place to be if ... MIT merely because they will have to work less hard elsewhere. It is ... today, I am very tired and want to crawl into bed. But I thought, since it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is ... To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte ... the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  ’s architecture is objectively very pretty. It’s really nice to wander around ... Company all in the same square? It’s hardly fair. There is a visible trend ... coming to MIT parties than vice versa, but a change of scenery is nice and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  I think it is different now. It is one thing to understand a fact or ... intellectually -- and it is another thing to go somewhere and witness this fact living out its daily life. (Add to this the phenomenon of knowing that you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  strongly underestimated how fun it is to work hard and then have an interesting project to show for it, compared to how unfulfilling it is to work ... fundamental questions that these MITAdmissions blogs try to answer. It is also

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read ... out who had the means, motive, and opportunity to do it. We're given a "little black book" with lots of contacts in it. We've got to solve the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  , and I made our trek to Walker Memorial. It used to be a gym but now it ... nuts trying to capture photos. It's super fun, but a little difficult ... -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... their applications. I assure you, the MIT Records Office team is going

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  like MIT's mission to use science and technology to improve the world is ... scrub the carpet like it has never been scrubbed before. To entertain ... Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  blogpost I merely swallowed it down and decided never again to blog about ... life and what it's meant to him and offered to introduce me to his ... fact that it felt all so high school to me; that these were the kinds of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  More quick answers Finaid questions, etc.

  

  aid decision will be mailed as soon as possible after it is complete ... , even if it is after the deadline ... Answers to some more of the common questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  comments. Go ahead. Don't be shy. This is a judgment-free zone. To ... really got used to it. I learned a lot in 21M.302; I looked at some sheet music I'd tried to analyze a few years ago, and some of it makes a lot

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will ... have to sacrifice a couple of your weekend plans. It's entirely feasible to get all As at MIT, and I know people who have done it. Plus, there

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  to go right now. Are you coming?" "...Sure!" Far be it for me to let ... 's very easy for me to say this having already gone through it, and there ... how you're feeling right now. Senior year is hard. I know that to be a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  for multiple robots to get to a destination. The goal this summer is to ... real, or simulation-to-real. After that, the next goal is to improve the ... MIT (or HowToGAMIT for short). It's a student-produced handbook that's a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  Chevron, which is announcing a $10 million commitment to the Fab Foundation ... was to canvass everything MIT does to support makers on its campus, from ... , useful, ingenious and/or interesting things. As we concluded: It is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014