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  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls ... atrocity of the American version for about a month. That all changed one ... second opinion from my friends… To my horror, none of them saw the glaring

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  you are the type of person that would enjoy cute games that largely involve mindless daily chores and where much of the charm comes from social ... pad and acoustic guitar, though i've kind of fallen in love with the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  background for most of my junior year. I'd had my eye on the closet door it ... graduated. At graduation, one of the traditions at MIT is for all the ... world". The grandma-friendly way to explain this is in terms of the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to ... anomaly. What I don't quite understand is the lack of preparedness by the ... were awful. The gist of the post was that people need space. I don't know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... 's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At first, the idea of taking leave was just a small seed in the back of my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  , in front of me is the Jeremy, behind me is Ariel, DJ to my left, and right behind him is Ameer. Scattered throughout the rest of the office is ... 'm confused as to what day of the week it is lol. And there's like no end in

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  burnt by the burn-out of too much work to do and I steer clear at the ... Harvard, and I noticed they had a TON of the new Peach Pit Album. Like, way ... rest of the year! Grrrrrr i'm so upset."] newbury comics

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of ... of the Watergate building beneath a white ledge textured with cracks and mineral deposits from the constant dripping of water

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for ... amount of time making pasta,[/annotation]and ended up dropping the turkey ... First day of IAP![annotation note="and in an effort to reduce the amount

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... wealth of activities on the IAP calendar with my busy schedule of turning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  in Iceland for the summer (unpaid internship, of course). I bumped into ... concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his ... table with a hot cup of tea and opened my hometown newspaper ‘The Star

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering ... ’s drumline. I was once apart of four different musical ensembles at the same ... Arizona desert, where I spent the remainder of my pre-college days in the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  existed on a scale of ‘competence at bodypainting’ it seemed like the skills ... outcomes of the model at all. If you asked me to imitate the work of any of ... the workflow of professional mathematicians (other than ramanujan i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... we're trying our hardest to get through the thousands of applications ... descriptions of the food and drinks you make with your families around cultural

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past ... of eBay. I've been wanting to replace my laptop since at least the ... a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about ... look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly ... [independant, 6% of the time] calculus [calculous, 2%] honor roll [honor role

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as ... a vital part of the MIT community. Among other things, transfers have ... Emily, who many of you interacted with during the transfer admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  I've been reading a lot of the comments about the applications that ... , but I got hit by a jolt of admissions reality just now. 1. The deadline ... of 2007. Happy New Year and Good Luck!

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006