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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  rushed on, I found myself enjoying poetry. I signed up for Advanced Poetry ... called it — and I thought, why not? We met on Sundays at 10 pm for me in Denmark, 1 pm for those on the west coast. One poem per week, with different

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  River flow past. I had initially signed up for my course schedule ready ... be caught back up on everything. For me, this hit me really hard this ... 'm looking ahead, looking for a reset day where I'm caught up and can just sit

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  tried setting up a dual boot between Windows XP and Ubuntu but I messed it up and corrupted my Windows installation and left myself without a ... took computer repair classes to prepare for the CompTIA A+ certfication

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  virtual vigil. As the announcement for the vigil read: We gather in the wake ... Human Resources Ramona Allen Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer for MIT ... I think I speak for many members of the MIT community when I say that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you ... few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... , I got into my back-up school!!'") 2. Have long talks with your friends

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  ... this entry is for you, and is specifically about CPW (regardless of whether you'll be there). For the parents who will be attending CPW We ... for the weekend: Parent events: Parents have been a part of Campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  our Early Action process. We will accept up to November test scores for Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  feature length entry for your enjoyment. I (finally) got around to editing ... off. The drive fits, but it doesn't take much for it to slide around just enough for my computer to get angry with me for removing hardware

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  woke up the next morning at 7am, for an interview with a really awesome ... Thursday, and I woke up for my appointment with Laura at Student Support ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  . I am giving you a hall pass for this blog entry. This entry is for the ... to the computer, bring up this page and walk away. WAIT, WAIT! DON'T GO TOO FAR! They may get freaked out if your IM pops up and your best

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  All dates are auspicious, but some more than others. For me, August ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... break it up into chunks, with this one being narratively unstructured and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My ... contact information for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the My ... violate early agreements. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If ... enroll elsewhere. For Ben, this was truly more than a job. So please use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised your friends you'd tag along with them for some Halloween shenanigans

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... drawing some Venn diagrams, finally came up with the brand ... -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  have for God - that I would grow up to work at PlayStation and Twitch ... the world on the status of those sidequests. It seems that the time for the very last one of those posts has crept up on me. Let's calculate

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies. People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  walking up the steps to Lobby 7 every morning. That was a habit that started for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... being connected to MIT has provided for me. But most of all, I miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  before that, a group of our then-freshmen ('13) teamed up for 6.270 and won ... .k.a. Write Your Own A.I. For A Game Of Heavily Bytecode-Limited Starcraft 6 ... (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012