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  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  da Vinci write, in golden font at the base of the painting, "Look at ... the meaning of courage"), and lame witty comments at all cost, although ... lecture, shopping at the supermarket...etc.). Note that this kind of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  down and hit up an onsen (hot springs) at the base of the mountain. It ... the 7th station I used my expertly honed-at-MIT abilities of being able ... fear of heights, and I knew at that point I had to keep going.) Lucky

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  by offering you a spectrum of opportunities. It's called Pilot 2021 ... to living at MIT. Let us know you want to become part of Pilot 2021 ... develop a deep sense of home at MIT. I know that, at its best, Senior House

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  mistake of taking this class at 9 am. Often fell asleep during virtual ... Cognitive Science (Course 9) as my major at the end of this semester, then ... , super high-level electronics class. At the end of the class, I got to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  something completely new comes up. One of the best things about working at ... hoping to make an update for my work in April at the end of the week ... --building my own 4x5 pinhole camera out of foam core and playing with the Student

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a ... histories of Mystery Hunt and comic books. We then look at the narrative and ... literary merit, one that art scholars have begun to look at. Lots of museums

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  respect the craft of acting. I even took an acting class at MIT. There ... film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012, and I found out about Wicked in November of 2014.']LITERALLY 10 YEARS

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  . 41. Make a complete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It ... I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes ... while I was here.   32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  & August additional tours offered prior to Info Session at 9am and 1 ... Timings for Boston-area Info Sessions & Tours, Summer 2005 Find below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  ?" Not at all. We got a gazillion pieces of mail right on the deadline. It ... is the medium of instruction" school. My school offers a very limited ... previous factors still weigh in?" We always look at a given applicant

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  take a quick look at that?" Just know that you can't get rid of me that ... that offers up so much wisdom and perspective to all of us. I can't wait ... , especially this last semester, memorable and good. Here are just a few of them

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  whining at me like "what the heck are you doing, you’ve been working on this ... later into something more like a random assortment of wingdings characters ... week - the day I had planned to grind out the near-entirety of my 18.100B

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  you an idea of what MIT projects could be like (at least for ... Ethics and Politics of Food. The assignment was to engage with the topics of the class further by "introducing a moral question concerning food

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living ... ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  idea to come up with for our app. I would just kind of throw spaghetti at ... , at least in terms of multitasking. 34. Readily communicate personally to all members of a group to feel unity. - Exactly Me Looking at my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  . I felt at once an extreme boredom and an extreme lack of motivation to ... alternative”. And, even if I look back at old college photos and laugh out of ... application is now live and ready for all your submissions. At some point in the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  point out that when he was giving a brief overview of his years at MIT, he ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding ... of it as well as some fertilizer and coal byproducts if you're lucky ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  craving french fries at midnight). 5. Lots of freshmen – In 2015, The Tech ... the start of the semester hit you full force, you’ll be grateful that at ... ://mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu/map/maseeh-hall), the cost of living at Maseeh ranges from $5,120 - $3,575. For reference

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017