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  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  spent a lot of time walking and riding my bike, exploring Cambridge and ... is posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2025 at 2:19 PM Eastern Time ... And becomes a sea of lava.   The wind howls and whispers

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  merch design competition for the graduating Class of 2025 (that’s me ... grad student from each university. Each of the winners is going to win ... “craft bold, memorable designs that capture the unique spirit of the Class

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  One of the coolest things about building and studying computers is ... ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... house where cats will come out of room C only if either room A or room B

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  ’t have happened if I weren’t single. Maybe some of you are fantastic at ... Last week, one of my friends, “Mike”, asked me if I had any Valentine ... ’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  the rest of my years at MIT. right now, i'm living in a house with six ... remind us of how quickly everything changed. the craziest, most tumultuous days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  The first round of application deadlines are upon you, which means ... chipping away at them more slowly than usual because the volume has been so ... you back to zen calm state sooner :) ***AN IMPORTANT NOTE***: A lot of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

    In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in ... our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short ... sleeve shirt instead of my sister's Tin-Tin t-shirt with the arms cut

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  could look at even more pictures, videos, and details of our trip in this ... Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students, professors, and even tourists think about MIT. Why are they here? What kind of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Applicants, if you're reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the schools that sent you a "fat packet". Regardless of where you were admitted, however, you have some serious decisions ahead of you in the coming weeks

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I ... puzzles / a morning tendency Solving puzzles like these is one of the few ... different. There’s so many types of puzzles, ranging in shape, color, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  . On Floor Pi, one of our traditions is this event called tea time. It ... communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays ... into math, but we have a hard rule of "no math during tea time".) I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  ; Reasons not go: The event starts at 8am. My sleep schedule has been ... would react to being woken up at 8. I had a class that grades attendance ... few hours, woke up, rolled out of bed, splashed my face with cold water

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  you at that time." Some of you have graduated already and have no new ... The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at http://my.mit.edu. To announce this, Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  get all sorts of things at home before they come, but there are plenty of drug stores in the area, so unless you have a particular surplus of ... that can set things on fire if knocked over). There are plenty of power

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saturate myself with sodium and MSG. It was not one of my better days ... hours of bliss in Photoshop, above. Shameless plug: I'll be selling prints ... reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  will randomly send me of little me and my cousins on our trampoline (which was only supposed to have like 2 kids at a time but we put around 8). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  meeting most of the goals we set in the bullet points at the bottom of that ... clearly envision their potential experience at and after MIT   As I ... of us that I want to solve before we launch in September

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a quick entry that answered some of them publicly. What new stuff should I ... were planning to do so during EA but ran out of time. If you are retaking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  some serious heat.  (according to accuweather it peaked at 108 ... : Update their blogs at least once every week or two Possess the ... and regularly address tens of thousands of prospective MIT students and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  together. 8:10am: I drop off the CPW Festival programs at CopyTech (the ... about all of the airport delays and closings, including O'Hare in Chicago. 8:25am: CPW Registration opens; I take my post at the Help Desk. 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007