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  Summers spending three at home

  

  *idea* of a Summer Job. And with that, on some level, we equated being at ... Computer Graphics Research at University of Miami Learning from Sophomore ... We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  here: please keep in mind that all of the following are, at worst, only ... % serious at best. By “at best,” I of course mean, “at funerals.”) -8 ... Buckethead walks back in at the end of his trip. Note: some details about the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  been playing it religiously. I have at least 3 separate groups of people ... Dordle, guessing two Wordles at once Squardle, guessing a grid of ... of a bygone era of the internet. Some highlights: The tiny text at

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a lot of time outside of the Office of Admissions (or currently, on Zoom calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  at MIT (and even any of our years in K-12), in that we only took ONE ... Animation (taken at MassArt) Allan: 6.009 Fundamentals of Programming 6 ... during the rough spots of the semester, when every second had to be used at

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

    Earlier this month, here at ETH, we had our spring break a ... Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of ... festivities, I joined up with Sandra G. '19 — studying abroad this term at

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  processing of all materials at this busy time. If you need to switch from ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  processing thousands of applicant documents at this time. If you have ... Happy Thanksgiving! The Office of Admissions will be closed from ... Thanksgiving holiday weekend (see below if you'd like to learn more about one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  sphere of flames. One squinted at the screen. “Shouldn’t we see it already ... scowled at him. “Our calculations aren’t wrong,” he said. “The transit of ... and eating bags of black tea at my final exams. For about a month after

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  I've spent the last seven days at home, eating my favorite foods (thank you, amma!), watching bits and pieces of "Family Ties" with my dad, sleeping a minimum of ten hours a night, and re-reading all my Harry Potter

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Some weeks ago, Jeanne '13 and I embarked upon yet another of our ... college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... Bridge and into one of most famous orchestra halls in the world. This trek

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  ! Muhahahaha: Some of my sorority sisters at the event: ZBT shows their Greek ... up of 27 fraternities and 5 sororities (with one more coming to campus next year.) One of the few times when every affiliated student comes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may ... represent and protect the goals and interests of all undergrads in an ... governing bodies at MIT) in another entry, but for now, what matters most is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  admissions decisions via the web. We will release decisions at decisions.mit.edu on Saturday, March 18 at 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time. There's not ... strongly encourage you to use the verification functionality at decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  boston at night grab your headphones

  

  bike ride down the esplanade, bridges, night fog, ducks on the river, street music, city magic

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  -quantum alternatives did not fit at all. Finally, at the end of IAP (a week ago), I ... somehow still ended up winning one of the categories. At this point, I knew ... disproven it. And that my smartphone – its tens of billions of transistors

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man, stuffed full of fantasy. My eyes flick to the books I loved, gloss over the ... fiction. All my other work, less holy, could be done in libraries or at my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  looked at it. rip. this technically was my first piece of [annotation ... yesterday was a really shitty day.  a lot of annoying and stressful ... water on my laptop. it died instantly; the technicians at the [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  . g) Then we drove to Provincetown, which is at the very far tip of Cape ... increased, while "real" adults donning excessive amounts of MIT apparel ... level of Cambridge, MA increased with the arrival of my 10-year-old little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  At the end of my last entry, I was sitting in the Tampa airport ... meeting. I had dinner with two of the Philly EC's, Mark and Steve, at a nice ... dirty old man. 2) At the end when I talk about the advancement of women

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005