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  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus ... In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must ... has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  what to pack for CPW? Check out the 10 day forecast. Following up on ... an art exhibit at MIT (in the New York Times!). And for now, off to ... It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  like Java's rebellious younger cousin, you can only eat oatmeal for so long before you want to punch someone, and learned that snow is, despite ... ! Beyond these valuable life lessons, I've also been lucky enough to take a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  memory. This spring break, I went to Chicago with my family for a weekend ... . Campus Preview Weekend for me was a chance to create a real first ... really is just for the fun of it. But it’s a great opportunity to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  friendful life recently

  

  is a hotspot for birders!) joanna always being willing to grab lunch ... . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at ... my younger self for behaving that way. they just had a lot of growing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  pizza, we started to drive towards the west side of the cape to look for a ... boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  little one-month term to do pretty much whatever they feel like. lots of ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some ... take the month to catch up on sleep, work on personal projects (or bad

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  for Tuesday and Wednesday. My Momentum competition was pushed back to Friday (whew! more time to prepare). You saw blizzard coverage on the MIT ... you so that you can get to know them too, not just me. I know that for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  for having the fortaleza and coraje to leave her family behind and forge ... my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has passed since that blog post and I’d like to give you an update. When I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  weeks to assemble the cannon, test it for safety and reliability, and ... morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a ... session. We built a loft for James '11, and a table for each of us. Okay, so ... wanted a small table to put in my room, but Rick decided to go all out, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  wife for this. I vowed never to watch this show, ever. But my wife's a ... there's something to be said for viewer loyalty. Hmmm.     ... So here's the story. Each year I allow myself to faithfully follow

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday ... Ruth and Matt for making the trek to my apartment on Saturday night when ... thanks to Vincent and Laura for being our NYC "experts" -- her word, not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  flight to catch up on literature, for example. This eventful schedule ... cared to be lauded for a job well done in an endeavor that wasn't really ... to move away to a university so young, and I decided to stay home for a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to submit their reports has not ... for our review. If you do not send them directly and plan to use Score ... time to check on any such documents (there is a time for this later). Do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  them in time for our review. If you do not send them directly and plan to ... time for EA review. You do not need to use rush reporting. Please ... will be fine, too, as long as there is enough information for us to match

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  helpful way for me to internalize things and think about everything I ... fixate on others' achievements—for one, you don't have the time to, and you ... 've formed while at MIT, and because dance continues to be a fun way for me to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  occurred to me...for us on the waitlist, what should we do about the May 1 ... explain for those who got rejected, is it better to wait for next year and ... to Harvard, and vice versa. nimota_n wrote, "just wondering... for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  ’t understand and lyrics of prepubescent pop stars I already can’t relate to. For ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay ... boring (to me). things i did "just for fun" ended up teaching me very

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017