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  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  high-profile company with tons of money to throw into a web design team ... up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ever want to know the surface area of a golf ball with radius 3cm covered

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  the title and subtitle come from my favorite scene of bojack horseman some of my friends prefer the alternate saying “it never gets easier, you ... thing and don’t believe the distinction is important, but pick whichever

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  gives you are, the amount of detail that's been put into some of the ... outbreak, a group of MIT students came together to build a 1:1 scale replica of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  it's an important part of the culture. Students do not apply to ... important aspect of your academic and social life. Sorry to draw upon Harry ... the future. The first few weeks of term have been really hectic, mostly

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come, swayed by other factors important to me, including distance from home, upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn ... exploring Boston more than I did the first few weeks of school

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  enough writer to put that lesson into words. Maybe one of the other ... lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for ... moment was the dark night of my soul. While working those two jobs, I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  importantly, see the average number of hours students actually spend on each ... . It is the first installment of the Guide to MIT (coming next: residential system), inspired by the recent comMITment of the Class of 2022

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  successful completion of this portion of the project. Once this important ... could have been better-- a lot of work went into this though. The most ... semester ahead, I'm going into the last week of IAP feeling not quite as

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a word and some of these unfavorable conditions should be attributed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  curiosity we have as a species I hope that gets into the minds and hearts of ... Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... uninformed self, they seemed foreign and special and important. I was under the impression that they were tunnels in the most adventurous sense of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  watching a bunch of tutorials and was quickly humbled back into doing my work ... a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... okay:("]pset cycle.[/annotation] For now, here’s a brief overview of what

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  into every inch of my body. Nobody is an NPC because everyone is playing ... the same idea. Near the end of last semester, we got brunch together at ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  (just ask Matt or Ben). More importantly, they make me feel kind of dumb ... website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , and I had somehow turned all the relevant information into a sludge of ... that popped into my head of course was my physics p-set. Due…due in four ... fit into manageable chunks of time had prevented me from doing so

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time ... specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  cool things with my time. So I finally cleaned, and more importantly ... (basically just a gathering of a bunch of people with really nice synthesizers ... ton of time writing music lately - MIT is definitely an inspiring place

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  To all of this year’s applicants: Pi day is long gone, and after 6:28 p.m., you probably experienced a barrage of feelings. These might ... being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006