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• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  -- since I didn't come in yesterday (I was up in Maine at Adam's ski condo watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7 ... days of work in one day. That is also the bad news... particularly since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... freshman assigned a particular discipline he is to major in or it is decided in later years?" When you apply to MIT, you are not applying to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... videos a few minutes in length about each of the dorms so that the incoming ... following someone dressed in a monkey suit running through the halls, or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  've taken. We learned how to create image-editing effects in C++ that would normally take much longer to replicate manually in Photoshop. [caption id ... combining two images together in a way that looks seamless and natural as

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  from the corners they’ve been sitting in for years. “Okay let’s donate ... / in Naruto. So sure, maybe it would make sense to have a theory about a ... one, but us. We did it for *art*.  In eighth grade, we had an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  ' heads. That girl over on the right had a hovering 1200. And the kid in the ... thrown into the ring. Did we study hard enough? Buy the right study guides ... left insignificant in face of one final four-digit score. Scores that now

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  a book (Step 1a would be to buy a book if you do not own one). These ... -page in-depth analysis on the tone of the main character’s dog’s whimper ... some random strangers speaking in German on the train if you don’t know

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  some psets, did yoga in my P.E. class, worked on a blog post, attended ... working on psets in someone else's room, but by then it was Thursday, so it ... , mirrored last year in a paralyzing way. And maybe this is a sign that I'm too

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  A typical day in East Campus. Okay, it was not quite typical. It was ... . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning, went to my class, handed in my problem set, and went home and crashed

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming ... qualities, which leaves me wondering how in the world it makes such a ... ) staff about this, and they said some interesting things in defense of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my ... play tic-tac-toe. I entered it in a science fair and won a prize. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  is huge, and it's pretty much impossible to do everything in one day, so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for ... shops here in Boston and Cambridge and give you the dish on what's hot and

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... debate. He could relate; he used to be UAVP himself! In fact, he was Matt ... '06, who were watching Star Wars in 6-120. On Saturday, a bunch of 5th

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  “TIMtalks”, in which MIT students who have invented, implemented, succeeded ... . Inspired by the wildly popular TED talks, the “TIM” in TIMtalks stands for ... happen. I included videos of the talks in this entry, and I highly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  website or anything. I am planning to learn Python in January so! Very ... home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how ... freakouts in my last post. read at least 5 books Fun fact: I don't read a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  ;skip_registered_account_check=true In 2022, Snoop Dogg changed the course of human history by releasing ... on the submission website. "Affirmations" has been a running joke ... project in 24 hours"]HackMIT[/annotation] this year just to see what it was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016