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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in ... ="116487" /]   So yea I somehow learned how to snowboard that day and left with a ... letter here in hopes that it explains all the ways I think I’ve changed

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  do some aerial stunts (I had no idea you could do loops in a Cub!) and ... Castle in the Air, and the ever-shifting cloud castle.) The one plane I ... production mechanisms. (I'm a physics nerd; not gonna apologize for that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  books. I can officially say that I have recovered from Finals Week. Just in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  , and although I'll [annotation note = "I really don't know how the COVID ... Is Love?   Burton 3rd My floor! I've talked about it in great ... I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I ... that is no longer accessible. When I think of this place in space and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  Today, two quick items I've recently seen on the web (more substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance for the screaming. :X) Holy cow. Considering how I spent last new ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  are held in 10-250 - I have both my 5.112 and my 18.02 classes in there ... Guild. I was in fact planning on going to both, though, because I ... absolutely amazing. I wish I could write about it in more detail, but

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... rendition of this spiel to the incoming class of 2028… still can’t believe I ... figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  incredibly easy to talk to, but after I visited her in her office, several of ... , noted in her own post on LGBQT life (and more specifically, The Rainbow ... about how campaigns like these honor MIT's commitment to diversity by

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  ... that's cheerleadery, isn't it? Jess '08 Well-- I'm in Italy studying ... (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the ... feel like saying: I love reading, learning, and if you can't tell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I ... since you can declare yourself "undesignated." I've done a lot of thinking ... students and faculty in various departments, and I've decided that my best

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... merge sorts and Dijkstra’s shortest path. I fluctuate in this class from

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  admissions? Jones: It can be a big driver. Many of us in college admissions ... MIT's Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (our rockin' leader) is in the news. Below, I've highlighted four major media stories featuring Marilee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  people, each imparting their tidbits of knowledge and advice. I was in your ... . So why, oh why, did I choose MIT? First of all, I lived in Boston for two summers (I'm originally from Maryland) while I was in high school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  in that I could see how I did during shooting. Maybe that's a good ... . I felt pretty good how I did. When we reeled our targets in, and I ... . Then I took another breath in, tried to clear my mind, focused on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... Tomorrow, I expect MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, will publish ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
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• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  in the lab where I UROPed) through MITOC, and was quite an adventure ... internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... land learning how dragon boat paddle techniques differ from canoeing or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can ... AAAAAAAAAAAAA. it's the constant screeching noise in the back of your head you can ... merged into one, in response to loss. the loss can be loss of a friend, an

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023