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  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  the rounds so I hopped in and joined them. It's always nice to hang out with prospies and tell them how cool MIT is. I'd been on the tour for, oh ... chillin' in my mouth. I got back to my room and decided to spend some time

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  currently in print.) "I just think it's not very empowering, you know? It ... go," I say, and shuffle into the Self-Help Section before I can do ... I walked through the front door of my local Barnes and Noble today

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I ... ’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT ... —it lingered in my mind for days after. How was it possible for a group of

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... without waking them up. It happens sometimes. I just threw in the last ... transitioning from high school to college. So, you know, I want to bask in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long ... construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... crushed under it. Seeing how easily it came down I'd say this was probably

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  my AP Physics C scores. So all in all, I was very happy to see my ... organized in one handy folder, but since I already bored you with that topic, I'll leave it out of this entry.) The last piece of information in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  so we can use conservation of energy. Everything in orange is energy ... 'm reviewing and going over while studying for the test I have in this class on ... angular momentum equations until I get the variables I want. We'll see how

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  ...it sounded so different from how it did on Youtube. I still managed to come in ... Tool was REALLY fun, and even though I can't sing to save my life, I ... : "It's only an audition! It's not like I'm committing to be in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  Hi, all you folks out there in Blog-Readership Land! I'm at my mom's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good ... process. I've made some effort to keep up with current events in Admissions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  old self couldn't. I can be loud and cringey in the dining hall, talk ... year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before ... available. I waited in line for 20 minutes. Normally, irritation would itch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  9:30am: I'm not blogging about admissions today, because at noon the 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  talking to my dad about my job - this job - and how much I loved it. I told him how lucky I felt to had the opportunity to do it. My dad, in his ... has to say (seriously, go read it). But I wanted to hone in on the point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  . How can you identify the jar of empty mollusk shells by performing only ... Hello Friends! I am back with my biweekly vlog update, quite late because I am lazy have been preoccupied with my schedule. I've been

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  It seems like every six months or so I discover an MIT video that leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that Laura blogged this almost two years ago! Where have I been?] The I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  a personal anxiety: “I felt I should start something now so I can go ... , MIT students can spend IAP teaching students in other countries ... invested heavily in research,” he said, “and I hate that our people are still

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  conference started in Seattle that now has a Boston branch. I went last year ... . But how can you not with promos like this? She discussed the rise of ... to their proper locations in the timestream. (Side note: I really enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  haven’t actually given an admissions tour in a long time. I ended up ... minutes long, and I won’t take offense if you skip around or watch it in ... . Yes, his name is Frank Gehry. I have no idea how I forgot that name

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  tap to the head. "No!! Dio mio, at this point, I don't know how many ... epic Journey. I spent two hours in front of that painting, jotting ... University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I ... ="aligncenter" width="550"] yeah i mean why not[/caption] If we can build roller

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  admission to MIT.how can i improve them.? any help would be highly appreciated ... , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... times. Personally, I can't recall having heard of anyone being hassled

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006