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  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know ... special. Meeting with an EC can be a lot of fun. I've heard great stories ... , musicians and everything in between. Some are teachers, teaching in schools

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... encourages leadership development. Next week I have a personal UPOP meeting in ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  and challenges, just a little shocked at how much it actually hurts.  I ... are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... recovering from."]gifts.[/annotation] In hindsight, I suspect it’s because I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  sometime during high school, but in 9th grade, I was still intent on ... do black holes have angular momentum?” and “Can I time-travel?” and ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can ... the same stuff I just wrote above. In a few weeks, after we've conquered

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... car on the table by itself and seeing how many points you can score. My ... , which guaranteed that I would play someone who was unable to score in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  dense, can exceed 10 pounds per square foot in weight. And because of a ... celebration, in excess it can be catastrophic. Millions of people are without ... hurricane, dumped heavy, wet snow across the region, exceeding two feet in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... and surf your friends' profile pages for 14 hours each day. (I know, I ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the ... archives!" Boo hoo. I've read and tagged them all in four days. Don't be a ... traditional advising, and I turned out just fine. In a more practical sense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you ... Dinner! I live in this really small living group on campus (smaller than frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  they can hear themselves). i thought it was cool that our final setup ... equipment; i think i got better at event planning in the process i won ... have no idea what to do with my interest in music now that i’m no longer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... , and so I can hurry off to the CPW Activities Midway. Honest Signals ... unexpected details go a long way in raising your spirits. For me, that little

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6 ... , and I arrived five minutes late for checking in my bag and thus missed ... amazing! From chilling in Simmons, where I remember pulling all nighters

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two ... in mind, let’s see how everything fits together. There are no physically moving parts in this project, thankfully (I’ve learned my lesson

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people in my class and I consistently felt like my priorities were at odds

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  expressionless.   CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr ... Bohr atomic model sits in the middle of the panel. The background can be ... moving in this big cloud.   CAPTION: Usually we can guess where they

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  [/annotation] even when you fold it in half. To appreciate just how cursed this ... past pizza sins I've suffered there, but I suppose I can no longer say ... -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  . Also, I'm going to be in Madrid in 4 days and still don't have an ... 're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a ... I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008