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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  1024!" Did you just think, "Hey, that's a power of 2!"? So did I! So did ... television shows in the world. Still, I think it's safe to say that the typical ... same thing, just with a different question. I am so smart. Now that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  fields. (I put network in quotation marks not because I don't think it's a ... restored at my house -- I hope everyone who is still without power (and ... I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  ,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... with its rush of cars. I'd forgotten how quiet the desert is.  I was ... [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in). Now you wonder what in the world I am doing here, on MIT Admissions blog ... am Linh, a junior majoring in Biology (Course 7) and I am currently

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  had a funny way of deflating when I was deep in sleep, so that I ... I enjoyed and did reasonably well in was a confidence booster. Soon ... ’d implemented in an MIT class. All of a sudden, I had something of a resume, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  process. This is a good thing for you, one more way that we make sure there are no "mistakes," and that everything is appropriately considered. In ... On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a ... and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until ... voting against Rick Santorum on a beautiful sunny Wednesday last week in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  students do these programs. Like I said in my earlier entry, a summer of working and spending time with friends & family is a great option, one I ... To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  Happy Year of the Tiger! It is my birth year, which means that I ... why birth years are unlucky. I do not know why, although according to a ... has been twelve years. I am so very old. A lot has happened in the last

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own ... When I was a freshman, an upperclassman friend of mine described MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  ha! Well, this entry is a bit premature. Many people are still in ... which eventually does research in a UROP, but surprise surprise. I won ... 't really like home that much I decided to stay at my boyfriend's home in DE

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  , last summer, talking to my friend Alicia '06, I found that Parafilm is ... because my friend Ariel '09 is writing a paper for Colossal Failures in ... is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left ... deadline for voting in the first round is December 31st. I'd greatly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  . It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16 ... - what I didn't know is that everyone else is thinking about the same

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How the World Cup Will Conclude Backed by Science

  

  I like to think of myself as a fortune teller. And since predicting a tournament's outcome is basically telling a fortune, I've decided to tell everyone how the World Cup will conclude. Please find the scientifically

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 30, 2026
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  . Introducing the Big Flipper, a ride that swings you upside down, ten feet in the ... Take part in the epic battle that is the official East vs. West Side ... few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a ... , that is, after I run back to my dorm to shower during my one hour lunch ... that's not enough for you, I have four-hour long shifts times three left

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once-in-a ... scary? So what! Live a little, get over here (I live in EC, and I don ... . Make friends in your grade! Although this is a spillover from the general

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  (dodgeball, flag football, air pistol). Not a lot is said about these, I guess ... don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... is how he came back to me. Holy Turkey Batman! I looked around and

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  college is quirky than by saying you live in a triangle? I had the room for ... that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from ... set foot in Simmons was during CPW when I was given a tour around the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016