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  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  hot. And I do mean very warm. As you all know we are in a heat wave ... forecast for the long weekend: A sun-moon wearing shades? Now that is ... demonstrate your (in)ability to do this. We would prefer it to be a blog

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... continue to do this semester, but I hope you got the idea that summers in ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... environs around MIT as well the campus itself and the best way to do that is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  up an important invariant in the game, which is that there is a single ... me is a folded piece of paper, a list that holds all that i know. it is ... together of the cycle, while still keeping a foot in the race myself. i do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the ... is itching over the pedal the way it never does over the gas, in a car ... idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got ... ...) "What in the hell am I doing here?" It was a beautifully absurd MIT moment

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  that I grew up in a community where I was able to even cultivate so many ... , especially in personal essays. But then again, part of my personality is that I ... you have a specific essay that makes you say, "This essay is awful, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I ... ’ve stood in line at Maseeh’s dining hall at 12 pm for a halal burger. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in ... things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to?" "oh, you know," i say. "the usual." every week is a cycle: lectures

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  I think the saying "a penny for your thoughts?" is really rather ... face sheweth the mind walking a pilgrimage, in such wise that other folk ... entirely, but one thing is for certain: a thought in 1522 seems to have been

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  you are? Is it a balance?  How do I apply to grad school? How do I ... go to grad school? How do I get a credit card? Is getting one ... learn and grow and live. What am I going to major in? Is a minor

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT ... that I am not a match for, some which would be alright, and only one (so ... polished in interviews, now that I've experienced enough of them to have an

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them ... lantern and energy drinks). Besides that, the event is a pretty standard ... is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  decided that it was an achievable way to bring students together in a ... show! Since Yiming is currently living in China, the team had to ... (sophomore fall had me HOSED), I sent in a dance video and a performance video

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  like MIT in the same ways that men are, and I think that is criminal. So ... . You're in spot A-12." Okay, I thought. A midsize instead of a compact? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  information and RSVP if requested. There is a whole MIT community that cannot ... , and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  makes what our students and faculty do possible. I think it's a cool ... Today is Reg Day, i.e. Registration Day, when MIT students make ... , which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... drunk! I was staying in a hostel because ~cheap~, so after heading there ... museum or palace. In fact, a lot of the time while I was traveling

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  school. In addition to that, I derived a lot of motivation from our ... how hard I tried. Although for many people, MIT convinces them that nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life ... back to a moment in my life when that link formed, but I must have been a ... is in a few weeks (2/14 and 2/15), so we haven’t gotten over that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020