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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  nerd pride and it being a badge of honor to be called a nerd in my book ... neighborhood kids. This pack of boys liked to tease the youngest one in the crowd ... to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us ... the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  cliches, so take extra effort to remind yourself it’s true. In practice, it ... yourself as much as others love you! There’s a point to learning how to do ... make decisions for you, even if they turn out to be good in the end. Do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  caught up in racing to get all my work done this sophomore fall that for a ... inside. But until then, I’ll try not to look anything directly in its eyes.... ... Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... WithUs. Most of all, try not to get too stressed out! Go out with your friends ... need to be “sent” to MIT, not “processed,” by the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  Intramural Table Tennis team. Or learn how to dance through MIT Ballroom ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  pretty cool program to consider when in high school; although I wouldn't recommend taking it as a program to pad your MIT application (something I get ... shape in time to fill out the teacher application form for Splash, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  same lab I’ve been in for the past year. It’s extremely unlikely to ... into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... dissolve friendships. I've learned that you can’t get everyone to like you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I'll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you ... loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat ... . Thanks society. Every once in a while it's important for an MIT student to ... in a good mood and ready to sit down and chat with you at any

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  reflection shows just how much you've grown in your brief time together. "No ... turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the sudden decrease in sunlight as temperatures plummet; and of course beards

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  friend. Protip: storage facilities in Boston/Cambridge get lots of business ... pleasure in watching the space go from cluttered to empty. It also helped me ... to take home for a week before I return to campus in June. [Friday 5

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog ... showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A ... THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: - Other people dying - My debt-to-income ratio

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  right wall. This door leads to 335s, the room I lived in during my first ... enough to fit a bed. Living in a small half is a good lesson in keeping ... to match my green stripes when she lived in it last fall. It is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 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....

  

  -kg mollusks in each jar. The local dumpster cat gang has raided one jar, leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... , the amazing MIT Asian Dance Team. In which this guy uses a yo-yo to ... crawled to Next House exhausted, stopped in the lounge to talk about

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  get you down. Most importantly, revel in your work, and not your prize ... your time to remember all the cool things you did in school. It’s a ... only one. We’re here. Email, and I can blog about it. I may not get to it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  HackMIT. I found out about it back in August and wanted to sign up ever since. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to participate in it this year because ... to Kresge to get a peek inside. However, it seemed as though many other

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013