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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  in renewable energy. Wants to: Get a good-paying job so he can afford ... venture, which he helped direct. Zinser likes to work in the wood shop, lift ... particularly one who will be the first in his family to attend college full time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  experiments, we're trying to shed some light on how infants become social. In ... company back home in Houston to get experience, get paid, and get by without ... the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT ... specifically how I met or befriended the friend (in many other cases, I either ... . In APO, the tradition is that Bigs are supposed to let their Littles

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... MIT and commuting to Rhode Island to work in Hasbro's modeling department I wasn't expecting to get really upset about people leaving but it

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... cause the student to shrivel up like a bacterium in Lysol. I remember ... experiment in lab, I chose the experiment every time. I didn't go to night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... it back to campus just in time to hear Sal Khan tell his story to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... is a man beyond description. He has been known to compete in dance-offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized ... in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This ... over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  . there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably ... probably screwed. in other words, by the time he knows to look for the other ... without looking at the keyboard. this is a wonderful state to be in because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  happened to Jon '11. So, "critical point," how does that fit in? It seems ... , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... ? AB --> BC Calculus in high school is designed to take about a year

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  ’ve spent the past fourteen days traveling back in time to the blissful years ... subconsciously continued to have this faith in my wellbeing. Of course all of that ... incredibly lucky to have my aunt with me at the time. Her instincts kicked in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  much depth and motion she's able to get in such little time with charcoal ... piles up and I get hosed. I know how to make bold strokes; I just need to ... [/annotation] major at Tufts and invites me to a life drawing session the other day in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... . Dan wrote, "Will I get to meet you at MITES?" Yes! I'll be around all summer, and will get to meet all of the cool MITES, RSI, and WTP folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  'll try to get funding, but bring some money along in case I can't. It ... to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... in 1.5 hours gets their picture on the wall, a t-shirt, free hot dogs

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to ... 's where they get you. (Tricked me again, life!) According to my mom, you ... would appear overnight, know how not to constantly be too snarky for my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  closely in 21L.009 Shakespeare my Freshman year, so I was I excited to ... ever written in the English language, nobody has ever even come close to ... loves her some frappuccino, so we decided to get right back on the T and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  going to get that chance. So apply to some colleges, get in somewhere, go ... was thinking about how to diversify their class by race, income level ... 're getting in - admissions rates are at ridiculous lows - but throw your app in

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to ... number, size, and volume, to the point that people in China can almost no ... housemaster Roe, the floor convened to discuss how we would deal with similar

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  in paint, approximately how i cut the π[/caption] I had to cut it in ... out I don’t have to be perfect in order to be happy with what I do. How ... to be, and gives an example of how some people in Floor Pi used to play

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  elaborate ruse to get me off campus. In a very "ahhh you got me!" wag of the ... .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... Calculus to the three space world we live in. Covering everything from

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011