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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  while trying to catch a bus? And remember how I was so Oprah ... introductory classes to improve their writing, or out of interest in a particular ... to be exercises in irritation*, there’s a benefit people don’t talk

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize ... responded. Several essays I wrote in application to a particular early ... application to be a volunteer member of an advisory group in my city, and never

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in ... how her mom regularly ships her treats from California and I thought to ... being the first in your family to go to college. Sigue leyendo. The

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  . As usual, Steven was in the loop. He mentioned how he had stumbled upon ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... another one! So I thought to myself, "What are these strange creations

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  undecided in which colleges I wanted to apply to. All I wanted to do was get ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  as possible. On weekdays, those of us willing to get up for breakfast ... Walmart, which, in our tiny New Mexico town, was a destination akin to ... up in the glittering sky with bugs chirping in my ear, to imagine that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie & ... to Lost Evie above).We'll have winners in each category. The rules ... to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... ; Here's the writeup I turned in (click the arrows to scroll through the ... 4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  opportunity to send in the missing pieces. These applicants will be at no ... year. Your updates: We've been getting email updates from some of ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to ... , waiting to be let back in. You can actually hear the Simmons fire alarm from ... , Simmons Hall has a bazillion little windows in order to make the building

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  and science early, and I get hooked. Sometime in 2000 I read about ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman, participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  game in the ALCS, I was on Burton Third starting to plan out our 6 ... much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the Titans, and they only moved there when I was 11. In the past, I've only

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  : Stop by the Balfour booth to get my ring resized. All the running this ... developed the RoboTuna in this lab. 5:00 - 5:45 PM: Wait to go home. 6:00 - 6 ... begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with ... democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to ... , and that list will doubtless expand rapidly in the years to come. With

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  adds several "hardk0re"ness points to the project, in my opinion. As ... ...that's what the person holding the camera told me to do. *shrug* In other news ... Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but ... remember exactly where I was and how I reacted. I don't mean to compare ... square with only a few hours of daylight left which I hoped not to spend in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... try. "Where's dad?" "He went in to work this morning. I haven't been ... to get something. When I turned around to return to the building, I saw

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some ... blessing in disguise. More importantly, you don't have to go to MIT to be a ... losing to Alabama, Tebow played the best game of his life in the Sugar Bowl

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  manage to deliver them to me in html-friendly ASCII). So when you see a new ... Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007