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• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same room, still know where I want my life to go, inching away from

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  “how are you doing”s lacking response.   The shy, tanned girl stepped down from the plane and learned how to laugh Typing “h”s instead of ... ... How could she know what an ounce of milk was supposed to look?  

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet ... this class teaches you specifically how to write safe, well-verified, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  but we hadn't announced yet precisely what day it would be. I did ... me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... closed. But I digress...last Friday morning I was assigned to do the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life ... So it’s been cold lately. And when I mean cold, I mean like our-room ... -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  I know I haven't written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit ... unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... 's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  snowman experience below: (Note: I promise that I have a non-snow related ... .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm hitting Boston, I called up my friend Dan '10. "Did you hear about the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  ,'' Elizabeth Lozada said. ''I just remember thinking it would be the premier ... how much they'll miss having him around. ''I've tried to prepare myself ... about the inevitable goodbye. ''This whole week, I've tried not to think

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  was made by a Bomber!), I was convinced that I would fit in perfectly ... the Bombers. I love how I can be completely and unabashedly myself around them, how I know I can come home to a supportive group of people to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  . :-) Reason #261 That I Would Live In EC If They'd Let Me Because they build ... how.) Facebook I see that many of the '10s have set up their MIT email ... rockstar. Hawk Cam Have you guys seen the hawk-cam yet? Funny story - I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  dash of steak seasoning If I had time, I would have minced garlic and ... At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my life. Saturday. I'm helping Mikey prepare for the closing show. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... want, but not how to get there." For them, I weep frozen tears of ... schadenfreude. As I exit a building, a discretized gradient of snowfall upon

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  up?" how to track deadlines. i've learned that if you ask someone ... 't get done. i've learned how to poke people and ask them how things are ... . how to be on top of your email. i've learned that mit runs on email, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  learn that Beethoven may have met Mozart. I'm not sure how to describe why ... Beethoven to Mahler Last semester, I took my first music class at MIT ... ). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  the otherwise silent houses. Normally I would put this at the top of ... they would probably attack me and “make the bed with [me] inside it.” I ... . Concord.” A pause. “And how were your math exams?” “Math exams?” “No, we had

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  So my mom and I are pretty tight. I do call her every day courtesy of free family minutes. Today, I tried calling my mom, but there was no answer, so I resorted to sending her an email. I decided that I would

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  's right), would you speak for MIT's Class of 2011 commencement?" "Sure, I ... . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at ... , and tie for me while Maddie just packed clothes to put on later. I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010