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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I ... breaths, and it's been.. really nice. That doesn't mean I've forgotten about ... housing. I haven't become entirely senile yet, though; I'm working at Pixar

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  admissions web site. I hope you like it! In October (when I get back from fall ... to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the middle of a discussion on Topic X when someone jumps in and posts "I got a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... apparently I was erroneous. Maybe it's like the wedding episode of I Dream of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  philosophy and strategy behind how we communicate to prospective students (i ... projects, how Loren and I started working together (and how we work with the ... some #Content for you: last November, Loren S. '17 and I were interviewed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... friends are vegetarians. Now check this out: six months ago, I couldn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  for years, like how I felt trapped between the dichotomy of being a ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks to the rap class I’m taking this semester with Lupe Fiasco; my living

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  This semester has been weird for me. On one side I am for all intents and purposes I am a junior, a 2020. I will not be graduating until 2020 ... classmates are 2020. On the other hand I am a senior. My oldest friends walked

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  I often feel inspired when I least expect to. When I do feel inspired, I mean really inspired, I sit on my bed and close my eyes. I let my mind take me wherever it wants. I pull out a piece of paper and a BIC pen

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a professor inventing a real DEATH RAY, I didn't figure it would be a real article about MIT. I was wrong. An excerpt: David Wallace, an MIT mechanical

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  “how’s senior year going?” And yeah, sure, I guess looking back we always ... I’ve been reminded of how much I love home. But at least I’m headed ... Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... incredibly difficult. And by "incredibly difficult", I mean "incredibly ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  also all had their shot, and knowing in my head who I would have voted ... , a citizen only as of last summer, I'm pretty especially excited to be voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  mean, it's something I need to do. But who I am is more than that. How do ... It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements. I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... to?  - Procrastinating.  I don't blame us. The Internet these days is ... us stalkers (Facebook)... just kidding. But sometimes! When I stumble

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  This past semester I took Intro Psychology at MIT with Professor ... of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... .'" "You would probably do a lot of exploring with other sensory systems

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I confused anyone. I wasn't trying to give examples of things that got people

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  in JPAL, and more. When I would be able to get back to India I'm ... I finished up my initial stay in Mumbai towards late December, and have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the Infinite Corridor. I used a power drill. I got my arm signed by Chris M. '12

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  can hang out with anyone at any time. I realized how much I took this ... like I'm in the midst of an apocalypse, as opposed to how chill leaving ... I moved to Cambridge for the summer!! I'm living near Central Square

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020