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  Ups and downs and extras

  

  excitement in Boston now is like nothing I've felt before anywhere else. Yet another advantage of living in this great city. And what would a ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of the Festival last year here. This year, I wanted to be more involved ... must pull at least a dozen others with you.” I wish I’d heard these words

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... this time, I had already been here for two months. I knew how to navigate

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... UROP adventures in a separate post, since there's a ton of things that I ... promised a lot more than what I was expecting, and I already came in with

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted ... chill because I was required to have PE every day in high school) I ... land in the Charles River. I carefully planned my route along the dock so

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... what it all means!) But in many ways, I’m really not your “typical MIT ... phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  of five of us headed to IHOP in Harvard square to settle the score. I ... -Entry went on a road trip northward to Montreal. Beforehand, I thought it would ... quickly-edited montage of everything I filmed, including little bits in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  welcoming place to work out what I was comfortable with and how I wanted to ... different places and experimenting with how much I opened up before I found a place where I'm comfortable. And now that I'm here, I can really feel how

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the TechnoTime Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  no way I would ever join a fraternity. Pretty much the only images that ... life would be like had I not given the Greek community here a chance to ... Chair of the Interfraternity Council, asked if I wouldn't mind sharing

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  musicians in a very disconnected way, like how teenagers admire fictional ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... written on paper, and I see colors that personify emotions in ways words

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first ... new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them ... MIT. In fact, I've set up a doodle. Don't worry about the numbers of the

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  Becoming the Next Bill Nye (I wrote about it in more detail in a post last ... last semester of formal education ever – is sinking in. So I set some ... say this every term, I think it'll be extra meaningful in this final

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  preparing it. Tonight I was walking back from the T along the street where the food trucks are usually parked when I began wondering where the food ... listening to "Pop Goes The Weasel" play over and over again? And so I came up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  I am a senior, I am a 2023, I am graduating in May, and though I ... I don't even want to talk about in public, despite the fact that I ... prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  found myself immersed in today definitely wasn't in my schedule, but I ... passionate about the research topic. However, I had tons Hubble-barns of fun in ... Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  I grew up in Elgin, IL and I'm a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans ... 'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had the ... this chance while I could. It may never happen again in my lifetime. I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  (IIc)) and one in science (physics, chemistry, or biology e/m). Q. I am ... submit one of the following: SAT I, ACT, or TOEFL, in addition to the ... in the comments and I'll answer them in the next Omnibus.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005