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  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  booing. Some roared in disbelief. Others murmured to their friends. I saw ... the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that ... at Ring Delivery in April. When I got my sample ring, it was too small

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  ’t that bad, but I’ve never been in a severe snowstorm in such a big city ... all the light. I took a walk in the evening yesterday, and didn’t really ... want and who I am and who I will be--both academically and in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• 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 ... person who found it could probably tell the story of how I've spent my 27 ... So as a sanity break, I often take a break from work and such and

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  interesting you would like to say about yourself/where you live/what's in the ... know that, she, in fact, also just climbed a mountain (at 2000 meters ... pretty majestic! (she's the girl in the picture) Which got me thinking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... Tomorrow, I expect MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, will publish ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  in the class, has been pretty chill so far. I’m sure I’ll be eating my ... about in an upcoming post. I got cooked to death on my last midterm but it ... semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  last three weeks, since I'm pretty sure I won't get up in the morning unless I'm being paid to do so. When my alarm clock goes off in the morning ... voice in my head says, "I'll pay you $9.25 if you get out of bed right now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... object lesson in what not to do. As I've said before, I had decided to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  Where in the World is The Nance Effect? That, my friends, is the million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice ... ! Something Old... The Nance Effect is immersed in the annual road trips

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to concentrate unless I shared with you guys the most exciting e-mail I've received ... to get these. All I have to do is live in my dorm. I can handle that. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  ? How much should I factor in money over passion in a career to increase ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of ... the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... , computers were always my brother's thing. Growing up I would spend my internet ... continued to learn. I wanted nothing more than to carve my own niche in my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle-making and there's so much more happening that I wish I could participate in

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or ... these questions about how i don't know what i want or what i'm doing or ... . not because i'm scared, but because i don't know what to say in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there ... things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... exceptions to rules here at good old M.I.T. Anyway, I wasn't really around for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... called himself the “chief”; he would come over, yell something in English

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  quick wave in Lobby 7) was in May, when I asked if he would be available ... everything he did. I had admired him while a FIRST student in high school; when ... twinkle in his eye. We're both morning people, if I found myself walking up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  playlists. The idea was an instantaneous success. I didn't even live in his ... underneath the speaker on the right. Because sometimes, in between learning how ... successful, he just ends up in another maze. I spent much of 10th grade history

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  : Notice how I stare at Zach in awe as he scarfs down dog number 7. I am just ... to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... to try and find an easier way to consume bread. Perhaps if I dunk it in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008