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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it ... despaired, since I wasn't quite sure whether it would turn into a triple

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... buys a bouquet of flowers from safeway and we put them in makeshift vases ... time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  person would consider young: safe to say they’re in their twenties and ... far out in line that no store light shines upon my head. instead, i ... is salt ramen. i think that’s the magic tonkotsu, of using bone in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain ... computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  answer, so I resorted to sending her an email. I decided that I would ... would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From ... ELEFANTES! Love you, Bryan Now back in the 90s, I used to have to rely on

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

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  , and I hope you'll feel free to keep in touch and talk about all the ... decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also ... , I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not ... 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Do you have cheerleaders? This, I guess, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly ... about your financial documents, email [email protected]. Q: How do I schedule

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... I was stronger in the humanities and social sciences than in STEM, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after ... branded it as bubble tea. i loved that place in high school, but compared to ... would go through, even citing mit's minecraft version: in the end, we

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting ... some magic, and eventually we had the cookies in the oven. I rushed over

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a ... smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  process, but a short one. I had to apply online, book an appointment, go in ... obvious, but you’d be surprised. In the past, I know I have certainly done a ... 'll need it. We all do.  I hope you found some nuggets of wisdom in there

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  the first three terms, I treated MIT like most upperclassmen have in the ... and objectives; then I would find something that I wanted to learn that could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... : Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as ... to see ya around at CPW, Laura. I wonder how much of a chance I'll have ... said: I'm planning to miss the Admitted Students party in my area because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... ,000 in the GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge (www ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... crab. Since I’m smiling in the picture, I can only presume that I was ... costumes in class! After class ended around 4pm (6.0002 recitation), I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014