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• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there ... summer has been really fun. I really wanted to stay in Cambridge this year ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... information session with a primer on our mission, so I think it would be ... inherent value of an educational experience on this campus, I also believe in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... ’t clear, let me know in the comments or by email, and I'm happy to help!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... . It was pretty funny when I looked at the sign-in sheet and saw the name of someone I knew from the blogs but had never actually met in real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  So I'm currently at NACAC in New Orleans. I'll post more about the ... has changed over the years. When I joined Facebook, in 2005, there were ... ’s mission and role in people’s lives. So that's one thing that I'd like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  will snap like a maple tree in a hurricane. (I have no idea what that ... relationship that lasted almost 20 years. How proud was I to visit Cardozo as a ... is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  internal and surrounding art worlds. I am interested in the fine arts ... student life at MIT. Before coming to MIT, I had only exhibited in groups ... , designing the postcards and deciding how to hang the show. In doing so, you

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  friends from the MSA Nour and Iman! Finally, I would like to thank Paul ... this entry. I think that I am in business now! ... As far as admissions counselors go, I am relatively new to the MIT

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  up. "I would tell them to have confidence in themselves and to push ... COLLIER COUNTY: A set of twin girls in Collier County have a lot more in ... valedictorians? If you knew anything about the Burfield twins, it would have been a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  Every IAP, I travel. I can't help it. There's this wanderlust gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people affected in the Gulf Coast in our minds and in our hearts. It's an emotional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... told us, "how many times I've seen this happen." The goal is to fire six ... magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  associate with Jimmy - aluminum cans in a plastic bag, clanking away. I cried ... 'll be back. I've got to go out in the hallway and cry." Howard Brown ... MIT have touched my life, and I hope in some small way I might have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  wastes time. (Some people do their homework in the lounge too... I've never ... are all co-ed. I've always lived in a co-ed suite, and I don't find ... getting his masters' in film at USC), and I think it's a super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  FAP I signed up for a freshman advising seminar in the arts called FASAP ... I'm doing both. In a sense, the two influence each other. I'm a better ... where I don't have to sacrifice one for the other. To learn how you can

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you ... ) First example, I know a guy who had little singing experience. In high ... members. I think singing in an acapella group has actually become a big part

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6 ... math in high school, when I came to MIT, I became disillusioned both with ... difficult. But when I was teaching Probability and Combinatorics in Italy

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... composer, and once I went to a Boston Pops concert and this girl who was in ... -MIT organizations too. What will dorm life be like? I don't know where I'll fit in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012