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  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  of the fireworks. I apologize in advance for our witty banter. I’m much ...   Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  am I looking for? What/who would make me happy? What do I want in a ... :) _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ So last time I poured out all that I had in my brain regarding my ... felt like I was in love and similarly the many times that I was wrong

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  Burton one… “Wait, no way, I haven’t seen you in forever! How’s it going ... me are up to. After all, I wonder how much would we have missed had he ... . Paradoxically, I was desperate to be and not to be noticed: maybe somebody would

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  difference. Sometimes, I wonder about how different my life would have been ... , and I think in the end that’s what would’ve been the strongest factor to ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  this "old" sketchbook, which I had started in 2019 (that's four years ago ... time I've drawn in this sketchbook. During life drawing sessions, a ... during the session. I often think about what my life would be like if I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  (yet clean) quotes: "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can ... hurried over to buy our tickets "There's no crime in giving yourself over ... , be it" pool scene... clearly, they've never seen the team in action I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post ... foundation for much of the social science research I love best. In his article ... challenges, and then they would predict how well they would succeed at officer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Cells, Cells, and more Cells you've met me at a very course 20 time in my life

  

  right now: Right now, I'm in my junior year, and something I've been ... interested in genetics or cells, which is a pretty big focus here. I'm more ... Biotherapeutics"]7.371/20.371[/annotation], which I'm hoping to take in the spring

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  , how'd it go?" "I just found out we did our entire economic analysis ... other team member, Joe. I'm not sure why I was on the floor, or how I got ... was the ceiling. Then it hit me. I realized that this would make a good

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... far, I've deep cleaned my dorm room, put in necessary work orders for ... are there. Next we have "apple," and what I presume to be "apple" in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  there’s a level of raw truth in that statement. A kind of truth that I ... environment, not the flower.” And while I’ve always found value in those words, I don’t entirely agree anymore. Our environments and experiences in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  submitting in early January (around the deadline lol). I [annotation note="i ... planning in this way (to my knowledge). I applied as a civil engineering ... graduate) because I didn't want to be in an environment of exclusively

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  . there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably ... ; let me give some more legitimate examples: i played piano briefly in ... i could sit in front of the piano, know where all the keys were

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  chances, in the long run, that you’ll write something good. (As a corollary ... cliches, so take extra effort to remind yourself it’s true. In practice, it ... , because you’ll forget otherwise. In fact, just schedule time for things that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  ... my bad. Meanwhile Mr. Prolific has logged 43 entries so far in 2007 - I ... 'll definitely have some openings in the fall and I'll post the application details ... -fed at every turn. Even though I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for over a

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... Workshop  After meeting with my advisor, we agreed that I would take three ... Listener. I registered full time for all four, half convinced I would drop

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  there were a Ph. D. in learning everything, I would do that," said Sal ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  . Athletics. If you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT ... included. Research papers. I think research papers are best talked about in ... 'll be most interested in your research experience: how you got interested

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005