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• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about ... a 45% on the 3.091 final. I could write about the classes I loved. The concepts I learned. The things I made. I just haven't. Instead, I want to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  to a study: They found that 191 couples — 14.7 percent — were ... told they were identical. Here is a diagram to sum up the relationship ... identical, and the only way to know for certain is with a DNA test. If the DNA

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... there for an hour. Or if you don't think you're the Greek type, go to a ... you've had since forever, or you get home after a long trip and just put

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you're an '11, I ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  of her friends, and their kids (which turned out to be a surprising ... !). I ate way too much food and tried to tone down my age a bit by putting ... You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a ... to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  the shop owner for a while, who incidentally happens to be one of the ... A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  various fraternity brothers coming to serenade you as a musically delightful ... . Weekend 5 Fun fact: I am a dancing machine. Does MIT offer outlets to my ... several colleges nearby hosted a cruise to unify school cultures into a heap

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  gained a lot of attention. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but my lab is coordinating a book group to get together and discuss it ... was by a company called Celera Genomics which wanted to patent/sell the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early ... having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to ... each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group of 12 people chosen at the end of freshman year to represent the class

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  admissions office has been so ready to welcome uncensored student writing. "A ... or trying to set a world record in the game of Mattress Dominos ... to learn about a college than from other students." Many high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  yesterday for the 20th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco. Thanks to your many generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in ... ) organize some of the flyers we need to distribute to representatives of each ... freshman advisee, Sha-har '09, selling baked goods to support the MIT Mock

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  hosted a community picnic to celebrate The Howard Dining Hall, which is on ... . The picnic was outside, with all-you-care-to-eat sandwiches and a whole ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

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

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  it's Google, it very well might be. Now I'm off on a bus to Aix ... I just got done with uploading way, way too much blog to the other blog that MIT pays me to write. So you should go over and read that now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  also caught The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy recently. Though I was a ... my old Baker House housemate, who was a Sequence Supervisor for special effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He was a Digital Effects

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  writing habits. "It appeared to me that regardless of what a student wrote ... Chiara Coletti, a vice president. Hmm... it will be interesting to see how ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  ;t forget to take some time to relax after the 1st, and have a Happy ... today, I've been helping answer your calls and want you to know that ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016