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• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  mystical utopia described by the admissions blogs. IAP is a truly magical time during which absolutely nothing is expected of you; ironically, you ... go abroad, or work, and there are a few unfortunate frosh who devote it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  's perception of science is changing. I was wondering if you could spend a few ... one that is very near to my heart." Random astronomer: "Can you repeat ... 're a meme!) and I can report that it is truly bizarre to watch Neil de

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy ... mythology, since the fifth grade. "The footwork is intricate and there are demanding facial expressions because you are telling a story. You blend both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  worried about getting put in a quad, there are only 10 on campus, all ... issues, and all I can say is that we figured out how to be friends. Fancy ... chairs and a lamp, all we really want to do is fall into bed and sleep and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... me the hardest time was: "NDECOINI" Let's see if you can figure it out

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  the first floor with a window facing. I wonder if there is a chance that ... light is broken in suite 106, is there any way a bulb could be replaced ... the morning. The ground is shaking and my head is pounding and it's a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  to Boston, where, as you already know, I went to LeaderShape in an ... relaxing. The reason I wanted to write this entry is to show you all that ... a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished ... some questions. So they threw in a generic thank you to the people at ... author of the book is basically a complete jerk (from New York, no surprise

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

   club teams and dozens of intramural sports available. Whether you're a potential Olympic contender or if this is the first time you've ever thrown a ... With 33 varsity sports teams, MIT is the largest DIII athletics
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  dances! All you have to do is move to the music." No. Not me. I'm the ... standard songs got played, people danced, and then there was a dance off ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  university. All hope is lost for the latter if you can't do the former. Of ... year, a number of our programmers graduated, and there was suddenly room ... who would otherwise never have met*. *This is a story that could have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of you who don't get in: Take a deep breath. It's okay. In my psychology ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  is so worth it to take a few extra seconds and truly understand what ... you speak. While asking questions is great, thinking for yourself has ... felt silly, lol. 2 microliters is clearly too small a volume to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  people sharing a normal-sized kitchen is a bit rough, so we stored some ... house can't see where exactly the bottles are, so sometimes when we'd open ... tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  's office and expect to find him there, which is kind of a bummer. That said ... direct you here. Suffice it to say that Professor Dumbledore is the reason ... our understanding of the universe.  One of those winners is an MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... neurotic college applicant waiting for a decision. (Come on, who can blame ... 't panic, when we get home you can get into the mailbox and see what's going

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... having a piece of the world own you.    Fluorescent light; Eyes

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  classic awkward are-you-taking-a-picture-?-?-herp-derp photo. And finally docking  after a whole afternoon of canoeing :) If you look closely you can spy a Lydia in the background! Basically, the moral of this story is to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... because I like knowing stuff (which is still true) but because I had a ... high school, and so I can’t really remember a time when these external

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018