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  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  new apartment and painting there. I, of course, agreed that this was a ... painter and it wasn't going well - and the more I realized that it was going ... to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  ., who is a grad student, and despite the TB scoring and us both being ... (me!) and the Baker's Wife (Eva) are just realizing that they need to ... and a half classes that fell under MIT's broad category of [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  about serendipitous fortune over the years is that you have to make space ... working hard enough, they work too hard. Too hard, that is, to ever take a ... fortunate. This is the point I tried to make in my blog post Life is Improv

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is ... below! And finally, here are some resources that address the support

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  project was creating a *moodboard* to determine the color scheme, which is a ... program that allows you to 'play' a guitar using a LeapMotion, which is a sensor that can detect the motion of your hand. There's a very

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  action, 295 the year before, 267 the year before that, and 326 the year ... . You should still put the same energy and thought you put into your MIT ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a ... and the freedom to do whatever you want on a whim is a freedom you ... a year since I've graduated and I'm happy to report that real life isn

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  the deep thoughts limit for this post, and I'm ready to read a couple of ... back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  : One thing we are trying to do is dispel the myth that a curriculum ... true that few students who had the option to take AP Calculus and an AP ... to be somewhat controversial: Jones believes that creativity and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  process. This is a good thing for you, one more way that we make sure there are no "mistakes," and that everything is appropriately considered. In ... Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  the future. There's no need to be too stressed. 3. Remember that a life ... 'll have the smarts, skills, and mindset that I need to leave a permanent ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  the heating time based on the water level and ensure that there is hot ... further from the truth. It really is a joy and a privilege to read ... hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My spork is titanium, light, and little. But what’s not little is the ... participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT ... played a part in that total happiness. So did the welcome event and ... variety of activities that students do. All it takes to make a group is

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  to be a waiter. :) Although most of the guys wore dress shirts and ... any photos of the food, so you'll just have to take my word that (a) it ... One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  fear and dominance tape a foam sword to the wall and write "Flexcalibur ... also laugh a lot. I think the latest one is when I just went to pick up gear for a MITOC ice climbing trip and the trip leader told me to kick

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  's stomping a mudhole in me. I think the problem is that German I, II, and III ... junior and still cares about grades! This is also the first grad class that ... wearing only shorts and a t-shirt. In February! Anyway, the worst part of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a ... ✱ Discord, and I chat a little with them as I go. The voice channel is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  Center. The view is wonderful. Noam Chomsky has an office there, so that’s ... , the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. WW Academy is a ... these challenges. The topic is Assessment, and my job is to create the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016