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  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  last month, in the Parents' Forum, which was discussing Marilee Jones ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and ... in context, the kids have 4 and 5 AP classes on their schedules. Now

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  much as some people have in their first semester. Even my sister, who has ... kernels soaked in cold milk). Day 2 (Sunday) Veggie Galaxy (Brunch) Still ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Dear fellow chompers, A year ago, I was asked: … and in typical hosed ... year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While ... individuals and their communities, and coffee, in particular, carries rich

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  ) nobody in my family has ever won the lottery, suggesting that my otherwise ... 's statistically improbable to win things that aren't in cereal boxes. Well, it ... my genetic misfortunes, despite the misguided expectations instilled in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... emerging story of his amazing record. DeRon showed up regularly in class ... had driven seven hours or so from their home in the small town of Galax

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... , granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... schedule of a 24-hour pharmacy worker in Alaska. No wonder: Random Hall

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... sexual health in a way that is honestly unheard of in a lot of places. We ... people about sex and relationships and what's okay and what's not okay in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  less. It's still here, in little bits and pieces: when I realize that the ... others' mouths, the last time I was in this classroom it was for a class I ... 've fallen in love with these little echo moments and the way they assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on ... try to identify the MATCH in the people I meet here at MIT - it ... (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... inevitably there is at least one final post by a student in their final year at ... ’m taking two classes at Harvard this semester, and one of them is in an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak ... freshmen from living in senior house; and second, to institute a "turnaround ... based on these data alone,” the senior officers added in their letter

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  Pass; Prof. Dina Katabi, whose work in wireless networks and mobile computing ... goes when it’s not tied up doing psets. A lot of people participate in ... trade in courses in physics and math for wonky classes like "Science of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... for you! Sure, students have less time for books in college, but we don ... Palahniuk is a minimalist writer, which means not a single word in his books

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... inevitably fell out and started on our different paths. In my freshman year of ... thought. These are the lifelong friendships they talk about in the movies

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  -campus visitors, reading your applications, and duking it out with my colleagues in ... with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... ? Some of you may be wondering, what’s the point of visiting in the first

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  in the CPW booklet (or, these days, the mobile app). Those are ... . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... sleeping bag. Space in the room might be limited, especially if your host

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  tl;dr Today I’ll be answering your questions about MIT portfolios in the comment section below. To tide you over before questions come in, I ... creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... shall be eaten." or "Wear Shoes or DIE" The cast: The EC rush chairs, in ... earlier than the move-in date, meet the freshmen and build ALL the things

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  Roast, somewhere down in Somerville, because even when it’s not in our ... home, whether it lives on one day in sub-communities in other dorms, or large houses full of displaced friends, or in the hearts of everyone who

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I ... round of poker or mobile game hyperfixation the night before a midterm ... on me and my fellow frosh. In the aftermath of our last [annotation

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023