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  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  worse – the dreaded neckbeard. And for something entirely automatic ... your decision as every day you look in the mirror and look like a slob ... November means a lot of things for different people. Thanksgiving and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  highlight reels look like? ** January 1, 2017 I make my resolutions for the ... . This situation recurs for the next 52 weeks. February 12, 2017 It’s 3 ... /Cereal mix on the warm beaches of Los Angeles. Thank you for everything. It

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . And if we're really getting into my secrets, I have a thing for the ... ). Favorite TV: The OC, Alias, and Lost are the only 3 hours I give up for TV ... . But even Blindness, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature, pales in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Vagina Monologues. For the week following the show, I attempted to put into ... fundraising ideas, meet the rest of the cast, and then strip to lingerie for a photo shoot for the advertisements (which traditionally include cast

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Wonderland Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, MA for the MIT Leader ... from my face. Overwhelmed at my desire for his dream to be the world ... ’t have this responsibility through the privileges that I’ve had. For the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  .” He was looking for funding to start OpenLabWare, which he explained ... , before entering the meeting, I prepared myself for rejection. Luckily, she ... the papers? What does the abbreviation “PhD” mean to you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  . Looking for more information? We have a Part II in the works and it will ... Tessa is on the right, excited for an incentive flight on a KC-135 ... intended to train students as comissioned officers for the US Armed forces

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  neighboring floors who longed for the remembered taste of home-cooked meals ... first spoonful of soup, the cooks gave permission for seconds ... should be plenty to feed the 14-person floor for the next week or so. Paul

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  (7:17 AM) Sorry for the delay in updating but the rest of the day has ... the puzzle from &#%% and for your reading enjoyment, I'll post it here ... 't know how other teams are doing, but I think the puzzles this year are

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT ... wasn't even really a final exam because it only tested us on the new stuff and was equally weighted with the other exams. The final was last

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first ... ): The material looks like it will be fun. The class is pretty small, 26 or ... well or struggle. The last time I was in a really polarizing class (18

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing ... I want to eat for breakfast tomorrow? All questions I wish I knew the ... look to for guidance and laughs and hugs, people who make me feel loved

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  for the group chat!! Looking for a lunch buddy? Text the group chat ... course, 99% of the reason for this is that MY FRIENDS ARE AWESOME AND I ... chats can be, though, they’re also one of the best resources for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  of Santa Monica, which had volunteered the use of its auditorium for ... method is to look where I need to be the next day, map out a rough route within that constraint, and then look for schools more or less along it. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  . 6:00 PM -- Step aerobics PE class. 7:00 PM -- I cheered for the ... in lab, be on the cheerleading squad, and work for the admissions ... information elsewhere, for example in your personal statement or in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus. Like any other morning, it looked like I was walking to campus. But as I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  has been firmly on the pure math track for a few years and who hasn ... school, and for the most part that turned out to be true, though they ... looks like. Also, there's less emphasis on memorizing material for exams

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  apologize for the inconvenience. I thought that would be less terrifying ... will be plenty of time for applications after the maintenance is ... for the millionth time. That's good, too. Just try not to panic.

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still ... A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  . be careful about the language you create for yourself). i assumed that ... , this is the result: the samurai’s sword (left) slashes straight through the ninja’s sword (right) and breaks it in half. then the samurai

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022