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  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  with the big front wheel? They provided hours of fun for us when we were ... adults. The rules were simple: Modify a Big Wheel for racing using all of ... Prototyping Lab, they do all of the 3D printing for the model shop) and formed

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  dish and add a small amount of salt. Cook on high in the microwave for ... ’re in class. Don’t cook the meat for too long or it will become tough ... squash halves with aluminum foil. Cook the squash for about 50 minutes; the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  to Concourse in that what they look at is an intersection, the ... to Marianne '15 for clarifying)) but rather Computer Science and the workings of the Media Lab through seminars and preparation for UROPs

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  explained the "casing the joint" means "looking around for things to steal ... won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004. Outside his door hangs a red ... Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  all officially undeclared until the end of the year. Freshmen have a ... advisors. Double the fun for everyone -- and double the number of people who ... plans for the term and during the week before Drop Date to discuss how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  the midsection, and makes you look like a bottom-heavy roly-poly. (I ... , you’re actually looking through Tim’s mouth. Before putting on the ... making my way over to the venue, Tim was ready for his moment to shine! I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will look. Over ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  end for the PLAYsentations. It was incredibly wonderful. Looking ... , thanks for one the most unforgettable experiences of my freshman year! ... that I was taking 2.00b: Toy Product Design this past semester. Over the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for ... to 0, they sprinted back to the sidewalk, waited for traffic to stop ... cloistered like the world's most shabbily dressed monk for so long reading

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  me souviens. We needed lemons for the greatest marinade this side of ... from the lemon grove in nearby Cannes. La vie en bowls. (For those who ... les fraises et les pommes for what was to become the greatest fruit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  -flow-transport-electrokinetics-booty-kicker. I'm looking forward to it! See? I'm a quarter of the way there ... , he looks like a really nice person. His face is the most indicative of ... In Situations Requiring Social Interaction - I foresee the situation

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  . "weird"? Except for Simmons, which is across the athletic field from the ... place for green space; its denizens instead enjoy the outdoors on their ... fringe of the academic buildings. I know that when I was first looking at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  stations all over the Boston area, so you can bike for essentially wherever ... the most efficient operations I have ever seen; you walk in, they look ... you into the observation room, [annotation note="for the first shot

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  really domestic. The other day, our GRT, Chris, took her to Target. When she got back, she showed off the things she bought. "Look, I finally ... (pronounced Mara) from across the hall over for dinner. April put out the place

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  some extra raps for inspiration, particularly looking at female rappers ... as inspiration for my rhythm and flow for the class: [embed ... , never having rapped before. For the class, we also watched some videos on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather, it looks for attributes that you can demonstrate in just about any ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  . They're also the beginning of when I began applying "ask for forgiveness ... need is ID showing that I'm over 18 and some money to pay for the ... piercing, which I thought looked incredibly cool. Owen and the other

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at ... the prize; they look at MIT as the logical next step. It's an important ... .) But the reality is that when you have 10,500+ applications for ~1000

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  main, we are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can write ... in the office and serve as a shibboleth for student culture. We pay you ... become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  select "I will enroll at MIT for the term beginning September, 2014 ... the place for you, we thank you for letting us get to know you this year ... to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014