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  the children yearn for the snow quarry 120 bricks, 80 man hours, 3 tons of snow, 2 forts, and a partridge in…

  

  only mean one thing--IT'S TIME TO BUILD A SNOW FORT! Part 1: The ... stickiness to form blocks, and also you’ll suffer more. With a cold front ... !🎶 Listen to crab rave on repeat for an hour. Lie in the snow and make a snow

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester ... What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh? A NEW KITTEN!!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  decided to make a super-retro 8bit blocky construction / run away from ... 't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... entirely: Minecraft. What is Minecraft? Quoth Wikipedia: a sandbox building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks. Long a ... subculture—providing a deeper understanding about intelligence, strategic ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas ... their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  similar rise in applications. This was a cause of concern to all of the ... officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to ... to students that should make the process a bit saner for all involved

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  awash with students bustling to and fro. floorpi feels like it’s a little ... tuesdays thursdays 11 to 3. there’s a waltz class on monday evenings at 7 ... for mystery hunt, i can’t wait for it to happen, a lot of people are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  expertise I wish to take (#22). Enjoyable on-campus jobs are very much “a ... with bodies of water. The Charles River has been a silent witness to a ... water look so coarse, it seems that if only I found a way to lower myself

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  : We have received 18,064 total applications, a 1% increase over last ... Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... our best to show you MIT. Join the Facebook Group: Facebook is a great

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

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will ... have to sacrifice a couple of your weekend plans. It's entirely feasible ... to CPW if you can! It played a huge role last year in my final decision

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a ... (617.253.3400) to request it. If you register for a MyMIT account without ... Hi folks, So sorry for the delay in posting this - we wanted to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  up to the city of San Francisco where I had a relatively smaller ... meeting with you for an MIT interview. Now, to answer a few questions I was ... /East Bay this week. Many thanks to those who attended! The week started with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  performances, or to write lyrics that use Boo as a pronoun.) Do not use words ... you want to "keep it real" get an "A" in Calculus. That's hot! Never ... giggles. Do not quote Holden Caufield in your essay. (It's a good way to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  and a feeling of cowardice and defeat. When I finally came to college ... , in fact, need to eat a lot in order to gain muscle and see results. In this time, I also got a FitBit and was able to track the calories burned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  only wanted to do a partial computer science degree, meshing it alongside ... had the opportunity to join a research project where I would study ... social media. I know it's a stupid thing to be upset about, and I should

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  , the experience did inspire me to learn a lot more about feet and walking ... each have 26 bones and a ton of joints and muscles to provide balance and ... ” suffer from a lot of hindsight bias so i will try to avoid doing so but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  down, and that we still exist! I first moved to WILG after I took a gap ... formal. Also, we are not required to be "dry", a.k.a. we can have alcohol ... for a year and a half spent elsewhere due to the pandemic. For a long

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  right now, I'd like to discuss something that's been on my mind for a few ... changed is the fact that Facebook is now delivered to a much broader ... design and audience, as a social utility intended to facilitate the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011