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  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , thanks to Vassko, has a more complicated answer. For those of you just ... , although party themes often run to the creative -- at some parties, you get a ... when Robin visited his fraternity and failed to identify him as a robot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... friends was even a cast member two years ago), but I was always too lazy to ... a slot this year, I had no excuse not to sign up. I really enjoy

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... -week, hour-and-a-half sessions into something I eagerly look forward to. We ... his parents, to highlight the isolation one feels in returning to a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  want to focus on making next year. To summarize my thoughts in a sentence ... -life balance, creativity, and how different it is to work than to be a student ... join a local weaving circle back home in California, to learn a new skill

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  suspicion that Lisa and I actually share a consciousness. Anyway, I wanted to write a blog post, but was struggling with writer's block (it's easier to ... because I liked to read the blogs. A few years later, I spent a summer in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  . Here are some pics, looking back (omitting a lot because I don't want to ... same time, it was a hard semester for me due to all the life changes of ... and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  ask, does a fluorescent light need to be controlled? You have likely seen a demonstration of how easy it is to wire up an incandescent bulb; you basically just connect it to a battery. In these more traditional

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the ... center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ’s attempt to gain a command was somewhat futile to begin with because he was ... can determine whether you’re offered admission to a school that have ... motivation to apply to a great school like MIT or any other top university, you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  :)   Rose R. ‘17 Mural-ish thing :) In order to brighten up my room a bit, I'm creating a shattered glass looking thing on all of my walls (1 down, 3 to go ... it makes perfect sense to build a laser into a lip balm tube. It has a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Atlantic to begin his studies as a Marshall Scholar. The Marshall ... . It's a long way from Moultrie, GA, to Cambridge, MA, and an even longer ... two years, I faced a number of questions. This was due in part to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... first-floor hallway, to make a linear, multicolored, psychedelic display

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was ... struggling to do so in a way that’s pretty and poetic, that will stick in ... ’s worth a read.) I’ve started three other aborted blog posts trying to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  to make a long story short, my senior year, I decided to start a ... commute killah. Need to be on a bus/train/plane for a long time, but not ... support worker. But a microphone is a suprisingly handy thing to have – it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... students. We have a position called historian whose job it is to do research ... the oldest floorpi graduate I knew, Charles T. '10. This lead to a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later ... -lived time capsule, which was actually pretty fun to delve into for a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in ... to work on a double major, pursue other interests, or, if you're like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in ... I figured out I had to move. It took me a while, but I got up the courage to move to a floor where I knew almost no one. And it turned out

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... ’ve since been informed that that’s a misguided conclusion to make, and I like to think that I have a much better attitude now. Regardless, I had

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... delivering dinner to a friend who wasn't feeling well. Because it's (very ... connected them. On the door to the basement stairs I saw a poster advertising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021