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  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  the anatomically correct shape of a heart. We <3 her too.  Natasha B. hails from McMinnville, Oregon, near the ancestral lands of ... A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  day"] the end of every year. [/annotation] I write one to my future self ... note="conversations under the star-studded skies of New Hampshire, 'how ... of the herbs didn’t sprout, and the other half eventually died due to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  ) plays and joins the hunt every year in the spirit and name of "having fun." But it was comprised of very few MIT students (I was 1 of 2, the other ... /co-workers. (another interesting tidbit: half of our team can probably be seen in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... surprise goodie bag left at 3am on the the doors of East Campus residents

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  other side of the country. I lived in a one story house in the suburbs of ... now in front of this big window overlooking the busy street of Mass Ave ... Snickers happily snuggled into my side. I miss the smell of freshly prepared

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  I found one of my old sketchbooks the other day. I'm ashamed that ... (usually) nude model poses in the middle of a room in a series of timed poses ... limited set of lines. Learning how to distill the complicated human form

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  absolutely zero of them. Shock, I know, one of the faces of the MIT Admissions ... and potentially prompting them to not apply to MIT. The truth of the ... a list of the people I know. Sorry for being blunt, I don't really

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  of you know, the admissions blogs originally grew out of independent ... discussing starting an office Instagram, a few of the bloggers volunteered that ... the lens of these other platforms as well. So, as a resource (and a bit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  —if you look beyond the thing you're waiting for—it can also be full of ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  part of the Course 4 department that I'm planning to tackle on as well ... successfully pursued the intersection of technology and design. After the ... We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  jump into a field 70-80% of the market is chasing the current fad.  This ... that the rest of the world is missing.  Sam says that very few founders ... small wins early. Instead of the whole nuclear reactor, is there a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  the last bit of my milk, which may have been a problem tomorrow because the milk expires today, but is actually perfect since Spring ... When I woke up this morning, I made myself my typical bowl of Kashi

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... sides of the salmon with salt and pepper. In a blender or food processor ... covered in aluminum foil and bake on the top rack of oven for 10 - 15

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day ... fly with me anytime!" Only the last one of those is even close to being ... 't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  , strolled down the quaint streets of Berkeley, covered my eyes through War of ... episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I woke up early this morning and was ... Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  Applicants, if you're reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the ... , however, you have some serious decisions ahead of you in the coming weeks ... + years and he's one of the sharpest people that I know. Finally, it dawned

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle ... you can manipulate. A sensor above generates a 3D model of the sand, and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  all kinds of shops, the preparation takes over your entire summer ... heavy.  my thoughts were torn between the excitement of what was coming, what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  differences among the different tracks—applied math has a whole different set of ... 't taken many of the more applied or CS-related classes. So let me now talk ... terms with my limits in the past 2.5 years of school. One thing I want to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  One of my five classes this term is sponsored by RATP, the metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the ... the operation of the trains -- and new space is opening up where those

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007