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• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be ... norway spruce. it's so cool-looking! also yes there is a person inside it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  : Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right ... secret of the Boston 4th of July celebrations is that the Boston Pops do a ... , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  its reputation as a time sink. I like that so much of it is hands ... I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... is that the Boston Pops do a special, less crowded, "preview concert

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  give the usual spiel about how disillusioning it is to detach yourself ... work, because the truth is, no one cares about how hard it gets and I ... specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is ... of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston ... you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  the spring classes and to my return in January, when I'll be taking a course over IAP. I also look forward to a fresh start, a new semester free ... considering a possible course layout for the next year or so, seeing where to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date ... Palindrome Story: 2002 is a collaboratively-authored narrative palindrome ... -11-2002) 2002 was published as an illustrated book. A palindrome is a text in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

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  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and ... requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  Honestly, I think if you ask anyone at MIT, there is something of a ... Ben I say that is a very good point. Except little high school Ben, you ... it is definitely a rule that I have found to be true for me. The reason

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem, MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit ... Hopkins, and UMaryland; it felt nice to meet others who cared as much about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  experience. I had a friend group, but I look back and realize how colorless ... chill is bright, stabbing into your consciousness, a shard of pastel ... in my lungs, expanding with awe. The rain is violet, a sort of

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes ... This is a quick read and I read it one day after complaining on facebook ... . Janyce is a huge Patti Smith fan and I’m a big Robert Mapplethorpe fan. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  defense r = a coefficient of random chance s = special teams Thus, how ... model, is a simplification: it doesn't truly describe the ability of, say ... interception because he sees the football and reflexively thinks it is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began ... blog? Au contraire, mon frere! This is a place to recognize and support ... ? Summer is slipping away and the crisp New England weather is looming just

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  admissions bloggers, Dave wrote: "MIT is a singularly wonderful place. As Stu ... very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... particularly proficient at garba, we spent a few minutes dawdling awkwardly about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a ... imagine students and parents have a lot of questions about what it is like ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  called HMMT. Princeton’s version of this is called PUMAC. HMMT sends a ... , and I collapse in a couch at a lounge. This was, in fact, how their quad ... . So what happens is that a lot of the freshmen involved already know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  serious companies) while interning at a startup. Interning in SF is a sort ... pitches a bit too rehearsed, and you're never certain if an event is casual ... bubble" so often blogged about is both a weakness and an incredible

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017