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• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  . And this is what I come home to: I'm living in a room titled The ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... might as well be living in a chapter of Walden, preferably one with strong

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day, towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  : Tourette syndrome. A nervous system disorder in nature, Tourette’s causes her ... they work out for her as well, in a rather unconventional way. In a ... person needs a calculator for. And yet you fail in Math. You have a gift

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person, and how that will fit in with the company. (It's actually pretty similar ... thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and is majoring in Course ... quite sure how "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas qualified. A ... Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -like models... so we started designing our blasters in Solidworks, a computer ... ...*cough* *cough*... But the important thing is that the Equalizer came together in ... . We learned how to use different tools and materials. We lost a

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

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  still finishing, how is it going? ... Happy November 1, Early Action applicants! Today is the day that, if ... procrastinating! A few answers to common questions: Please remember that if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  ’m working in the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, which is incubating a new graduate ... there is a non-physical world. It’s an extension of a 24.00 Problems in ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  untapped productivity. What Divya and Sneha have proposed is (in my head ... give NGOs the chance to work at a much higher level of efficiency: lots ... About a month and a half ago, I received an email from Sneha '13

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  Ave VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman ... last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to ... bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  room has a river view which is pretty, and it gets lots of sunlight in ... room is just a way for us to be creative every once in a while," said ... on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  Hamster Her name is Princess Leia!! She's a princess. She lives in a ... professors and classmates and discussions and lectures, and I think this is a ... style, here is a picture of Rory.

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... resilient. I snapped out of pondering in a couple of minutes and quickly ... something of a college preparatory nature occurs multiple times per week. For

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... a particular place. In the end, though, they let me choose the best

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is ... in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... doing this in a yoga class; on my knees (the big toe on my left foot is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab ... , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  robot arm. A robot arm! As in, not a human arm, but a robot arm. Like ... Episode V? He replaced it with a robot arm. And guess what. This is a robot ... comes in contact with water below 45.8 °C, it acts as a seed crystal and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  hackathon. However, what may come as a surprise is that MIT is very, very good ... sports teams, and a whopping 25% of students will participate in one during ... Collegiate Athletic Association, which is the organization in the United States

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech ... the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006