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  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  a while since I put any pictures in this blog - I want it to be ... ...the character has a name, but I'm not sure what it is. Nick '09 is a Japanese ... I've been really bad about updating lately. It's that point in term

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... years of my life to a novel I didn’t believe in. [annotation note ... figuring out plot threads, filling in the gaps I’d skipped over before. The

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then ... I, had gotten a postcard while nobody else had. There's not much else

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. I don't know what they ... MIT's 27 fraternities or 5 sororities, but I still had to sign a non ... throwing a freshman into a shower the night before the first 8.01 exam, they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  I always want to have the full picture before I make a move. I want ... still alive."]alive internet theory[/annotation]. I saw this video a few ... . And it sucked. A lot. And when I saw this video, the titled reminded me

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  Stealing a page from Melis's book, check out this awesome article about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England ... didn't know if there was a wind tunnel at MIT, but if there was, I wanted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  friendships there that’ll last a lifetime. I was active in my community on and ... saying “This is what I’m gonna do when I go to MIT!” Frankly, a lot of the ... I remembered that I submitted my application in January. Last spring I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  enough to know what he's doing, a rare combination. I think I'll be able to ... sure what could be. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want one noooooooow ... class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  get in before I graduate and the ultimate success, FIRST AUTHOR. As for ... that I think would make for some good discussion. For a full reference, you can see the article here. Basically, what I gathered from the

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon ... become obsolete like a floppy disk. I can hold my reservations about said

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  sites and predict a winner! I'll think long and hard and make my ... What: Battle of the Bands When: Saturday of CPW (April 8th). Doors ... Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  , recently made headlines by discovering a furry moth never before seen in the ... students in 1971, 25,000 enrolled, and this at a time when the total student ... helps them identify the species in the picture. Occasionally, a community

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while ... known, I am a *gigantic* Harry Potter nerd. I am one of those people who ... much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a ... , simply visit decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a ... , simply visit decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  advertising a guest lecture entitled "What is a gene?" I thought that was a stupid question, because I know what a gene is. It's a piece of DNA that is ... ?" in a few minutes. I had never heard of Fink, so I skimmed through the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  lights. Simply put, we had cabin fever. I'm a California girl who hadn ... 've figured out how to wear what I want without dying from hypothermia, I ... quickly. On Friday we watched the first half hour of half a dozen movies

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... , i just want to live in a library for a few months and read finish ... Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  close-up shots of food, as I think they're quite overused; however, in a ... what I can get from the little taqueria right in MIT's front yard. For $4 ... little shindig; I'm talking about a different 150th! That's right; this

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011