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  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  walking distance of MIT. Driving and parking in Boston can be super ... Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  sentence using words from a vocabulary list; that I can do. It’s quite ... suppose. I can’t speak for any of the other languages taught here at MIT, but I think the Spanish classes have taken a step in the right direction

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  . I wrote the first two posts in Costa Rica where my Internet was ... campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya ... in between all of my other commitments. Since I was travelling a lot

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for ... got free art materials from MIT over IAP, which I'll talk about in a ... I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to ... much fun MIT can be. Being the blogger that I am (willing to spend far ... multiple bottles/cans of caffeine. I ended up taking 384 pictures of CPW, so

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a ... comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  about living in Boston, and I shared my frustrations at my home and ... . In the time that has elapsed since then, I have spoken with numerous ... . But I’m writing this primarily because I believe that that can change

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... viewing pleasure.  Enjoy! Nine-fold Pinwheel Designer: I forgot (and can’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... of snow. Even better, right outside of the dorm where Siyi and I live

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  school application cycle in the Fall of 2011. I applied to 27 schools but ... [annotation note="Not a joke. I earned a B in 5.12 with difficulty. The following semester in 5.13, I had a C on drop day so I disenrolled. Next

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  rain and a strong breeze while waiting in line -- luckily I was under a small covering near the door. As you can see, I am completely drenched in ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... like after graduation.  In retrospect, I should have been more proactive

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a ... At the beginning of the year, Rick '09 and I had a marathon carpentry ... the barstools never got made. In fact, the lumber is still stacked in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I ... replied, with a laugh, "I actually told him to put that in the speech! I said, 'hey, that's a good term for what's going on in this country.'" I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  soda can holder things. In fact, I got a bunch of free stuff that I wasn’t even looking for. Besides the two soda can holders, I was given a ... I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  energy came through in Rambax’s performance. I loved that spoken ... [by Nathan Kipniss '14] Last Friday I went to Pulse: “Our ... quality!) I was taking African Music this semester (21M.293, to those who

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  I've received this link multiple times today (thanks Kevin and Susan), so I might as well post it before I go see Fanaa... From this week ... votes in a single night. "We're all running cgi hack scripts" lol'd one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  application, which I barely remember anymore - occurred via a link in the blog comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... have so much more life experience than my kids have and I can envision ... the things that I most enjoy about my work in the admissions office is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  this year. Q. I'm not a super-genius. Can I still survive at MIT? A ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the College Confidential message boards), I've noticed an abundance of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005