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  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... in Salt Lake City. I decided I'd take in the sights before my meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... . We had a roller coaster, in the style where one hangs below the track

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern ... the spring classes and to my return in January, when I'll be taking a ... decision applications. I can only tell you to be yourself. MIT wants to hear

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

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  during sophomore year I'm noticing a trend in physics problems: they get ... in his class. Needless to say things got different when I got to MIT ... think it really struck me that physics was hard when I got this problem in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you ... 's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  choosing where to go to college. only months after studying in mit did i find ... one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... , floor pi alumni. and it's neat how i can say, oh, wait, nelson knows about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... that we'll receive a packet of information at check-in. Can I still get ... you should check in). Happy travels, and we can't wait to see you this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... stations installed where you could fold cranes from white paper. I noticed ... concert. Honestly, freshman year, I wasn't particularly interested in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  to a range where I can sing tenor parts again. We've also got to choose ... psets! I have homework in my HASS classes, dude! I assumed that taking two ... . Trust me. 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms I -- Write the first 8 bars of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  Park after shopping in the CambrdigeSide Galleria Mall, but I like going ... (wonderful) [annotation note="my boyfriend and i walked in a random direction ... ,[/annotation] but I'm [annotation note="that's amoryyyy"]in love with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth ... prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  somewhat okay, but you can never be too careful. In public, Jebby and I both ... than I can count on my hands in Boston, and have been absolutely ... .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  or barrage through. i can really see my strength in this environment ... living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... future and my childhood and just a whole slew of things that i can't really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  facilitated this. good thing i’ve now placed myself in a job where i get to ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... years where the most recent year takes precedent. some days i feel like i

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  my grades are good, and last week I fell In love for the first time ... if I let it see me, From the top of that tree that everyone else can ... look at it:   I got into MIT, I swam in seas of blankets With the

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  semester, I went to PUMAC, in Princeton, and I kinda wrote about it too. Then ... go to CMIMC, in Carnegie Mellon, and I had a great time. It went quite ... was majoring in something, and I was like, "woah woah woah, don't you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  Taiwan (where it is wonderfully 80 degrees outside. I can envision the warm ... difficulty of 8.012, but after seeing the work in the first couple of weeks, I ... .01 is taught using the TEAL method, which I kind of explained in this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty ... moment in our relationship was the outcome of that spelling bee, although I ... sister before she headed back to college in Baltimore. I value family

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  room looks like a mess, but in reality it is my organized mess. I know exactly where I've put things even if it's messy and out in the open and not ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021