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  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  Production Services (AMPS): the people behind ZigZag. Asking me for ideas for a future episode, I said, what if we did a theme episode, one just looking at ... would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  . Then I mailed everything and sat back for a month, biting my nails and ... almost a letdown. Now that I got what I wanted for so long, well, *now ... that's a far cry from the full group.) Sometimes I'll pass a former

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... thought of the title. After my advising meeting, I loitered for a few hours ... identifying me as a certified member of MIT's Academic Indecision Society. I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... , and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  needed for future research from several years to less than a week. Jamie ... geometry." This is a great opportunity, I hope many of you will apply! For ... From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  under the sun from the past year, and I bet if you Google hard enough, you can find a list of the topics that they made fun of (all in jest, of ... should. And since I think pictures are worth a thousand words, here are a

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for 4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for being completely awol from the blogs recently. She's right, and I ... for those who applied in Early Action and received a "final" action in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  I've spent the better part of a day trying to blog about my semester, but I can't think of a pithy way to put everything together, so I wrote ... my MIT experience that I've been sick for more than a few days. I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  closed! at 10:54 EST. so i can go to bed without worrying about whom I'm not answering. thanks all!  Today is Sunday. I am at home. After I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for ... before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian ... you're following the storm from home, I highly recommend the New York

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  back on this day, I feel a lot of tenderness for the girl I was. I wish I ... . And then it was the 16th. I was anxious so I took a walk on the gravel ... money from writing. Then more offers came in. And then I had decisions to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of ... gained a lot of attention. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but ... 's credibility as a scientist and his sincerity as a believer make for an engaging

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  'm most excited to see what Marilee Jones performs. I'm hoping for a little ... yet. After that, I'll probably hang around for the so-called festivities ... :00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  ammunition, and more guns than you can (or would want to) shake a stick at. A ... (dodgeball, flag football, air pistol). Not a lot is said about these, I guess ... never blog about varsity sports, why?" or "You try to hire bloggers from a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  One thing I've been hearing from prefrosh at an alarming frequency ... stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... 's the place where premeds congregate, right? Well, I still didn't see any

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  final exams. I’m peeking out from underneath my rock (with some prodding from Chris P.) for a few minutes to welcome all the new pre-frosh to MIT ... wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  I'm completely hosed with post-CPW communications right now, and will be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of ... ) account and his own channel, but that didn't stop him from filming a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  70%. Or 90%.) In the beginning of this year, I suffered from a lot of ... you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... ’s a lot less about moving far from the physical location that was my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015