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• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  .T.) Chain Reaction What is the F.A.T. Chain Reaction? Better to see it ... a link, which is then connected to another link and becomes one giant ... " in honor of the 14-line poetry form and the 14th annual F.A.T. event

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  , [annotation note="Dap is actually a practice rooted deeply in Black History ... in a frat; I wanted, regardless of who I was or wasn’t, to be true to ... emblazoned somewhere visible, staffed by a few brothers in shirts that betrayed

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  mean you should take your own notes, but a TA is actually taking all the ... of doing it logically by introducing a definition as it comes up in the ... professor will go back in a different color to a table/chart/cross we ran

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and was concerned that ... that... I'm basically a kid who likes math, cats, plants and some ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  It's been—checks watch—two weeks since I last posted, which is a week ... . In it are 99 retellings of the same story, each written in a different ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  , where the Great Hunger is a deeper search for meaning and understanding in ... privileges is a sense of duty, a mandate to do good in the world, one which I ... machine learning) and a course in ethics and ML (that is heavy on the ethics

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  pitching articles? Like some fancy writer in a Paris café, except in a roasted apartment in Boston. Fantasies aside, it’s a fact that many MIT ... already entered my mind. And we all know from Inception, an idea is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took ... posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... cold, but I do it anyway when I’m down bad, which is, unfortunately, a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  'll need for your dorm and you may even have a meal plan, which is paid in ... , a secret base, an HQ. Personalize it and make it unique to you. Also ... know when they walk in "Yep, this is definitely Erick's room". It could

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  Rome So my spring break trip began in a sudden blur of things. My day ... barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a soda. At a little place in the airport, I saw a brown colored Fanta

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  now know almost everyone who sent a picture in, and ironically one kid ... the rain, I didn't ask. He maintains that he is in fact NOT making a ... (I know where that is! yay Google maps.) and will likely be in for a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... accompanied by a frustrating mass of release forms. Regardless, it is my hope ... a 50% discount at all the dorm dining halls (in addition to a $300

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... would have been the kind of math that causes a ringing in your ears and ... Theorem, however, is nice and pretty. Thing Two: A giant paper butterfly

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  ='I learned this from my father, who is known in our family for always trying ... warmth. The world felt anew, like we were in the first episode of a new ... parking, which I had never seen in a city layout before. It felt like those

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  eventually, got it done. So, here is a day in the life, from May 1st till ... even a good pie. For those in the audience who like deep-dish pizza, I am ... restaurant in Cambridge that specializes in sushi. I got a cool roll (for free

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  organic chemistry in roughly the same format, with only a few minor ... using their talents and abilities to actually making a difference in the ... , I haven't met anyone who fits the stereotypical image of a dorky guy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  —for example, "Talk Like A Pirate Day" is about the holiday and those who ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... , let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you ... Last year, I hosted a pre-CPW [annotation note="fyi this was streamed through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... job-acquisition chances, Career Fair is fun. A whole jolly bubble within

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  crossovers in socal MIT Students Visit Caltech and UCLA

  

  a place familiar to me, to rediscover and see new things in those ... friend, Blake, a mechanical engineering frosh at Caltech living in Blacker ... the courtyard with a black wooden platform covered in construction

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 6, 2026