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  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  best cafe in boston. Lo and behold, it is in fact the best coffee you ... want to. You can wake up without a blaring alarm, note the snow out the window and decide to sleep for another hour. And when that hour is up, you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  doing well at MIT is figuring out what costs you can bear. I had a lot of class this semester. Here’s a snapshot of my registration: 69 units is ... ’t do particularly well in any of them. I ended up with a 3.9/5.0 semester

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a ... just for fun (more on all that in a future post) -- I was back on campus ... , at Snowbird in Salt Lake City. Disclaimer: to be fair, I took a tram up

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be ... get us a missing piece is by fax. Our Records Office fax number is (617

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was ... play tic-tac-toe. I entered it in a science fair and won a prize. That ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  . 4. Size. I grew up in a town of about 2,000 people and the idea of ... intimidating. Each dorm is its own community, but you also have a tight and ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  double rainbows! - but a few that appear in a star-like pattern and radiate from the light source. It's a phenomenon that is so epic, particularly in the context of a chemistry class, that no amount of astonished

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  I think she did a fabulous job. She started learning in the fall on ... : There's actually a mailing list at Random Hall for people who are interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a ... are being transported to clinics in remote locations  ...and a ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  green hoodie (which I was super happy about, because I've really been in a ... postcard, and a fridge magnet. We checked in, collected our items, got ... going to code in Johnson Ice Rink surrounded by a million other people, so

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action ... begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have ... If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  . Do not begin a first-year application in our application portal until ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any ... . Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a Quest
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a ... wind carried a coolness with it often. But in the past few weeks, I had ... had been hit by a drunk driver. She didn't survive. In Islam, we have a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... professor encouraged us all to stay in the class: a 46 on the exam

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... our neighbors' backyards all around us. every once in a while one of us buys a bouquet of flowers from safeway and we put them in makeshift vases

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  In any given school year or work week, there is so much we can stress ... relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  was so much fun. Watching a kid’s movie always puts us in an “everything will be okay” headspace. It immerses you in a story, beautifully crafted ... hears a mysterious voice calling to her. In the beginning of the song, she

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in my book, in case ... mid-semester work than coming up with an awesome costume, but such is college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  to find a semester's worth of rushing over to Building 68 to turn in ... playing in the background had turned into five simple letters and a two-digit decimal figure. How anticlimactic. This last semester passed by in a flash

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008