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  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , had probably the second best time of my life (getting accepted and learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew absolutely for sure hands down no doubts that this was the place for me. If you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  , and part three. Hour 70: 7:50 AM PST, January 6th, 2023 location ... , we may recover some of that time by Emeryville. The reasons for this ... , and so we proceeded at a crawling pace for a number of miles. Eventually

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted ... . Hasbro is awesome, they care a lot about what they do, and it was fun to ... trademarked name uses all capitals for TOY FAIR) is one of a few major toy

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Harbor for the 50th-anniversary ceremonies. Mrs. Jackson died in 2000 ... since has been designated for the James ("Big Jimmy") E. Roberts, Sr ... community. John Jackson was the longtime cook for the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  dinner for 30, 105 miles of running, and a lot of Barack Obama have ... MIT, #261: Sure, you're miserable on weeks like, say-for-instance-hypothetically-speaking-of-course, October 19-23. On the bright side, it's the best miserable experience ever

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the ... advertise for their schools. Nice, neat, Photoshopped pamphlets arrive on your ... pamphlet-creating admissions officers can't convey. MIT does its best to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  Unseasonably gorgeous February days Last Thursday, for whatever ... out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a ... parent who registered for a Financial Aid session - okay, it was the candy ... spouses, and their children and even their dogs and actually keep an eye on

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  . Red or white. Not-so-fun fact: This particular bottle was left over from ... year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  screen and waiting for that green PASSED to show. [caption id ... .02. I thought this would be okay because a) they're both on P/NR for me ... asynchronously and get all the content for the class. However, 18.02 hosts these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  asks if I'm free to play some Among Us, and we play for a few hours ... Floor Pi Discord. We play Among Us for two hours or so. The lag wasn't too ... playing, and we watch him play Country Streak for a while. We look at road

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  into the game that we had to shout for them to stop playing and go back ... captains that organized the games and fun events during Orientation to ... end of the week gets a secret prize........red on top. . Going into the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  !!!! I’ve had a lot of fun WINNING at Red Fox Escapes, an escape room ... It’s Veteran’s Day, which means it's been one year since my For Real ... list of fun Ellie-tried-and-tested things to do with one or more people

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  campus for the first time as an actual student - when I said that final goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  $50 for Uber, for a grand total of $638 off. I learned that stuff adds ... deep red lipstick I have for special occasions New Problems: Very hard ... given a monthly allowance from my parents that was plenty for groceries

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  ...again.) Jess: For love of Baxter Catnapped!? A Little Advice Ben: 50 Things Ben ... finding the information you're looking for is like searching for magnetic ... -colored bar a the top of every page? It's not just for decoration - it's your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for ... program that will save 200 lives for sure. In the second version, one ... . The overall admission rate for the class of 2009 was 14.3%. (From here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... deploying Ten Red Weather Balloons all across the country. $40,000 goes to the

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  , that wasn't necessarily the best idea. I didn't leave myself very much time for packing or doing dishes or eating or...well, lots of things ... working with it again- it's one of those things I like to do for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006