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  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT ... When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  managed to touch you, you would be “eliminated” from the game. (I later ... Jebby Every fall since 2014, Next Haunt puts together a horror ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  ? Neville was supposed to be good at combat. I started the game with 5 HP ... for the Game Lab, which is so cool to me. Dream job TBH. Related to ... current students, because cruft generally have more free time to write games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  decent person the last time i went to urgent care i checked off “excessive ... that was meant for babies “I'm just not feeling this game...” opens up another game “Really not feeling this game...” browses entire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself ... something, then try to force myself not to think about it, then fail, then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  at MIT appeals to you and why?), two essay prompts to choose from ... choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... countdown to EA Decision Day. December 15, 2008 was the scheduled date for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time ... , nearly all application components were either scanned, downloaded, or

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... began. I learned to conserve clothing. Laundry Day became a special ... , unreasonable psets. The fight to rise will start in your subconscious. Without

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but when the post-finals laze took over, I devoted most of my time to local ... occasional art festivals. On the other, just beyond the Harvard Bridge

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  Thinking of living off campus? Maybe not, maybe you just want to read ... 't apply to you just yet anyway, since all freshman are required to live on ... just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Optimal Procrastination Technique:  How to trick yourself into

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  cup. You check your email. Hufflepuff. Jin P. ‘16 You go to download ... walks you to your computer. You download two hundred HD wallpapers. Half ... Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in expansion of MIT Gothic. It is up to you to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  , an enzyme whose job it is to stick pieces of DNA together. 45 min, room ... neatly trimmed. I call Adam to see if he wants to have lunch together; he ... vacation since finals ended due to moving and setting up the apartment)... my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  floors - from Burton 1 to Burton 5, and from Conner 2 to Conner 5 (Conner 1 ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  three people to reference the abbreviation "HASS" (H, A, S). Here's a game ... game theory class I took on listener. I especially made sure to add a ... and Environmental Engineering to 24: Linguistics and Philosophy. There

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  to know them. Make it a game: try to get a selfie with someone from ... froshy together, but also make an effort to make friends with the ... things are close together. It’s a great moment when you’re able to navigate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  come together to make MIT one epic battle against the elements. I considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with ... show to put together a meme set where everyone spun a prop that they

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  … like, I was just trying to be nice and help the kids with their game when ... the game with whomever was sitting next to me and they started playing the game with whomever was sitting next to them and before long it

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  with charcoal and colored pencils. That summer, in order to put together ... questions, including the one written above. Rather than asking applicants to ... questions intentionally designed to help us get to know the student as a real

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  games. Thanks to the soccer alumni, who were one of the first to hug the ... like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... about our successful regular season. Which leaves me to tell you about how

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024