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  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... LGBTQ community, and with “food at MIT”  just to name a few. This last ... ask? MITFAC brings together students – and other MIT community members

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... enrollment of each outstanding new class. While I don't want to minimize my

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... - there were periods of time when we'd have to wait to call some people back

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... take place up to several months before formal acceptance letters hit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  profits to charity, posting thoughtful weekly vlogs — the list goes on. I ... go to charity. The Foundation to Decrease World Suck inspires me with ... . Dear Hank & John and Hank’s TikToks taught me to think more

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  , and of course, frozen pizza. I also try to throw together the occasional ... knew two of my best friends would be there, so I caved to peer pressure ... decided to go with the good old standby: duct tape. Of course, once I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  't have the chance to dance together anymore, but we still have a few things ... are working hard to stay together, I thought I'd have a unique ... together to learn virtually. I'm super excited about a lot of the activities

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  are collectively endorsing its messages, banding together to speak with ... is the first step in bringing colleges together to be more thoughtful ... students.” I was very pleased to endorse the report, along with more than

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  finals. Ruth '07, Mitra '07 and I '07 tried to make that a little more ... --never to be unpacked in Cambridge again. And finally, my beloved high school friend Shana stopped by to visit in Boston this week. Now, that's normally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  mine and I are taking this class together, and we're super psyched to ... things to blog about. But, since it's my last semester as an undergrad, and ... , cause sophomore fall fucking sucked. good riddance to sophomore fall

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a number related to your credit history, which is something that people like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  's Spelling Bee game, where you try to spell words given a fixed set of letters ... Note to anyone who is confused: Cruel Summer is a Taylor Swift song. I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  . People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags ... campus to dispense food and swag to interested students. We even have a ... you don’t know what business casual means, much less how to find a job

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  , thought I had more or less a game plan, and didn't need to have a lot of ... alliteration.   But I digress, after all I'm not here to wax nostalgic ... splices to make the Voynich Manuscript look like Shakespeare. No what I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  A parent posted a great comment on my last entry, with too much to talk about for one entry (especially since I have a hockey game to play in quite soon), but I'll do what I can for now and try to cover other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  to get your rational mind with your emotional mind working together to ... intuition and your rational mind work together to come to a solution ... of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  sophomore Emily TenCate almost immediately put together an initiative to buy ... , MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home ... circumstances. She planned to buy the breakfast from the awesome nearby cafe Flour

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... local activist groups and residents, he hopes to empower people to monitor ... the impacts of the oil spill to dissipate, he said. "If we do it now

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010