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• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  , and more than 1000 high schools; together, they constitute an incredible ... when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a ... next spring to the Class of 2015:   i wrote this to the students in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  I've been trying to write this blogpost for the past week, but every time I try to, I inevitably break down, get overwhelmed, and stop. But I know this will only keep bothering me until I get it out, so I'm going to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  love!-- there's obviously a lot of strife here, and I just wanted to ... makes up ~7% of the class each year. Is that a lot? That's hard to say ... to maybe 20-25% of the students in each year. But it's big enough that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  a high-speed camera Attended a baseball game Decorated my door ... skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

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

  

  college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween ... Shaws. My suite upped its decoration game after one of our freshmen, Jimmy ... the holiday, and before this year I didn't really have enough time to

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

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  solve over a hundred puzzles and put the answers together to find a coin ... together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... hilarious), I try to end my days reading journal articles, policy books, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  applicant asked, "when r u goin to answer the questions??" Sorry ... to answer them now... Matt's Helper asked, "What did you major in, when ... understand some Hindi and Urdu (pakistani language) is quite similar to Hindi

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... room to my right swayed with me, and so did the world four stories down at the open window to my left. I was terrified at first, but some time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  series of games to help explain the phenomenon of synesthesia. We chose ... some very ambitious middle schoolers that came up to us. Three years ago, we went to this panel and met Lauren there, and asked her a question

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... weekend. My parents and my [annotation note="She's now about to be a first ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  Saturday, November 11th, 2:33PM I’ve been struggling to blog lately. Not out of writers’ block--I truly always want to write, but mostly because the positive things I want to write seem to take too much effort or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read to keep yourself up to date. No big deal, right? Friday, 16:19 Anyway, I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final ... pictures of neurons. 2. Starting to plan a really important party for next September/October. Details to follow later, when there are more details to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  after IAP. The problem sets and studying together took me about four to ... Scottish band, beating even Franz Ferdinand. Now, you know I don't like to do just plain answer entries; I prefer to supplement them with at least some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  applied to their walking. with that in mind, this post contains some ... ’s like to be you but you can probably ignore this post) 0. disclaimers ... one of the best ways to enjoy it. if your fast walking procedure

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  then rank where they want to live. Each hall puts together events to convince the freshmen that their hall is a good place to live in. We bought ... brings me to hall rush! Each hall in East Campus has a different culture

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  own heads to ever accomplish anything interesting together. The ... act I: prologue When I was a kid, I used to dread going to sleep. I ... , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  A few weeks ago, Ayomide F. 18, better known to longtime blogreaders ... asked Ayo if she'd write up how it came to be so I could post it. She did ... sent my mom rushing into the room, ready to scold me. But when she saw

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  . You work together to put on a production. One person's gaffe is everyone ... promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I ... : "But what about going to college and trying new things? Also, Hack Punt

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  mentioned that I know "exactly how many students from South Dakota go to MIT ... go to MIT is [annotation note="keyword here is somewhat ... the same [annotation note="to preempt commenters: yes, city. it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021