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  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  expect? You can read some guest entries (including mine!) from the current ... weather machine is up and running in order to give you all some of the best ... HOLY COW GUYS! CPW IS ALMOST HERE (42 minutes as of right now) You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  , one piece I could hold in my hands and say, you, yes you, are my great ... In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I was living in Chicago. I didn’t know anyone I was living with. Over the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... winter gear, unless you don’t plan to visit home in the winter. These take up space. Don’t assume what you need. For example, some rooms in East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  pursuit or it requires further explanation than what you can fit in the ... , one or two of these extras can help you in providing us with greater ... required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  fall or winter, you can interview with an alum in the Boston ... brief periods, and this can happen unexpectedly. If you have been trying ... you to another EC who is available. Some of you may live in areas where

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  ." cool, eh? There's no website yet for the project, but you can check out ... Archimedes Death Ray myth. For more on that, you can look here, or if you're not doing anything Wednesday night, you can watch the episode on the

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  dressed in shorts and aloha shirts, we were… rather ill-prepared for the snowfall. Nevertheless, we persevered!! In whatever combination of short ... snowflakes in our mouths, threw some snowballs at each other, and quickly

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  guaranteed. Basically if you fall in line, the spot is waiting for you and ... unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this ... Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  ."[/annotation] In my head, it's kind of a mash up of escuchar and mirar. You can give ... look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you ... , in which case you should look and listen instead of just hear (protip

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision ... -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get ... being put together in parallel with everything else going on. If the mail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the ... safely look at the Sun, weather permitting. You can also hang out with MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  In its 149 years of existence, MIT has been involved with many of ... : the first intercollegiate Indian classical dance competition in the ... , MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  oddly gives you more room to improvise: because you can talk on absolute ... on a joke. I know I'm really in the zone when I can simultaneously talk ... you with a "dude, nice talk, bro" in the Q&A. I left Redondo Beach

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D-Entry this year, for reasons that will be very apparent once you realize what a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... (legal) spots, you might ask? In my opinion, they are: 5. MIT dormitory ... only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice folks at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  for someone [annotation note="if you know someone going in, you can ... vs. Honolulu: [carousel image1="116460" image2="116461" /] As you can ... ) might put you in the top 5% of competitors, so the pressure of solving any

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  [email protected] if you want to help in any way, and then show up at ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive ... not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  weird soft phase I had you can see in this playlist Memorable albums ... all can argue about AFYCSO all you want but V&V was co-written by ... very first guitar in the 8th grade. If you've watched me play guitar on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  ), from certain streets you can get a beautiful viewpoint out over the rest ... heritage; in fact, there is a Canadian law enforcing that the regiment can ... colloquialization as the vant-dooze. Can you believe how beautiful the view of the St

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018