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  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  window when you turn a corner sharply, and makes the seats in this ride swing outward. In general, if you ride around in a circle, you feel the ... apparatus is that if you spin a mother around in a circle with her head at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  you until 4 in the morning tearing through your 14.01 psets - or if you ... screaming for you in the stands of your final NCAA volleyball game, with your ... ? Really, there's no use in me talking about how great these people are - you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  is sometimes only visible in the limits of your imagination. Can you ... 7   We now live in the future, and you know because the aerial ... sweep as Ayomide walks into Lobby 7 of MIT (if you look closely you can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in the cosmic fabric of the universe, you certainly can do positive work ... i never really had senioritis in high school—it was probably the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  ."]WHY.[/annotation] You can see WHYs in every stage of admissions grief: Denial: WHY ... Moses... Anyway, in a similar but distinct way, the word why can be ... typographic markers of significance. From that length of that sentence, you can

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  twenty countries on my own (I suppose if you're bored you can guess a few ... in New York, the vast majority of people you see on Edgware Road are ... , of course, if they think you can read it). And, the sidewalks are lined

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  , unless you had seen me sitting there fidgeting in the waiting room, I don ... recently; I think within the last three years or so. During the week, you can ... mental health. When traumatizing or difficult things happen in life, you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... sorority life in general. Be prepared for some long days! You will talk to ... this recruitment process with you. It can be easy to want to join the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  the Charles River. (You can catch glimpses of Stu’s office in some of ... might actually be pizza. And there are several places where you can read ... applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... early actioners, whether you get in or not, you did it. You applied, pat ... figured out any more than you do. I'm working through it. But I hope you can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I ever pset-partied in} The hardest thing you will do in college is ... you will do in college is do too much. Try it. On the 1st week, you only ... uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in ... , in the comments please let us know if you have other anecdotes to add ... Hall. These certainly don't sum up the whole city, but they can give you

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  like I got a taste of the power of academia. Nowhere else can you be truly unlimited in your pursuit of knowledge, and nowhere else can you ... is simply a difference in preparation. You learn this by being at MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  possible, so that you can waste hours clicking arond to random interesting ... have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you ... always no. (You can direct that stuff to admissions at mit dot edu.) 5

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  ;on Flux. You can read a cool article about his work on Minority Report here. And if you're interested in learning more about the technology of Iron Man, check out this article in NewScientist. If you saw the movie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  number, and people can write you messages and put them in the mailbox ... tuning in, Vassko asked, "Do you guys get some time to go out into Boston ... direct result of no fewer than four dorm parties (and, in case you didn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last file I read. Yes, she had a sub-1400 SAT score, but you should have seen ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  can only shed so much while you remain in the same place. When you ... -mail if you have questions or want to chat. In the meantime, I probably won ... lead to becoming narrow-minded. Wasn’t it good to be interested in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  's window. I remember thinking that this can't be our last goodbye, but in a ... from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can while you're here, okay?" I can read between lines to understand what my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of ... was in the mood to do. I don't need to tell you that everything seems ... an hour before German class; we can do whatever you'd like. Me: Let

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011