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• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  workin vibes[/caption] Words can't express how much I enjoy living in this ... , which is kind of hilarious to think about; you can really tell when people ... different from living in a dorm. For one, you're in closer quarters, so you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  you can! Sam   I was so excited by the prospect of this costume ... the above photo--you can totally tell that's Paula Abdul, right ... from Street Fighter II, and immediately to her right you can see Wilson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... 's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 in 4) and is even notably lower than it was for this year's MIT seniors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my ... hacks have been put in it. Most of the hacks, you'll notice, are cross ... Stata was dedicated) Group: None/cross-group Comments: If you look you can

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  can't wait until after the license plate game. You know who Bruce ... in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... ." Seriously, how many people can there be in Boston who even know who Bruce

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  bundled with Helvetica, but it does come with Arial. In fact, if you can ... Helvetica. Look at the "16-128" [annotation note='In case you were wondering ... Arial; we can tell even if it's blurry. Its header, "Facilities", is in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  ’t write about that here. You can read more perspectives on Ukrainian ... .  For context, I can comment on just how quickly one project in particular ... fundraisers being organized (you can find more information here)! If you’d like

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  , thank you, and we wish you all the best at your college in the fall -- we ... that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... that things have now settled down enough that we can conclude our

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  Building. There was a pretty plaque to go with the cannon. As you can see ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  success profile can be a valuable framework when you start a job -- a ... deeper into the science of what you're working with in order to better ... you get bogged down in the details, you lose sight of what's actually

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  wanted to try living abroad, this is a good taste test because you can live ... -win-win to me. Shameless plug: You can read a story from my time here ... mailing lists results in adventures like this! You never know what

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... , "You chilled while your peeps was handlin' they biz in the cut." For ... stirring rendition of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi. (Where else can you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... unicode block. the most common hindi word in the mediacloud india collection

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be ... sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind ... tracks behind Simmons down Massachusetts Avenue, straight in front of MIT, then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  writing samples so you can gauge your own level of writing against mine. As ... fifth grade about my future aspirations. Now, you can't argue about the ... ." But what can you do? For those interested, Sam's Mom took me to New York

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Laverde's Market, nestled in the MIT student center ... when you get it." You could cut the anticipation in the room with a ... sullen students recognize each other in line at La Verde's. Tiredly, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us ... , "thanks for holding! What can we play for you?" The caller said, "After ... to believe: It is okay to be the weird kid in the room. You are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness ... I've broken many, many promises of various entries on this and that in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  live in singles. You can stay in the same single for as long as you want, but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year ... a word without using it in the definition, I can only gesture at it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019