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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  you should all sign up for) and the rest of the time participating in ... Kind Rewind. "[At MIT,] you can try something, and even if it don’t work, you can try something else," he said, during an interview after the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  succeed in the things you want to do, you must learn the art of eating shit ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.  

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... " in blatant stereotyping by creating this FAQ. Q. Are all MIT students ... , seriously. I bet you all go to Star Trek conventions all the time. Do you know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  Boston today, though I missed the day at work. I can tell you, though, that ... Yesterday, I wrote, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow, assisting ... abnormally high winds and bad weather in the northeast, my flight had been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  created a bicycle ambulance for use in rural areas. Can we modify this ... you don't have to worry about re-contamination in transit. There ... I included this picture in a previous blog. I was tired of working

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be ... us. If they need another copy of the evaluation form, you can get a PDF ... Report. You should send this in as soon as possible after your grades are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be ... evaluation form, you can get a PDF from the tracking system. If you had an ... the Mid-Year Grade Report. You should send this in as soon as possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  you and me. I don't believe any longer that we can afford to say that it ... heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of recent murders in Minneapolis, Baton Rouge, and Dallas rushing in torrents

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  competition, and went on to compete in Miss America. You can read all about ... as Freshman Class Vice President. After graduating in 2003 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Joanne now works as a management

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  hemisphere that spends 90% of its life in the air. An Albatross can go up to 6 ... sleep in the air, meaning they can spend years without having to go to dry ... category called “Freestyle” where you can use any officially

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  , trashy novels or great lit in dead languages, you’ll find those who share your tastes at Senior House. And if you can’t peg yourself on this either ... , you’ll always want to come home again.” The number cited in the e

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  ’s like to actually be a student here, or that I've helped you in your own ... . Classes are done, grades are in, and I’m beginning a senior-year road trip ... today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  any opportunity that you can to present any research that you have done ... not yet stepped foot on campus, I hope you can make it next year! ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Stonehenge is not in Scotland. Okay, another cop-out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... studying, and also so you can judge how cool I am as a person by my musical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... Malkovich (a great but disturbing film, if you haven't seen it), where John

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  population. Which means that, in all of those other colleges you applied to ... , there are buildings at just about every college in any country that can be ... , UROPs don't fall from the sky and land in your lap. You have to look into

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  already, but as in most things, just being polite can get you very far ... , coming to you blogged from the Athena cluster in Building 12. While your usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  voice in my head says, "I'll pay you $9.25 if you get out of bed right now ... , shower, and dress. It's been working out nicely. As I'm sure you can all ... have about 60-70 pages of reading per class per night. As you can see, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  ="If you live in a dorm with a dining hall, you are required to pay for a meal plan. If you live in a dorm without a dining hall, you still have ... [annotation note="can't get in"]nightclub[/annotation] every night. Still, I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... large whiteboards. You can often find people using the white boards to ... it's started SNOWING already in November (what is this?!?), it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011