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• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  delivery trucks parked in the bike lane to offload produce, so you have to ... — which has become a common archetype in many fantasy and YA novels — but also witches and fairies in medieval and industrial society. The concept

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ="75666" /]   Adjusting to a new routine in a new city full of new people can be ... note="yesterday here is referring to last last Saturday. you know how ... 're released? yeahhh"]Yesterday,[/annotation] I woke up around noon in my dorm

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  nights that turned into early mornings. It marks two.. whole… years… I can ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of ... fancy. But in my case, I mostly ran around and took pictures (as displayed

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  themes appear in some way here. We know you lead a busy life, full of ... pleasure in sipping smoothies, communally. Describe the world you come ... blaze their own trails achieving the unexpected. In what ways have you

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... Makes (almost) Anything", where you make the machines that you use in ... have never made before. (Gershenfeld is also credited in Minority Report

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  , in case you are curious ;) (as if they need advertisers for soap :P ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... deserve. If you are interested in seeing more examples of MIT students ... sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  sometimes in lecture, new concepts can perform astounding backflips right over ... smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... game of nims, and a Pig Latin converter (in addition other, less ... really is no time like IAP for doing those things you never seem to find

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  . What makes a place? If you were plopped down in a medieval castle, you ... Campus, which I can grasp for but never quite reach.  I’m trying to reach it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  amazing things -- can I crash with you when I visit? P.S. In case you're as ... era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I ... I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  ) and solved more meta puzzles than we ever had before. You can check out ... synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  're against you. But, in reality, I'm incredibly soft. I gush about my friends ... In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me ... friend had said earlier tonight. "You seem happier." I am. Words cannot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  waitlist - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  waitlist - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  .mit.edu/research buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/what-percent-compatible-are-you ... many of the original bullets were written in the acronym-filled gibberish

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  say that I loved talking to you early admits and I can't wait to meet ... '10s. You guys are awesome, and I'm so psyched to meet you at CPW. It ... involved in applicants and prefrosh that it's hard not to get excited

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  gets to the heart of why I declared Computer Science as my major—you can ... You’ve probably heard the oft-repeated MIT adage about having to ... there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... they best fit in. This freedom to choose where you live was actually one ... -inch plywood instead—that stuff bends! You can’t use that for a floor!) After we

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011