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• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... ’s driveway, I thought it warranted a mention. It’s not like there isn ... bus driving through Boston. I’m not kidding- it was early in the morning

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not ... people's questions and the corresponding answer. RSVPing is not required ... sense of attendance, but RSVPing is not required. And if you didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious ... before orientation - but it's not because I've been doing it for so long ... the first time. Blogging is being careful not to reveal how little I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  end of the drop, I don't have any myself...) Notice "sleep" is not on ... that's not what this post is about. This is about something far, far more important: music, and how I listen to far too much of it. ...what?! I'm not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  followers. 3.) Trace the outline of your hand (preferably the hand you do not ... .) Repeat. Or not. Whatever. 6.) Decorate! Observe! This is us making hand ... not right with this picture: More pictures: All done, we put

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too ... Pizza." Now I'm not sure if it's because of the color or because of the joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti ... than for students who choose not to interview. Also, get started on ... rushing and not doing the best job they could. Start your essays now

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  's usually not best to bike wearing this: So yeah, luckily the wind was was ... get to Harvard in those 4-inch bright red heels or not to get there at ... them engage in a ceremony that, uh, can't be printed here. Ruth was not

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

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it ... , although I’m not sure how effective that approach would’ve been. Maybe he ... unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  smart to go down any not-so-good street. (www.newenglandliving.org) And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course ... you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  mind of an MIT student. Not every entry is the same, not every entry is ... is what I think, not what admissions necessarily thinks. This doesn ... guidelines. 1) Make sure it's relevant to applicants 2) Make sure it's not out

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  , at least, I hope you are - just not the worrying part). Therefore, I ... . I wanted it to be totally perfect. 100% perfect - not 99%, or even 99 ... not a good idea to staple any part of your college application, actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  camera, but on my turn I just rolled around and flopped on the floor. Not ... proposal, discussed below). Even if you are not part of house government ... drumsticks, a drum rug, or cymbals, which are apparently not included with the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  time ever at MIT,  and then we went back home to not-cold-not ... classes, and I’m still not where I’d like to be -- either academically or ... to tell myself that there’s not much I can do about the past, and that

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell ... these, and you should definitely not take this as an endorsement to chug ... "] SDS [/annotation] suggests that it’s “not expected to present a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  memorizes the entire store inventory. Either way, I'm not complaining ... , which is honestly crazy. I'm not a calorie counter at all but these cones ... , most of the times they were sold out in the store. I'm not sure where to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my ... ... maybe... probably not. But I've memorized half of "Last Thoughts on Woody ... wanting to try but not really trying, I can ride my bike with no hands. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  year's applicants will find out if they have been Admitted, Not Admitted ... " is not the end of the journey. The next couple of months will not be ... some tough decisions. But first, for a few days, just enjoy it. Not

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  daughters and sons through the process. They may not explicitly thank you now ... can help your child move forward with confidence. If your child is not accepted for admission, it is not a reflection on your skill as a parent, nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  's imperfections when I moved into Next House (not to mention that you can't switch ... another time). We may not have fire alarms going off every month, but anyone ... you like it's from a crack in the ceiling. Not only that, but the Next

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007