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  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  system works (unlike JKim's household, not all electronic tasks are left to ... . Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison is not a jerk though. He ... all about late Bach, when he abandoned all pretense of working for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... correlation coefficient on that is about 0.6, and I am not even kidding you ... , this one time freshman year... okay, I'm not telling that story. But

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  that were not addressed in your original email. Thanks! Any questions ... current bloggers had been keeping a personal blog for years prior to working

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  ’re busy, but not over-worked most weeks, and we’re thinking artistically ... semester to this class, was precisely not deciding. After mulling and mulling ... deciding to not decide. We didn’t want to make this decision rashly, so last

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  practice, not only do we hang out together, but we also work on problem sets ... work-heavy, which can obviously be used later in life. Also the community ... breakfast. I am majoring in Course 20 (biological engineering) and could not

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  , ooh, I'm super-tired right now, yeah? Not gonna lie." And when I'm super ... better just not even bother clicking the link below; trying to download all ... , exactly? No clue. Well, the cabinets do move, but it's a bit more work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  coworkers cracked snide comments (something something "MIT" something "not ... redeye flight that was miraculously not canceled due to inclement weather ... when I called Zipcar the nice lady at the other end worked some magic and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  all that are feeling a bit nervous. Hopefully, I’ve addressed most ... if any of them turn up dead; they work as of right now, but who knows ... offensive; that is of course not my intention, and last I checked they were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  , email (lidusha[at]mit[dot]edu), talk to me. It’s not so long since I was ... told me not to stand on the slide. Apparently I was trying to tell her ... me to be for the three or four hours when school was over and work wasn

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  focused almost entirely on grappling and floor work. Not long after I ... . Super fun! I worked on a combo  that I’d seen on YouTube and learned ... , dotted with coffee shops, gay nightclubs, and tattoo parlors. krav maga

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  impoverished regions earned her a place among the 2004 MacArthur fellows. ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... use, at a fraction of the cost of purchased charcoal. Good work

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  advisor and his work on airplane water quality has appeared in more than 100 ... 's Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program, his work on neutrino mass earned a spot at the International Science and Engineering Fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the ... wake up, buckle down, and work. Which means I need to stop fooling ... school with you. (But not my mom, because she already has a college degree

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  virtual internship. Not only that, you’re working on a project for that ... earn extra cash by selling old clothes and blogging when you’re not ... thought patterns is Hard Work, and by the looks of it you’re not giving it

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  on the dot with the blast of a vuvuzela. Thanks to Facebook and the ... to work this afternoon, the river is still frozen over and there are

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  struggled, not always successfully, to resist the pull of the former in favor ... * humane, capable *and* considerate, etc. the ring is not necessary for this ... understand about themselves and each other and the way everything works, and by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  high school days--not because I wanted to be in high school again, but ... Friday night. That's how pika works. It was a hell of a semester--mostly in a good way,  not always, but mostly. I'm still sorting it out in my

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  : Professors' names will go to websites about them, not their email addresses ... 2002 Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society.” This summary of his work will probably impress you more than the title of the award, not to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  (and sometimes more). If after 15 working days you still do not see the ... not need to do anything special to request or claim this extension ... staff, who have been working incredibly hard to evaluate an [annotation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  probably not true, though many publications cite this as a fact. It is a fact ... residents can only apply for early action at MIT but not International ... our process works. I know that it's a stressful time, waiting for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005