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  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  I hate New England. No really, I do. Ask anyone who's had the ... weather. Granted, the weather is not all that different in New Jersey ... much of this static electricity buildup nonsense that's been driving me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us ... , Research, Art, Architecture, and Sports). Now, this isn't new. Actually, we ... working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  it impacted me quite a bit. with every new year comes an onslaught of ... promptly thrown into a slew of new experiences; they have to learn how to ... later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  new person together, they almost always asks us at least one of the ... you get when writing the date on the first assignment of the new year ... ! That’s some pretty new territory on these blogs, but for us it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  space where I could take risks and try my hand at a new craft without too ... dexterity, for getting out of a rut. I have a new confidence and a better ... Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT.

  

  I logged into WebSIS to check my term grades and saw the following at the bottom of the page: SUCCESS AT LAST. (Well, I still have one grade that isn't in. Whatever. I'M DONE, Y'ALL.)

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  of metallurgy, you would be the most knowledgable individual at MIT on ... engineering. Brian was nice enough to offer some insight into the process at the ... explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being ... decisions at the front end of this process. This meant that I was in a great ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  overlapping section- we should be best friends.  :) As of now, my existence can ... copious amounts of time to my drawing/sculpting/architecture classes and felt myself distancing from the sciences, but expanding in my range of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant ... with my Legos; when it comes to you, you should explore all of your new school’s dorms and interact with as wide a variety of your new classmates

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  morning. All I do, is read her the first line of my offer letter. "Dear Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... : "why in the hell are admissions coming out at 9:14am on 12/14/19?", as if

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  , design, and build their robots, which are then sent out to at least one of ... hours of information sessions at the MIT booth, and slumping in awe at the ... Those of you with memories slightly longer than the average goldfish

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... I found one of my old sketchbooks the other day. I'm ashamed that ... [/annotation] major at Tufts and invites me to a life drawing session the other day in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  get to perform at OVRDRV, Boston University's dance showcase, and Dance ... days of the firefly music festival. it was absolutely amazing; Tame ... friends in the last week of the semester. there was an ungodly amount of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  through the bottom of the ornament, but if you squint at the dark blue one ... ! :) Here's a photo of the bench you work at while making things; I didn ... lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  transparent plastic top, this nautical party ship cost all of $10.99 at the ... My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  able to explore a little more of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and ... <3"]sorority big[/annotation]is, ate lots of good apple-themed food at ... hobbies, and visited lots of old and new friends. I also have a lot of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  whole month of January. So for me, I spent this month learning some new ... last run at 3:30PM. Got to the bottom of the mountain and realized I ... the beginning of the year, DoingWell at MIT had us all write letters to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  junior year of high school I would look at major requirements and think of ... evening class, which was very relaxing because at the end of my class day, I ... all of us having played pickleball at least once before (and tennis not

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time ... for the quietness of not-city sounds). i've been spending a lot of time ... trying to stay caught up: bad news (congress voted to kill a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017