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  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  (I was more of a math person at that point), dragged in my physics ... year was my first year as coordinator, and in the spirit of trying new ... of a virtual world. But with this new format, gone were the “head

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  recipients' art as part of the annual exhibit of Schnitzer Prize winners at the ... graduate student at the MIT Media Lab and is a part of an art collective ... displayed at a bunch of venues, including the famous Ars Electronica. When it

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of finals in the department of urban studies and planning, she's exploring new ... , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  movies watched way too late at night. In the absence of doing these things ... huge deal for New Englanders growing up, and I'd like to be a part of it ... income to spend at a really nice tattoo parlor. What is the tattoo of, you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  each year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). No previous ... to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... of Women Engineers would like to invite local high school students to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  of which I cared a lot about. I thought that, maybe, if I got an offer ... ’t help but feel a small bit of envy. At the time, it seemed to be ... at MIT. It’s not as if all of my friends are doing something, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  I'm taking advantage of the Starbucks wireless network, at the Westin ... of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... it does when I look at town lights out of the airplane at night and try

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... the possibility of failure. So I made an appointment at Student Support ... . Every part of my body abhorred that idea. I could not, at the dawn of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  posted last week, we have been working through our buckets and buckets of mail since the New Year. However, as of tonight, we have finished processing all mail, hand-checked all filing cabinets, scoured all of our faxes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  weather machine, and invigorated with the excitement of a new batch of nerds ... Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  . Focus your application on some of these points. Or at least keep them in ... enough at it to really love it, but then the feelings of ~*~passion ... lot of time on. Start by looking at what you’ve spent the most time on

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  new collaborations will lead to new technologies in the fields of the ... , sophomore year at MIT, my phone started talking to me in the middle of a ... of our hall members, we (the 21+) went to an adult dance party at a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  gets what, who ends up on top at the end of the day. I've been listening ... would smile and laugh a bit. I'd stare at the corner of the screen where I ... succeed, at the expense of never being able to fail. So this break, my goal

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  major from Bombay who dreams of one day studying at a prestigious ... at MIT has a cell phone, so bringing one of your own would definitely ... leading an line of boats at the beach of a desert island. It's nighttime

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  't surprise me if several of them were planning to go. At any rate, several ... umbrella when Adam and I go Christmas shopping tonight. And if the idea of ... you, you've clearly never lived though a New England winter. Timur had

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  from home, where all of a sudden you are faced with a whole new set of ... of activities on campus and realize that while everyone is a nerd at ... of roofs or salsa dancing at a club in Central Square.) Basically

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint ... we're told to keep mum about the details of our internships. (I am at a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  pictures of the tube and card. Probably because they came at different times ... Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  past week that showed me true meaning of "IHTFP": At some point around 5 ... It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to have some sort of structure, but it's become a bit of a brain dump of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014