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• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were ... odds of being seated at that dinner next to that Salomon Brothers lady ... by a professor of art history at Princeton? Of having been let into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my ... End, there's a park with a bunch of cute swings that's lovely at night

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  through mazes so we can later examine what goes on at the level of neural ... of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I should mention that I turned 20 last Wednesday (as some of the creepy

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  for it, but the number of classes you take doesn't determine you at ... . I'm kind of awestruck at how you can go from "this galaxy is ... /protocols, or develop new systems altogether. Even looking at last year's

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  , Remember telling pick-up lines at the FLP talent show? I was scared of making ... light at the end of my tunnel is not visible yet, where you follow life ... In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  continue on the adventure! A taste of something new is exactly what the ... The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with a bunch of people I don’t know* Instructor: “Ok, each team should

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I ... found ourselves, at 6:30AM, at the beginning of the end, ready to make the ... dinner at the Mall of America and celebrated a successful close to the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play ... Hop with people you know from all branches of MIT. Jose is course 6. And they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  at every new cut was a real "whoaaaaa what?" moment :) But though ... summer gig. A really cool summer gig. That was all. At the end of the ... UROPs. You've heard about them before, but here's a refresher. At

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  feel like I really got a deep look into a new field of work and thought ... about a career: the size of the company (if I work at a company), the team ... originally wanted to do during IAP: A micro-internship at a civil

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  applications for most of the rest of the day, listening to my new music. Tomorrow ... at least 4 full days each week (including weekends), in addition to the ... say, yes, we start with the applications that are complete. As each new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  I did a comedy set* in front of 1000 MIT admits and everything else that happened at this year’s CPW opening ceremony

  

  retired to bed at 10pm and waking up to the chirp of the birds or whatever ... indoctrinate everyone in the wonders of a new zealand accent[/caption] my process ... marinate at the back of my brain and hopped on a plane for Spring break. As

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 29, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  . Finally, the window locked. I waved silently at Lucas and our two new ... At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 ... windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  , the start of school: countless syllabi, new Goodnotes folders, and fresh ... ; part of it stemmed from trying to find the communities at MIT that I fit ... varying levels of social stamina, but at least for me, I need those bits of

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  's tons of construction going on and the buildings all look fairly new ... I'm spending the summer in Seattle, interning at Amazon, and I ... mid-sixties and seventies most of the time with gentle sea breezes. It

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  money, I went out and impulse bought a new Macbook, same with a pair of ... things (I remember seeing the display at the beginning of the semester and ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  nape of my neck[/annotation]. At this point, it’s whatever. I’m finishing ... last two weeks.  The most frustrating part of this experience is that every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  of Sex and the City in which Carrie Bradshaw runs a 5K.) My new ... of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  Potter, in the labyrinth at the end of Goblet of Fire. I came across a ... I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  place of residence. Be it tourists or a new batch of freshmen looking at ... bunch of crayon squiggles around the house at about two feet high would be ... [by Danbee Kim '09] I'm a big fan of allowing your

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008