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• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... fair share of building since I've gotten here (plastic bottle pirate ship, 4 robots, an Olmec, etc) but all of that used skills that I really

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  is this behemoth titan hanging over all the weaker, new heroes of today ... discovers that he has multiple forms of cancer and at best one month to live ... had been tossing around the idea of hating superman for a few days at

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  stresses the importance of having our periodic tables handy at all times, so ... Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at ... and beautiful enclave where it's okay to fail at being real adults, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  their car the best it can be – even at the expense of comfort! The car ... First: Hello! Long time, no talk. I feel like each of my entries this ... 's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others ... to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  hope about the ice cream half-expected the ice cream to be at the top of ... decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the next level by joining the MIT Cycling Club for one of the Best Ideas Ever

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  At the beginning of the year, Rick '09 and I had a marathon carpentry session. We built a loft for James '11, and a table for each of us. Okay, so ... the side hallway of the 23 suite. I'm looking at it right now. Maybe we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  school boys on campus for a UROV competition in June of 2010. At this time ... letting my hair do it for me. Here’s a photo of me at nerd camp, with one of ... instead of hiding it away because at the end of the day, that’s who I am

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  at the crack of 7:45 and trudged the long cold route to the Bush room ... glanced at the clock. I was near the end of my slide deck, and half an hour ... working on an early draft of one project and a final draft of another at the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the ... miss Kiki dearly when I must return her to her proper human at the end of ... Continuing my last entry with even more tales of what my friends and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last ... install one of these things at an Internet Service Provider, FastNet, in ... -configuring all of the devices one at a time to use the modem as their gateway

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  -time, having a show at WMBR (you can listen to streams of everyone's shows! Do it ... too much stuff at a time. Some people are able to do all of this and ... . Granted, I still complain about my grades at the end of every term and tell

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  or radio necessary :)  I've been spending a lot of time at the DZ and ... jumping out of planes.  We jump at Skydive Pepperell, shoot me an email if ... . Unfortunately, I've picked up a new hobby that makes that second rule a little

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  freshman fall! The feeling of being surrounded with everything new can only ... mental map of what MIT looks like. It won’t be perfectly right, but it ... leads you. One. Don't look: what's the color of the floor in the room you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  middle of the tropics. (OK, bad analogy, but you get the point.) I was ... , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I ... rain! OH, is that actually water falling out of the sky?! And it falls

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  pretty red and look soft! i am now the new owner of: Location: East ... ."]HouseComm[/annotation]is at 10. 10.05 - 11 pm: the floor that is in charge of snacks brought ... light comes in bright blue around the edges of my windowshade, and my room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  .  I’m currently***** taking 6.101, a coding class at MIT. One of our ... , and Blue values of the pixel at hand to each MS Paint color and return ... assignment for 2.007, which was due Sunday night at Midnight. I’ll explain more

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  gets lost in the rigor of premedical academics is that, at the end of the ... finish before Monday. I'll have more ready at the end of next week, though! ... In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006