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• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... visibly permeates Cambridge, and hike to Voltage Coffee, whose abilities ... will actually trade money for the transient pleasure of drinking it, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what ... to talk about where we've all been, where we all are, and where we are ... operating ideas about holistic admissions and diversity and merit. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  Class started today and before we know it, a lot of us on campus will ... ambitious, have goals and dreams, and are willing to commit to making those ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  to blog. Here's a quick summary of my last two-and-a-bit weeks to prove ... free food, wander around campus terrifying prefrosh, and brew gallons of ... : NERDY AND AWKWARD??? Is that it? Rohan: ...I didn't want to say it, but

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  somebody to take over his job and while nobody permanent has been decided upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers ... of the technical aspects of blogging are maintained and taken care of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  As a freshman you will probably be taking two sciences, a math, and a humanities class. The sciences and maths are pretty standard fare; you'll have ... tests, APs, and whether you'd prefer Chem or Bio first semester. On the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  . Thanks a lot!] I read the blogs a lot as a prefrosh. And sometimes, one or ... while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and ... would post every day, about classes and my terrible eating habits and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  ME!" and give you a quick Toy Design update. I haven't talked about ... 've realized that I really like having the skills to come up with an idea and then just make it, market it, and sell it. Awesomeness! 2) I got a job

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  sweating, feverish, started growing tumors, lost my ability to speak, and ... HORRIBLE! You probably just lounged around and laughed at all of us!" While I ... me. I spent from 9 AM to 2 PM in various chat rooms, blogs, forums, and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  build toys without a shop, so the powers at be went out and bought a multitude of new tools, woodworking equipment, and supplies to convert an ... Maddie and I headed over to help set up the brand new shop and check out

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  Hamentashen. One is a sweet and versatile triangular dessert, the other is a ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (sitting on the right) The three ... Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (middle left) - Stephen Van Evera

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... -by-floor system based upon class rank and whether you've lived in a double or single the previous term, I moved in last and thereby got put into a pretty

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  took place in the Boston Sheraton hotel and MIT's admission's office (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers. Their presentation was titled "Students, Parents, Admissions, and the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... many assignments due Wednesday, and I would just be like, "Oh, oh, oh, it's such a nice day. How can I look at a computer screen right now?" And I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  they took anyone's picture and name and stuck it in seamlessly. (The ... is not true, I will say the picture very much is, and I did enjoy all ... Lecture Series Committee. I'm working off of a breakfast of granola bars and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  -cheddar biscuits, and "suite potatoe" pie. We had lots of fun and cultured ... Ryan Ist Ein Schrecklich Kellner," based quite loosely on the life and ... and kind of learned how to skate from Moria '06 and Joe '08. I was also

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC's webpage doesn't seem ... th West 2nd East 4th East And on to the point of the entry... One ... group and not experience diversity!" I have to say, if you only have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  subjects like UROP and Arts. I am SO excited to roll out the new layout and ... identity (including mailing address and activities) just to match the profile that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  )[/caption] So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we're still writing ... sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least ... principle."]or something like that.[/annotation] Some things have not. CJ and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... question, as if I’d never snapped out of the trance of college apps, and one ... plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024