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• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre-teen looked like until I saw them navigating the cooridors and poking around ... things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet, uneventful life, let me assure you. IAP came and went and all throughout it, my writing voice remained as silent as the sudden, somber, and “I’m so old

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  designer, and I ended up being in the cast myself, so I couldn’t resist ... when I got here. Sara had mentioned the play in class our first week, and ... , and his colleague(s) had simply been deleted. Based on Fassbinder

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then just chalked up my high school record (and my college choice) to natural ... comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  -induced stress (yes, already), and of course free food. Already, many notable ... , enjoyed a free steak and lobster dinner (yes, the free food around here isn't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  Cycle. It is the tiddler of the bunch, lasting but a single act and being only two and a half hours long. But the opera is self-standing and ... songs - it flows, and holds together by the use of little musical ideas

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  workout that day and gosh darnit all I want is some peanut butter and some carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself ... impressive in my opinion when I have UROP, Track, and play rehearsals going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  abundance of free food and the suspicious absence of work, but I felt I owed ... Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Okay, I”m not Jewish, but Hillel and the ... Jewish New Year and Eid ul-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. Pictures

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  camera at the MIT Hobby Shop. After months designing and building this camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in ... , polishing the brass and oiling the cherry, with the hope of having the camera

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  complete and contemplate financial aid. Please contact Joanne Cummings in the Admissions Office to request the extension, and be sure to also be in touch ... you, talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular ... like that. It's meant to be more of a conversation, a give and take. What you should do is this: log on to MyMIT, where you'll find the name and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  of my short life. -- Hokay. So. Nine days and 10,000 miles of flight ... performance days range around 16 due to MIT students' busy schedules, and the ... along the ground with great ease, and can also be fitted into any set of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  better or would have liked but never got a chance to meet, and more. The ... cat shelters and fixing bikes for poor kids with Alpha Phi Omega. Took a ... , various SIPB classes, and 2.670. I've been at MIT for three years. Some

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no ... : "Should I have my November scores rushed to MIT?" And Sarah Bana followed ... ?" Nope, and nope. If you've designated MIT as a recipient, there is no need

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  AM last night, and spent the extra hour catching up on some much ... Goldberg-type inventions that MIT students make to complete mundane tasks and ... emulated NES games, and hooked it up to speakers in the bathroom. He then put

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  Okay, so tonight we were at Allison's house and I didn't take any ... and if you ever stole anything in your life, you should confess now ... and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  long-term plan. I can drop 6.s966 and absolutely nothing bad will happen ... numerous pre-Spring Break deadlines and exceedingly poor sleep, but I’m used to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  the same format: the autonomous stage and the driving stage. The ... with your controller and score as many points as you can. The ... and gathers as many points as it can before time is up. Coding

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  new things. I signed up for a training slot, and before I knew it, I was ... ; it was a bit traumatizing and I forgot to document the process, but it ... on 35 mm projection for the Spirited Away screening that weekend and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  chocolate, and granola bars, and a note. “we look forward to gathering with ... of our favorite books, and then prefrosh who signed up for the giveaway ... predictable, it was well-animated and strongly emotional nonetheless. i cried

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020