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  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I ... Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this ... found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would ... schools. It's not an easy task either. Waiting on pins and needles to hear ... if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I ... , it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost and seeing certain landmarks 4 times before realizing that I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  ) And the biggest institute wide snowball fight in Killian Court... ever ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of ... entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  formally welcome you admitted and delightful goobers to the Institute. Four ... you celebrated accordingly, and similarly. Flash forward four years and ... books my airline tickets and hotel confirmation for my trip that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Chicago economist Steven Levitt. He received his PhD from MIT in 1994, and ... , "Number of Nobel prize winners among current and former members of the MIT ... two years, and #2, this was written before Acemoglu received it this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... get together and have fun before the spring semester starts. Unlike ... during MARC and thought the snowboarding people looked so cool, so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  we updated our admissions statistics and freshman class profile pages ... was offered $100,000 to start her own company based on her research...and ... ;  and 1,115 other amazing individuals, each with their own story of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate ... and activities really seriously, but they don't take themselves too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  multiply. With due time, I managed to bully myself into writing, and one of ... .[/annotation] All and all, the fall semester had its ups and downs. I wanted to write ... part of my first semester at the institute: 7 classes passed Somehow

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  fake r: there’s a difference though between having too many options and ... back from russia and since getting to college and meeting so many new people and moving around and everything i feel lost on a much deeper

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  , there's four states of matter. And then there's potato, which according to ... ), mashed (theorized to be a transition state between baked potato and potato ... Tonight, I emerged from a coma of essay-writing and unglued my gaze

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers, Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  taking that lifted knee, turning it 90 degrees-ish, and kicking across ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... explore new interests and experiences. Push myself to do things I would have

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  me, had crossed the ocean to attend university in the States - but they ... lifestyle, independent of family and old friends, who were now one Atlantic Ocean away. I was ready for new streets, new faces, new classes and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  . The Hyatt is located between 3rd & 4th Streets and Tijeras and Copper ... Room (2nd floor) 330 Tijeras Avenue NW Albuqerque, NM 87102 And for the ... Universities for International ISEF Participants Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4-5pm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  ="🍰"]workiversary[/annotation]as the in-house designer on the communications team at MIT Admissions and ... Your MIT Education book for SFS, and the Application Guide, Best of the Blogs, and Make History poster for Admissions), designing the admitted

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  applying for University this year and I have no idea where to apply, besides ... Mellon is a popular choice for CS, and that Case Western (in my home state ... Christina wasn't serious, because she goes to MIT and is one hot piece, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  tired, so I changed my classes and went back to sleep. MY MOM/MY ROOMMATE ... into 8.01 at 11, changed my calculus recitation to 3, and went back to ... smaller classes in which you review the lectures and ask questions about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006