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  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my ... personal hero of mine) so I figured it was some sort of creepy cultish leather tome with yellowed pages and predictions about how each one of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  many colleges, actual exciting things happen. The concept of a flash mob wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... , city-wide super soaker wars, and all sorts of other fun, spontaneous

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  HORRIBLE! You probably just lounged around and laughed at all of us!" While I ... 't gotten in and spent quite a while fairly upset. Thousands of applicants whittled down by 90%, a new class decided, and now all sorts of changes are

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is ... 't that comfortable. A remodel of 10-250 means new and, hopefully, more ... exciting and unexpected. Sitting in a row were five different types of chairs

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  when I was a wee freshman and now she's all grown up and class of 2011 ... the little pine tree on the side of the road instead of the big huge ... of their host stars). The project is very ambitious for a 2 million

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... interview, and would like to prepare. Here is my advice: You of course know ... discovery (assisted of course by the double major you'll finish in three years

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Class of 2010: I hope you're all excited about your new temporary ... of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... with my family, even when they're hundreds of miles away. 2. Bicycle

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for ... suggested that we join the herds of tourists and walk the trail. It was ... 's stop and Park Street, and a crowded shuttle bus wasn't on the list of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  of the votes from making it into the poll. The idea of outing the main ... on the updated version of his hack site, "only keep one instance of the ... overcome ("It would be entirely unethical of me to stuff a ballot box, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  ), please do so ASAP! CPW is my favorite time of year, as I get to meet so ... 's where you'll find me over the course of the weekend... the events in bold ... registration desk on the second floor of the Student Center (La Sala). You all

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  The February 13 edition of Time Magazine had an interesting article ... keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit ... , "by the time your roommate is out of grad school, you've been promoted

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn't have access to them growing up. I dreamt of seeing worlds beyond my own ... , unfortunately, fell very ill the 2nd day, so I had to learn some of her material

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... myself to the mat, unable to progress beyond the most rudimentary of levels

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  complete the first step. Take driver's ed, that's fine -- it's a rite of ... a bunch of scary car crash videos. This will heighten your anxiety and ... curated playlists, and realize on the highway that there's a little piece of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  tonight, and if my tracker is accurate, we should have a chance of seeing the northern lights tonight from just north of Boston…" "A [Kp9] event ... supposed to be the highest visibility night this weekend of the solar flare

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken ... Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... find interesting. Part of it is in how we explain things, like using too

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself ... of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how ... enough from my dorm that I don't feel the magnetic attraction of my own bed

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of ... Infinite's new little sister MIT Gala. This year, the theme of the magazine ... with the levels of abstraction that exist within the physical form. For

  • by Ella T. '25
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  and a bunch of youtubers made up these storylines that they act out through Minecraft WAIT IS THIS is this part of the…omg...im supposed to give ... ’ll just slide in three more bits of important information. first important

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021