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• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  So this weekend I managed to visit two time zones and five airports. In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  started last year with 50 girls, 2 teachers, and 1 city. This year it is 600 girls, 30 teachers, 60 local TA's, and 6 cities. Next year, we plan to ... worked with decks of cards to match 4 Reyes (Kings) and 4 Reinas (Queens

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  , they receive the least press, the least Hallmark coverage, and most ... something new or surprising, and it doesn't break my bank, why shouldn't I ... lives of bloggers, authors, and even stage professionals who have unusual

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  the Korean Flying Tigers, and since half of my floor is in the club, I ... be sitting next to the sports editor for The Tech, and through a bit of ... University in South Korea, where it's possible to major in taekwondo like an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any ... on mitadmissions.org on the freshman class profile and the admissions ... colleague McGreggor Crowley '00 and I had applied this year, perhaps only one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for ... 's?) content. Here are this year's offerings: Baskin-Robbins * Pralines n

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k ... was before Tesla REALLY took off.  It was a Tesla Roadster and I was awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... , spending time with our family, and also speed walking. During the semester ... our socks in pairs. And we have been walking in mismatched socks every

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  everyone around me is stressed and apprehensive - sorry, friends. But really ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so important and life-changing. Some people even get engaged in college - how

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and ... current social structure places so much emphasis on adhering to norms and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  favorite '09 prefrosh and now he's a full-blown MIT student, workin' the CPW ... Jojo and Diane, who rocked the reg desk next to us for many hours. After ... yourself?). Then Marilee spoke for awhile about how and why we chose you

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  : 1400+ students and 1100+ projects from across the world were at ISEF. One ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  ethnicity or not? Of course you should! Despite all the stereotypes and ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... step to "solving the puzzle" is connecting the corners and the outside

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  all the things I kept meaning to write and then never got around to, and ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and ... is actually pretty cool, because we're learning and practicing a bunch

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  tools, ethical benchmarks, and institutional influences are examined as ... could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the ... romanticizing the classes and picturing myself seated in the classroom learning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  at the wrong exit and panicked, and did what I would in the States if I ... everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out ... my original bus to Kyoto, and despite the motto I'm currently trying to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  complaining about her boyfriend, who apparently is in another state and ... So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of ... study break, and... This entry is going to be really spontaneous, since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  , have lunch somewhere closer to campus (like Baker or Maseeh), and then ... still eat at a dining hall: they accept cash and TechCash. From what I ... biggest problem with this option is probably cost, and flexibility: to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  wanted them to like me! In 2014, with my MIT degrees and my own blogging ... In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025