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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in ... of sophomore year studying abroad in Spain Veena '06 is former captain ... waited in line and saved me a good seat. (How dare they call me inefficient

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... competitions? etc. What do you write about in your short answer essays? in your ... well in a challenging curriculum. Next, it's time for your teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in ... on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  are even more limited now that my bike is locked up in the bike room ... completely transform it in one week, while they send the original owners on ... family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share ... ! Favorite movies: Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life, Dancer in the Dark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  pizza and bourbon chicken from the mall, so day 2 doesn't count.) In my ... . (Can you pick me out in that picture? Let's play Where's Mollie!) I also ... to stay in shape so that when he careens down a mountain on glare ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... ] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I ... period, culminating with a ceremonious shave on mailing day in March. Only ... in The Waiting Room that many EA admits have been wondering how they

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... High School -- and in fact, she's a friend of a friend, and once ran for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  primes (if you can factor nine-digit composite numbers in your head -- and ... , in fact, there was an O'Reilly puzzle of sorts, and it was one of the ... teammates scouring the libraries for a copy of this new book. We were all in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  wooden bench in South Station, just across from the Au Bon Pain. I am about ... bus from Emeryville, CA, another fifty-six hours later. All in all, the trip totals seventy-eight hours of travel, with a four-hour layover in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  As I’ve sort of mentioned in previous blogs, I am a big fan of ... i’m good at cooking!"]confident in my skills,[/annotation] with the ... suffered, and so too did my heart. The day our new one came in the mail was a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  some fun with it. Writing it was ridiculously fun. Let's dive in now ... around his small, money-sucking apartment, a pinprick in the vast mix of ... , dressed in her usual dark-leather gear, shaking her head and sighing. “You

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  let yourself rotate under the stars. On a good night in Boston, I see ... Hermes after being raped (surprise surprise) by Zeus. She is also, in case ... , too, but there is a much higher density of mythological life stories in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in countless ways. Many of you may not remember, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s ... or protect themselves from online education. Then MIT stepped in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  a mountain climber in any form, shape, or capacity. I hike occasionally but the last full mountain I climbed was in 4th grade, when it was ... will be in Japan next (and it's only open two months out of the year

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  while they’re there. In short, you get to build a strong foundation in ... visit a couple of weeks in. As shaky and new as it was, my status as a ... bridge and sailing around in swan boats, wandering through the Boston

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  exited heaviest-coat-in-the-closet weather (and are now entering bring ... , and more that we'll check out later in this tour!   Roberts Field A ... varsity teams call Roberts home. In the fall, women and men's soccer and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  I remembered that I submitted my application in January. Last spring I was both working in the Navy full-time and attending college full ... . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped ... ="specifically the Google one it’s so bright and happy!"]Minesweeper[/annotation] in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024