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  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in the northeast: Massachusetts ... 'll provide advice and tips wherever we can. Money and financial aid will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Ever find yourself sitting in lab, thinking "What in God's name am I ... ) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed. «Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... folks at doonesbury.com shut down voting access for those in the mit.edu domain (and, I might guess, those on rpi.edu and cornell.edu). Relatedly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept ... 'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  , scientific discovery, humanism, etc... When I discovered this dichotomy in ... and put down this stroke for all that you will do! But I have noticed in ... In his most famous book, James Carse categorizes human activity into

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... Admissions Office. I had an office and my name was painted on the door but in ... didn’t live in a dormitory last year like the rest of the freshmen but I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In ... it since we had turned in our apps. (When I was YOUR age, we didn ... thinking she hadn't gotten in. So I did the same thing - after I came home

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  If you've haven't yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go to the website Then read the News Office article Finally, watch the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  — So rested he by the Tumtum tree      And stood awhile in thought. I ... heartstrings. We love how hopeful it's tone is! It's a very I-can ... phrase "I am confusion" in conversation and we both use it occasionally too

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the ... potential classes because I’m considering double-majoring in computer science

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  sent before the deadline? And am I in trouble? Let's take the last ... documents, and I hope you can understand why. Please be patient. If the ... don't worry. In the comments for this entry, I hope you'll give some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et ... i couldn't make it in 2020 for some reason i don't remember. in fact

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My ... Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was ... ) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was an email from Marilee, asking me to post her first-ever blog entry. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  neat and cram them in my suitcase. I don't want to leave MacGregor and ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room ... being too rude. I want posters from student groups and overpriced boba in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015 ... message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  turn! So this semester, I took Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and ... aka HST.541J. One of the major topics in the class is the Hodgkin and ... data in a million different ways until we had our "AHA" moment the day

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping in actual huts. It was foggy and when it rained it was absolutely

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in ... (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  in just for me! I have the best girlfriend ever. ... I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must ... inquired "Where's your mousepad?" "Well . . I don't have one. . . but look

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009