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  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... ) Meanwhile, I'm sitting in my seat - simultaneously impressed and shocked by

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  . I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max ... public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  I’m very lucky in that my family lives in central Pennsylvania, which ... were doing it. I’m a grown adult. I can decide when a comprehensive snack ... the empty seats had half an unconscious person in them that I really

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  Last night, my roommate and I ventured (slightly) beyond MIT's campus ... Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin star in this supposed comedy ... spends her nights reading novels and making charcoal drawing in her dark

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  officers themselves, were different and special in their own way. However, I ... during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in ... 't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch ... around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application ... mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... language so I could play FF7 in Japanese (aka ultimate weeb goals?? hell yea ... “Dadward.” I’m not sure how I can follow this up with another fact. All I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  borderline uncomfortable in terms of workload. We'll see how well I can keep it ... finishing the new paint job in my room, which I'm happy with. It's nice and ... * Then, it was mattress dominoes time. I mentioned this in my last entry

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  genocide was once again occurring, though this time in real-time, I just had ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... , basking blondes are no match for pillows in flight. Back on Tetazoo, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... 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 / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is ... until i think about whether i'm doing it. i'm reminded of this saying in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  seeing some of you when I’m in Florida later this month and I ... Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application ... silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My ... way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days ... It's Thursday. On Monday I'm heading back to campus, along with

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  sustainable living from iHouse, because in our neck of the woods having fun ... The young kids are now the age I thought I’d be when I thought I’d be old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  course, I also spent a good chunk of time in lab working on my final ... Maneuver Silver Medalists![/caption] I debuted a new free program in ... Tuesday, I performed my short program at my home rink in Revere for an

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... . Passing on their way to greater adventures. Here, I can trace my college ... is still in its beta stage. If I’m in bed before sunrise, I did well

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... , too, can request a deferral any time right up until Registration Day in ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008