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• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  Books. On the semi-bright side, I had signed up for an overnight visit to ... vegetable), an attempt to register for fencing, 12.5 hours of classes, the ... and drove straight through to 3:45 AM, with a few detours for Pope

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  the AP exam, to 1) prepare us for the exams even more, and 2) allow us ... , I was actually surprised to find that I could get credit for them ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I ... ’d come home and lie on the floor for a couple hours to slowly recoup my ... all my friends. We need ten minutes’ notice to meet up for dinner, or a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The ... hacked for the anniversary of 9/11, the Olympics, the Red Sox, the Lord of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a ... college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions aren't made this way?). For the next week, you can vote on Alex

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). For the food snobs out there, we had lunch at Legal Seafoods ... today: I received season 1 of Grey's Anatomy on DVD I went to Wellesley

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  ="57886" /] Not wanting to delay for too long in the Wilderness, we headed to ... which stretches seven miles from the Boston Common all the way down to Franklin Park Zoo. Before this semester, I'd only been to the Public Garden

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  . For example, the degree to which other teams match up against any given ... - may be able to help me further refine this model to account for ... Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  's enough time for me to assure each and every one of you, right now, of this ... 'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  was mailed, for the tracking system to be accurate. If on November 14th ... aforementioned number. Easy for me to say "relax," I know - but truly, materials ... admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  from the three separate GEM foils that are stacked to make the final ... sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  Mechanics) for two weeks now (and I haven’t been late at all, thanks to MIT ... here. I’ve started to use Google Calendar for the first time, and now ... : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then ... you to seek out the answers for yourself, sending you off on a journey ... teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  , I still wanted to be able to take a break and do some things for fun ... So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what 12 years of public school education could do for me. I started applying

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  Ahh Pi day. It's an important day for nerds worldwide, but it's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused ... , decisions day (D-Day from here on out) is upon us and for the prospective

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  , I talked for hours with Dell representatives, but to no avail. On ... ? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the night before. My clothes were laid out for me, my lunch would be packed

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  students, but rather for union employees. Trying to act polite, I became ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to ... what's out there. In that spirit, here are some deadline for some ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... 've been thinking about that's open for discussion. The announcement of MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today's class

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010