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  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs. Many ... you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep ... competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  went to rehearsal for the final project in dance, played in a badminton ... . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... actually enrolled in, and to a pretty good degree of certainty we think we

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au ... . Let's get down to business. Who is This Guy? Hey Skeech how did we get ... then I've held several positions, all related in some way to minority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  " focused more on how to get involved in the Linux community and less on how ... -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States ... 'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  touristy, yeah, but it was great to get the lay of the land in such a huge ... , gets nine-tenths destroyed in World War II, has the lasting symbol of the ... destination. In the 36 hours we spent there, I think we got to see about one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  the AC in my car dies when it gets too hot. I always pause to appreciate ... exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to ... [annotation note = "not that such things seem to exist in Copenhagen"]big pick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  and hallways, so you can get from the T stop in Kendall Square to 77 ... to wait six months for it to come in). Like many of the members of the ... is the runway, and you start to think to yourself, "In the event of a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  . It was kind of a given that there would be a paper, and that I'd get to ... potential in us to be great scientists and engineers. Kitchen-related good news My favorite thing to do in the summer is cook up a storm, because it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  , with a when2meet. in true mit fashion, this attempt turns out to ... will blog all the way to [annotation note="a gorgeous city park in ... [annotation note="to be explained in a later installation... some day... one day

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  keep my finger on the MIT pulse and chase people around campus to get ... promise to serve you well in your quest to learn more about MIT. Let me ... 't satisfied to simply recreate our print materials in the online space. That

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory ... how to grill. I needed people to help carry all the meat in, and store ... fortunate coincidence) so I was able to get the individual house presidents on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the ... school in the fall. Anyways, remember to reminisce, even in something that ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... different. That's all that I've been up to in this blink-of-an-eye of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  because it's hard to get your brain together when you're in panic mode. So ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ... : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  yourselves. There is so much to do here, so much to get involved in, and so ... now that I went to an art school and spent most of my time in film ... she talks about her internship in China and how “it's never too late to

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and ... : ~1,000! That means about 1 in 4 (or 5?) students wanted to host at ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018