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• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me ... DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible ... in Harrisburg, PA and I thought I'd spend it posting old photos on this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  used to be. I have been trying to help TIM the Beaver get an internship ... Ledger’ to casually peruse the headlines and get a sense of what was going ... ready for the geek-in-chief. President-elect Barack Obama used to collect

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe ... , but that isn’t to say it is all accomplished alone. In fact, I had an

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... given to the stranger who brushes by you on the sidewalk.  In these times ... , uneven sidewalks that switch from brick to concrete in one block and the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way imaginable - we have the same romanized last names, we're both in the same ... . All these memories come to me at once, in the same time and place, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... , things seem to just fall in line.

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  get to be awesome and actually save lives. For real. I know, I know, you ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident on the slide and jump in to save two different kids. So that's my job

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a ... answers in order to find a new answer. A large puzzlehunt like the Mystery ... Hello! I'm writing this very, very smol post to tell you that the MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... with this: Tree trunks get so postered that we resort to taping flyers ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  again in a couple of months. If you didn’t get the answer you are looking ... travelling halfway around the world. You need to challenge yourself in order to ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I ... .") In essence, you’re asked to squeeze your entire identity into a couple ... college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... mouse immunology lab that works with proteins in the cytoskeleton to see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  .0. When I got engaged to her dad in Killian Court the summer after senior ... hold everybody in the admissions office to that vague decade-old promise ... your EC now, because you might get to have an EC plus a bonus fractional

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  sums of several hundreds. It could get crazy in there and it wasn’t hard ... A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... unexpected details go a long way in raising your spirits. For me, that little

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  somewhere? And the 8 ivy leaves (haha, get it?) our beaver happens to be ... . [All photo credit in this entry goes to Jeanne '13 - thank you, Jeanne!] ... most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  of calm and focus I usually don’t get in the hectic day-to-day of an ... day comes to close, a fire in my hands, a warmth in my soul ... time. We have this and many more measures in place to keep ourselves

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  for everyone, and we pushed through to get all our dishes in downstairs ... to get the tradition going early. For our first Floor Frosh Social ... useless in the context of Apple Bake, so I decided to try my hand at a few

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get ... sent to MIT, and are worried they will not get here in time, we will ... .Please be patient when trying to get in touch with them, as it may take them

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  essays are not unique enough. You’ve put in years of hard work to get into ... corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can ... life goes on. But you don’t have to believe in all that right now. It

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017