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  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  , which never gets quite dark enough in the winter time. The snow reflects ... FUTURE for a moment, and take time to get back your energy, hold the reset ... community college, some of you will very soon begin to get into places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier ... nuts, would I get in or not, if I did which would I pick, and if I didn ... home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  -door “trained” friends. We also get a budget to organize events and workshops in ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... sadly entirely over, at least for now. I might get to help out next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to ... and pick up random stuff. Somehow that led her to a degree in Course XVI

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch ... in MyMIT that they intend to apply EA. For those of you who haven

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... 'm spending spring break visiting Adelaide in France, with a 2 day excursion to ... reporting to every day this coming summer is in MADRID. Ohmygod

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also ... you will be in college, where you'll have the opportunity to really make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... pictures in immaculate, non-smudgable Sharpie pen. And I had to include ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five ... . We headed to theater 12, showed our ticket stubs, and walked in. Not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  that were born in a six-foot pile of snow, feel free to share your own ... the air before it enters my system. It’s also recommended to breath in ... thing that gets cold in the winter are your phalanges (i always loved that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8 ... , and so I'm sitting here in the cluster trying to figure out the ... to bottom. Now, if everybody did that every once in a while, wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... adventures in EE), I didn't do much this IAP, so I should be able to just knock ... least 6 hours to get it together I certainly have a lot more respect for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to ... different UROP in the Media Lab, I decided to keep my UROP with the MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... concepts are in our daily lives -- it might even motivate some students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  applying to the job. The application gets posted every year around the middle ... starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... blogs (of course) and coming to blogger check-ins. We're expected to write

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  environment in which they work and study together. Getting Your Child Ready to ... live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... taking part in events that will help them to know what MIT is like, just

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013