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• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  summer has been really fun. I really wanted to stay in Cambridge this year ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I ... going right about the sun is about to set. You'll get some really lovely

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  need to get that happiness barometer up. The best part is walking the ... I saw this installation in the Infinite Corridor. (You can see me ... through can look up to a screen and see if there's a hysterical green face

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  Physics of Baseball. Also, I went to nerd camp. In 1998, when I was about ... ? Wait, I thought. You mean I get to come back to camp, and you'll pay me ... to run. I taught class in Digital Literacy and took on more overnight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  Naviance/Docufide, the MIT cover sheet would need to be scanned in and then ... materials works in the same way. We encourage you to have your school use ... form and we will be sure to get the interview report. If your EC has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... that answer: Yep, it was good (despite the to-be-described misfortune, I ... tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... why You mean so much to me. Poor soul, poor soul You’re often scorned ... another day. While we may sometimes stop to question Why we take so many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  committee strives to design a ring that we, as students, can take pride in ... of the bezels from '01 to '08. An updated version was published in 2008 ... The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  -intensive requirement for my math major, to get more exposure to proofs and real math in a ... dating. My to-do list for today, in between my laptop and my tea, written ... Random to MacGregor and back. Cory and I shared a single in the highrise

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  in the rain): http://shuttletrack.mit.edu/ Computing Get certificates ... conquering MIT are really great, but in my humble opinion, the most helpful thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  believe them."]incredible stubbornness in getting things done ... time has been devoted to one activity—in this case, TAing. It's never ... mode that I have to exist in, at least for now. This Thanksgiving break

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... in the pre-mailing tasks. The letters have been printed (I held the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  in a team with an MIT alum as a mentor to work on our teamwork skills ... seven people in it, one of which I knew prior to the program and five of ... were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  enough to describe the excruciating pain that she felt in her heart ... raised in your home country. Coming to MIT with your family and friends ... because it is indeed really tough to suddenly wake up in a completely

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers ... we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  then get to fry all kinds of delicious foods in our two deep fryers. 19 ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to ... topics in math ranging from algebra to topology. 17:17 - 20:17 Liquid

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  our bags in the cabin and claiming our bunks, we headed straight to our ... main thing I want to get out of this course is concrete project ... transported back to summer camp at Camp Lakewood in 5th grade. But instead of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  met the producer in the blur of EC Rush. She pitched the concept to me ... this concept to the producer, she took it in stride. She asked more ... . The producer and I met up in more classrooms to practice speaking. The

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  , studying, and socializing, you're forced to choose two. Well, they're almost right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... 's complement & bitwise ops are a good way to wake up. Oh, by the way: today

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  sophomores do when we get stuck on chemistry pset problems, and help in the ... turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  will be sure to get the interview report. Midyear Report: I know that ... you to work on your MIT application in the meantime. Working on the MIT ... [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011