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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  machine. Coffee was only a quarter in those days, and Gary would say ‘where ... that can benefit: “I would often also emphasize this with my ROTC ... While you guys anxiously await admissions decisions, I have one piece

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  poor. I am sure that i would recieve a very good score in this sat ... wondering if I sent in my transcript, would you guys look at it just to see my ... . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... week. It was not uncommon that year to meet someone who would say, "I don't think we've met, but your voice sure sounds familiar." I would laugh and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  . For the past few weeks, I've forgotten to buy juice, so any time I ... pineapple. So, I mean, I totally ran out of all those, and had to buy some ... google image search I went, and typed in "GFP." Two hours and 28 slides

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  colors." Gwyneth Paltrow, I'm looking in your direction. Well, I don ... , Belgium. Because I was in Brussels, Belgium this weekend. if you happen to ... "travel like a lord" in first class. Wait, actually, I do have some big

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  my computer more than I would otherwise like. These days, I use a web ... Writers (MFA in Writing) random articles (7) These are mostly things I ... musical" - someone in a pit orchestra I was conducting mentioned this "bob

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  machine in Random Hall's basement, so I couldn't wear it. Thus, my intent ... Halloween. Had I used this idea, my physics class would have become a set that ... center of mass: I felt like this would have been too selfish of me. 6.The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so ... birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  [April 14th, 2020] It’s 4:14 am. I’m sitting in bed, laughing by ... conditions. I could sit here and write until I’m blue in the face about how ... would flip almost without warning. I could write about how much I miss my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  because it was all I had lab experience in and would be the easier route, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio: Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  kick out the people in control. Are we buying into this? I am a very old person here. In fact, I am 35 years old, almost two times the age when I ... like once or two times a year. I would be sitting down in the Large

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  virtue at MIT. In fact, I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said hard ... schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has ... lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  always wear these in Bavaria? Because they are kind of uncomfortable. I know this because one time, as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, I ... something that you see every day in Bavaria. Am I allowed to say transvestite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  affect our reading of "fiction"? In any other context, this chat would get ... . We swing by H-Mart along the way; Derek buys some snacks, and I get a ... it's just as pretty as ever.  Derek and I revel in the art, and then we

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  voices in my head always used to be questioning, that I would go back and ... , both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a while, and in the sense that I haven't really been engaging in self

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  've reached this strange turning point in my life where I want to do things more ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very thoughtful person, not in the sense that I have good thoughts, but because I am

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  good. I have a propensity to see something expensive, want it, and buy it. Now, if I worked for Amazon or Google or something, this would not be a ... know (knew?) absolutely nothing about cameras so I put in the effort of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Things I would highly recommend bringing, in no particular order: 1. Cell ... , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... . Getting a bicycle is not absolutely necessary, but I would recommend it if

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  journaling as much as I've wanted, and I've slowly transitioned from writing in ... .) Buy/Make Holiday Presents Practical suggestion! I like making any sort ... matter the outcome, I wrote a thank-you card for someone in my life. It

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023