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• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  up on first impressions… I’m constantly in awe at how different someone ... leave for FPOPs, orientation, and the like! I was just thinking about last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  vital part in my communication toolbox. I also draw and [annotation note="i don't actually use adobe photoshop. i taught myself how to edit images ... I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... past Saturday, our first warm weekend that I’ve been in town, on a path ... gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  . But I know that in the end, for you and for me, things will turn out ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I ... 're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you’ve heard, but it’s cold in Boston right now. Like, really cold. Arctic tundra ... was actually the warmest that it’s been outside in a week. This has

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  in macgregor so I'm painting on clear contact paper try not to paint ... I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of ... of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration ... We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  . I haven’t slept in 2 days. So last night, I had 3 Monsters, and I just ... . In the interest of full disclosure, I have had a mild crush on him ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  rain and a strong breeze while waiting in line -- luckily I was under a small covering near the door. As you can see, I am completely drenched in ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  (and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd ... won it all in 2004. In the last couple weeks, though, I have seen some ... Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this ... has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  three-day weekend. In the meantime, I'm going to be your very own Kiefer ... fellow, I decided to open it up and look in side as per deskworker rules ... ANTS. What is even edible in a DVD box? Do I even want to know? Mike just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  poem of mine I could find in Google Drive. It was my first-ever high ... always my first love, and after I won a national prize in tenth grade for a ... scherzi.    I can’t listen to Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 anymore. In

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... out some survey that came in one of the many folders and envelopes I ... facts. Or at least quality video. In about 5 weeks, when I only have a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  application, which I barely remember anymore - occurred via a link in the blog comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... burritos from Anna's). But as I like to say in my info sessions, sometimes ... applications that this is my first free food in...well, long enough that I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... playing games and occasionally busting out some writing. In fact, I ... exercise, so I'm not stuck in the gym wondering what to do. I'm working out

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  children of weight 15-35 lbs. I am fully aware that the shopping cart in ... mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009