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• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  the time and resources allotted for next year's Rush would be cut in ... I hear that if you're an incoming frosh, you got your temp housing ... summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few ... in until my junior year, when I realized that I absolutely did not want

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... in that regard. To that end, there is no expectation that you should ... those interests, and think about why MIT would be a good place for you

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one ... would fit at MIT - something the paper application alone can never match ... ? Your interviewer will live/work nearby, so you'll interview in your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Look at these pictures I drew in class from my lecture notes this semester

  

  [caption id="attachment_83529" align="aligncenter" width="550"] belugas actually don't have dorsal fins but uhhhh who cares[/caption] [caption id="attachment_83530" align="aligncenter" width="768"] i found out

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  happened to me today. After my 24.900 lecture this morning, I decided to take a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ...   I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and ... of ideas   in another life, I could have been a painter (I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  notes I take in a typical week of classes.  2.086- Numerical Computation ... before every lecture (1.5 hrs MW), so I opt to listen in and annotate those ... , at least in my experience thus far. I hope these notes were

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  before. In fact, I know the guy who made it, so it made for a great story to tell everybody in the floor lounge while we ate our Chinese food. I ... The floor on which I live, Conner 2, has a large TV. A large broken

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills are required for competitive higher positions in all organizations. President Hockfield says in her inaugural speech, “With our expertise in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best in a lot of people: facilities pays extra attention to make sure things

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... . I'm sitting in classes, taking notes, doing homework. This is most of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc ... tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this ... about putting an award in the "wrong" section, as there really is no best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class ... at MIT to enroll in courses at another college or university.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  pink/I want you to see me in a crowd[/caption] 4. And you hate it now ... post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to ... guitar. This has become a pretty intense hobby in the past few months

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  to New York City with me. there's also the fact that I'll be in Africa this summer; I'm interning in Cape Town through MISTI, which is both ... rid of my belongings, which felt odd since I've collected so much in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  Today in IAP individual events (I might go check out the Man Vehicle ... nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing something. ... week with a three-digit (in degrees Fahrenheit) fever, but still he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005