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  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  spooky formatting ghosts. I recommend drafting your posts in a free plain ... and international students.   It’s mid-October in Cambridge ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However ... importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of the daily struggle of MIT, I wanted to take time out of my day to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  lights. Simply put, we had cabin fever. I'm a California girl who hadn ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to ... though it's blizzarding -- I have the answer for you: fleece lined tights

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs and 2 labs will do that). So...I thought I'd take the easy way out, by ... which are very interesting. In particular, though, 6.033 has two design

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its final draft pending approval by the UA Senate. I'm proud of having ... full report, which is 42 pages (42! Ha! I just noticed that!) here. If

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  groups, to find that place where you really do fit in. I'm getting excited ... Jane W asked, Matt, I have a question about CPW. Will we know who our hosts will be before we get there? I know you're just matching us up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  's something that I see even in the very walls of MIT. I know more people here ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super-genius overnight, let alone at all. In honor of my 19th birthday (today!), I've been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  tell, so scroll through pictures (and links) below. In conclusion, I ... . Relatives flew in from everywhere, and were seen passing through East Campus ... . Numerous posters in the Infinite advertised concerts, dinners, and movie

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  quote I used in my personal blog was "One of my favorite items is a ... means I've got to take one for the team in order to share. Don't break ... When I first got to MIT I got a little pamphlet entitled "Copyright

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a ... 's really it. I wrote an entire entry about a hallway. In building 56. Because ... , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall ... when I first got into MIT…when I complained about Boston’s cold winters, he said that “it’s always warm in the library.” He was right! Even

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  , including a random lab tech in a white coat wandering down just as I was ... It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t-shirt weather spurts in February and March, it seems like this streak of sunshine

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  weather is conducive for an outside jog, I highly recommend morning runs in ... hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a ... that I highly recommend for its numerous benefits, such as the fact that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  do the independent study in Ask him if he would be able to get the ... , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let ... instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably ... West Coast-ers and international students take note: when it snows in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  My name is Evan Karlik, and I graduated from both MIT and Navy ROTC this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC ... undergraduates who are US citizens for success as officers in the United States

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I ... It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... encourages leadership development. Next week I have a personal UPOP meeting in ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I was actually in the middle of giving a tour of Random to a friend when I ... experience. This past Saturday, February 29th, I experienced something that I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020