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  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some ... for a $10 Amazon gift card. Now, instead, I resolve to not care so much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the ... created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities: I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... wanted to choose who I'd be living with, I wanted a place I could have a ... found myself really wanting to put the title of "student" aside for a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  asked good questions to narrow them down. I settled on writing a piece ... come up with the right details to describe a character, small things that ... , and my voice dropped to nearly a whisper, finger me hissed in the space

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

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... ="MIT undergraduates have to fulfill a swim requirement by either passing the MIT Swim

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time ... students to help staff events and run registration—it’s only a couple of days ... iconic red jackets). One of my favorite gifts to give out is a tire

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... everyone grabs what they want and finds a place around the house to sit down ... match. A few years ago, when we had a larger crowd than usual thanks to my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  , relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... help to explain a bit more. July Fourth My Summer, In Words Whee ... ... Went to Montreal for a weekend to visit friends at McGill University

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... try at suggesting a party game ("Allison can go from Harrisburg to, um ... , the other team chooses a player to get up and convey as many phrases as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course, 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  needed a lab class to fulfill a course 6-9 requirement. 6.115 is known as ... this kind of stuff, I wanted to appreciate hardware. It helped that a ... the lines of "a small computer" or "a single chip designed to do things

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  not know how to use a pipette: Cambridge teaches passion. It assumes ... equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... explore as deeply without a department to guide me. This is what I will

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... Emeritus Mollie posted this helpful and interesting post to a discussion board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a ... to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help ... Coolidge Corner Theater to watch a showing of episodes of the 1999 TV show

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non ... (and by extension, you) is paying a gazillion dollars to have a top ... . Do a UROP -- Undergraduate research is kind of the thing to do around

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I ... to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019