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  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  the other half thinks. It turned out to be a really interesting ... . After that I went to a session on Interviewing Techniques, which is useful ... his pictures are better. In the end, I learned enough to receive a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through ... hard, and crafting a personal identity that you love is supposed to be hard. or maybe “supposed to be hard” is a poor phrase to use, but what i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  myself to find my way on my own. Thankfully, though, there were a few signs ... backtracked a bit until I found a detour to the road and walked along the street ... stressful. The next morning, I felt adventurous and decided to explore a snow

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry ... (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... doesn't mean you have to be a certain way, I have to be a fighter, sell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  love what we do, connecting world-class students who have a passion to ... reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... don't expect our applicants to be perfect, we do require them to be

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  Scuti became the first person in human history to beat tetris. It’s a ... , Youtube started recommending a live streamer to me named Fractal161. Little ... game tries to fit more calculation then is physically possible into a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  posting this blog [and being home for a week for Christmas], I listened to ... I always want to have the full picture before I make a move. I want ... told him to go to Nineveh [a very anti-God city where Jonah’s mission

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  you’ve never used a power tool - well, now’s the time to learn! Our ... Desk might also turn up to sing a few songs. Pinkies, on 8/28 from 10PM ... to be a prefrosh. I thought that fire spinning was *too hardcore* for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  I started watching Friends a few weeks ago. I thought it was going to ... , 10+ weeks of non-stop assignments gave way to a week of utter ... show. Sure, it's a sitcom, and it's in the nature of a sitcom to rely

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  . A friend and I are going to be chalking the sidewalks with poverty facts, and I’m involved in the Action Challenge, which is a challenge to ... make a change- not only that, but we WANT to. Though free food as an

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  laughing maniacally. Another lady comes up to the counter with a bag. "42 ... you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... enough underwear and know for a fact that those two other people going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  that it would be best not to chance it, even with a concurrent entry by ... bunching for the stairs, and made a mad dash for the gates, only to find ... spring break it would probably be hard to implement a fully functioning T

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was slightly less smooth than last time, because i had to carry boxes up three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  , getfit@mit encourages MIT to exercise regularly, dangling a grand prize and ... the email to the floor, a few people responded…and then tons more. What ... out should be an established habit. Cheers to a healthy & vivacious

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  classes. For the last class, I have to write a thesis proposal.. which is ... this morning, I compared myself to a photo of Kermit the Frog drinking ... This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  freshman dinner... We had to cook for about 30 people, so we started with a ... mixed, it was time to bake it. Hence the name "baked ziti." I grabbed a ... busy being kidnapped, I only got a chance to take a picture of all the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed ... the female malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted equally to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  -recording a class. Freshman spring I wanted to fix that but overshot to the ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... setting up in the List Arts Center. It was super inspiring to see a large ... . I find it hard a lot of the time to fight climate doomerism

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025