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• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come ... more ways to jump over, onto, and off various objects! I'm taking 18.02A ... master of div, grad, AND curl!!!...which is to say, I'm having a real good

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have to have a co-signer if you're under 18." I was like, "I AM TWENTY ... for the show I had to wear stilettos and a backless slinky gown and sing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  to celebrate his birthday and my graduation. Adam still has a year to ... that as a graduation present, they will foot the bill for Adam and me to go on a vacation to the Bahamas (yessss). Adam is less excited about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  they don’t want to? it takes a certain amount of trust in someone to ... around them and buzz internally like a fly, wondering whether to do ... i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  I wanted to write a comprehensive post on my experience with being a ... fact, I didn't even know where to start. My resume was honestly kind of a ... experience." Essentially, the career fair was a slight bust due to my lack of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  just tried to write a blog as fast as possible. this is not very high quality as a result and thus i would like to say that this is not ... now i’ve decided to take this less seriously and i was going to do a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  that I headed back to the student center, talked to a bunch of Alpha Phi ... , which proved to be highly entertaining. The first act was a group of ... and fun to watch.(Sorry about the picture quality. I have a horrible

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  on the dot with the blast of a vuvuzela. Thanks to Facebook and the ... early dinner. A beautiful end to a snowy day. Although it's back ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum. Certain events, however, tend to stick out ... -cramming. Par example: one of MIT's best A capella groups decided to have a ... biology notes in a sleepthirsty stupor and was preparing to dive into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to ... here. Anyone with a 720 has the potential to do just as well at MIT as ... once a week or honor organizations that don't do anything." To us, it

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... support for future missions. The goal of my project was to design a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  class (21M.460), open to just about anyone with some sense of rhythm and a ... Senegal: One thing I forgot to mention - Lamine is actually a total ... the greatest benefits of coming to a university like MIT is that it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  's a salute to my top five favorite MIT all-nighters over the past two ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to ... Thanksgiving vacation last fall, I pulled three consecutive all-nighters due to a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  Interested in different paths you can take to get a masters degree ... Science) stayed a fifth year at MIT this school year to earn his masters in ... he strongly encourages you to check out a complete listing of all the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  it.) If anyone has seen a more nerdy/cute billboard, I'd like to hear ... Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of ... a request that she give up the ring to the Rhinemaidens or the gods ... unfurling petals give a magnificent backdrop to the dazzling chandelier

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  . Bartolotta is a double major in physics and management sciences and expects to ... .0. He would be a sure thing to land a lucrative job in business or science ... to be a first-team all-league selection in the Ivy League. It’s simple

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  My first two weeks of GEL kicked off to a great start. I really like ... optimization. Often, you have to make judgement calls of whether to launch a ... us is: It’s better to make a bad decision now than a good one too late

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014