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  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  . '11 Chris S. '11 Snively '11 Look for a future entry with a rundown of ... of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... blogger as it was to be selected for MIT this year (11.9%)! Before we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  was a little bored (for the very first time since I got to MIT two years ... great weather and explore for a couple minutes. By the way, it's sunny ... California. If you can't trust a student blog on the MIT admissions portal

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  news is that there's no "checklist" for being a successful candidate ... financial aid works. A lot of people look at the "sticker price" for the ... need blind without a strict cap, but they aim for around 10% of their

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  imagined that that it would be the place for me. If you're a prefrosh and ... for it! Here's a stellar guest post from current resident Dan Parker '15 ... in voice; a volunteer for MIT’s Violence Prevention and Response as a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  creating a home on STEM TikTok. It all matters for the simple fact that this ... A while back I gave a presentation at MIT called Three Epiphanies and ... ."]digital communication[/annotation] in higher education from my time as a grad assistant to

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  for our entire second semester. Sit back, it was a crazy night! I ... writing instructor came up to us. "You guys, have you filed a patent for ... 's posted to the web, it's worth a watch (but I pre-apologize for the audio

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  Important note: this is not a post advocating for certain dorms. Any ... in a cook-for-yourself community. It could be helpful for parents as ... section is also a cautionary tale about dining claims.  First, an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi ... who knows the most digits of Pi will be rewarded with a Pie! Come for ... 've been taking 10.391: Sustainable Energy eight hours a day for the past two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  . Garnish with fresh thyme, and add roast beef for a yummy meal! (you can add ... My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and ... studying for finals, I cooked dinner instead today. =p (it didn't really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the ... most individual entries have a relatively short half-life - that is, the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  class 11.027, City to City, spent our week doing ground research for four different planning projects: working for a neighborhood advocacy group, blight ... as a junior and have been loving it ever since. 11.027 may be one of my

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , for example: new origami designs, a chainmail suit, a potato cannon, a ... requirements for the Maker Portfolio. For current requirements, see here.  Hello ... , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  up an important invariant in the game, which is that there is a single ... usually goes on for a while. this is my first time playing in the hall tradition: i was a wingrep for 2E last fall, so i ran the game, but didn

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in ... I can't believe it. It's been a whole year. An entire year. They're selecting Early Action applicants. Yes, on a Saturday. These folks are amazing

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  somehow, i ended up being a teaching assistant for a 3 month biology class ... student: I just wanted to thank you for being such a great TA. You always made our after lecture discussions a comfortable space for me to ask

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // watched Qala a little too late and cried a little too much // cut my hair ... production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to BLACKPINK with my other sister // clowned for, anticipated and saw the 1989

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day ... growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it ... with sleep deprivingly awesome events for an entire weekend. Good luck

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  final class for my Education (Course 11) concentration. Just in case, I also petitioned for some extras. The next day, I got a personal email from a Harvard professor: “you signed up for an education seminar; here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business ... to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture ... don't normally do on my blog. I'd like to ask you all to do me a big

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  not being in a music department We went to an art school for 9th and 10 ... concert date. We already had our eyes on our second high school for a while ... , the SAT is good for something after all! Just as a side note, both of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018