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  Scholarships

  

  academic merit, and the most important factor is "a student's outstanding ... for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... busiest hallway on campus? No, really, just think about it for a sec. "Uh ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  something called an IFAF. IFAF stands for Inter-Floor Activity Fund. It's a ... that it was time for some more bouncing. A bunch of friends bounced with me, here's Dan '11 (my roommate) getting ready for some bouncin

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... .003. I ate a lot of stuffing today. But most importantly, like two weeks ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  . Synopsis: (some spoilers for the first hour of the movie) Ben Campbell (Jim ... off sales figures faster than a cash register, needs $300,000 to go to Harvard Med School, after attaining 1590 SAT, 44 MCAT, and a 4.0 GPA* at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  due at 11:59, and midterms looming. I can’t choose to wake up on a day ... goodness for [annotation note="Since adjusting to MIT as a first year can be ... in common - the Groundhog Day [annotation note="and maybe a painfully

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  /3 of the 240 individuals registered for the event (a little under half ... grad school and a full-time job, and gave us suggestions for resources ... important and transforming undergraduate research has been for us. Between

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let them come up with a bunch of ideas for levels and build very simple ... , you may click here. A few pre-emptive FAQs: MTG isn't loading for me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who ... I love is my brother, Ryan. He is 11. This summer he told me he didn't like science. My reponse? When you're at a place like MIT, it's easy

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... to win this than a team from MIT? Register/Report Located Balloons

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... , funny? YesIThink). Have a great week playing Brawl (I know I will be) and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I ... Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who ... told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever ... , I want my free space. So that’s why architecture has been such a pain

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  Several weeks ago a kid, a sophomore on my floor, contracted a strand of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn ... him a blue mask, had him spend the night, and sent him back to live with

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  sample (don't remember what anymore) for a while, and got some tongs to ... get a little thicker. The embarrassment was still there, trust me - but ... mortified for a maximum of five seconds 2) Laugh at yourself, and tell a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  MIT will live in a day or two.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  , ethically, and emotionally. As a cofounder of FIRST, he was known for bringing ... , for special occasions), ponytail (tied back, for safety's sake), and a ... , Chucks kicking like a contented child, while he talked about the importance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  . I'm a full-time employee writing and editing scripts for the You ... of school for a loooong time. And I do, and I did, and I took a break ... have a concrete goal for the future, or a plan, or a strong desire for a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests ... pretty useful for my summer job as a lifeguard. Yesterday's class was long ... for such a simple device, so people are either really unnecessarily

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  crossing rejected one for some reason; I had a folder with documents proving ... -crossing passenger bridge with all my possessions on a hand cart. *cliche mid-00s kids ... fondness in my heart for that[annotation note="Lydia wrote about this once

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020