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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  past semester in the Destiny Lounge of Random Hall, an abode for ... happiness in life's knapsack for 2015. And so my resolution for this year is ... I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  ’ll be living in Central Square with three roommates - one of us a teacher ... register for classes. Usually, you show up knowing approximately which ... advisor I’ve had for three years, for my last fall registration day meeting

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  is because labs are not designed for large numbers of visitors, and in ... for what's important to you in a college, and do your best to seperate ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  that isn't Kim or Rizos or Lzhpb*n!xobile is code for "JEWISH!" in Hillel ... Physics when the phone rang in my dorm room. David: "It's for you, man." Me ... holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  did their hair and makeup. We tried to go for a grunge-y look in both ... for the magazine. Once again, because I wanted to practice in a variety ... "]spreads[/annotation] were really cool, and I highly recommend looking through them, but in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  , because it's freakin cold in there, for some reason. i head home to snuggle under some blankets until my next meeting (also for my UROP, also in Stata ... this image is small, if you look in the bottom left corner you'll see a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  Exploration for freshmen in the fall), and Bad Ideas Weekend. I associate rush ... pretended it was an LGBTQ+ Pride stripe). I even went with my prefrosh (as in ... prepare for bed in advance because my prefrosh went to sleep before I did

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  everything I need for months of travel in just one backpack with my skates ... crazy underrated.[/caption] I’m 28 and have been in Boston for 10 years ... next to guilt is also relief. It’s COVID so now I have an excuse for

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  kind of thing that MIT would look for in an applicant [I was surely ... what matters for this story is the creator, Cassie L. Cassie works in the ... Lab in the Center for Constructive Communication, developing my game for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  In a public high school with about 700 people per class, there was barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much ... of skeleton code for me to fill in, all while I went to lots of office

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  for it by living in a world that hates you   vi. i am an ... disoriented and appeared to not be having a good time in general - for instance ... an issue that has been bothering me for the past year - that issue is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  lab requirement for Course X. It's taught in the sub-basement of ... for Desperate Housewives." 21F.401: German I -- I spent an hour locked ... Thermodynamics -- Last year, my UROP advisor, Jefferson W. Tester, taught this for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  , leaving Boston for a little weekend trip in New York or New Hampshire ... Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  students will be considered afresh in Regular Action. For more information on ... international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2016 are now available at decisions.mit.edu You can log in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance to really process all of this. In a nutshell: after four incredible

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  prepare for the interview: Review the ways in which you spend your time ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  restaurants. When I tried to go in person last year, I gave up after waiting for ... from my apartment, but dining in isn't an option at the moment. The food ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  for hotel check in to start, I got to see my grad student friends ... gotten 4 hours of sleep the previous night. I hauled my butt up in time for ... playing if we ran low. For the last round, everyone went all in, and Kat won

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I ... partners for Science Olympiad, so I was in his garage all the time, arguing ... always soaking in nostalgia for the present. Dreading the decay that would

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  an orchestra paled in comparison to playing guitar with friends. It ... "]--[/annotation] High school was hard for me. I poured a lot of energy into things I didn't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020