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  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  rejection that definitely got me down for a while. In the spring, a different ... !"]honorary Pirate License[/annotation] for his role in The Martian (a very nerdy movie ... I was taking a look at my calendar for next week, and I thought that

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  post for a month now, so I didn't want to rewrite, but it felt weird to ... been recently. Also, a full text description of the images is at the end of the post for accessibility! — [visually_hidden]Querida Ana

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  , literally screaming for the bread.        - The day after Christmas, we saw a ... For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... day for almost a year now. (Freshman fall was a different, more virtuous

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female ... -picture of the day-to-day at MIT, something I was very curious about as a ... and normal in my blog posts; at the same time, a high school friend

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  …and which lay the smackdown on my morale for a couple of months. I couldn ... steeling myself for the next paper. This was a fluke. I had been careless ... earlier, I would have been set for the previous three papers. After a week

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  . Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was ... got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a ... one of the coolest classes I've ever taken. I learned a lot about the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... ’s a guest post from one of those awesome people who make the MIT ... crowd. At MIT, the First Gen Program is a tight community, and it always

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  . He also, I found out, is a recitation instructor for 8.286 - The Early ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder ... place. I freaked out, and grabbed the girl next to me; a shout-out to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  the first week of 2024 for a debate tournament at ASU with just my ... , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... the theater into a god-forsaken "Netflix Original". I just hate

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... on the road again for my Admissions World Tour 2004. Well, maybe not ... (you can RSVP at this link). Yesterday was a pretty good day. For most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into ... stay in the dorm you are temped in or try and lottery into a different

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  there is a giant music free-for-all. Its definitely one of the most ... Ping Pong, the Enigma Machine, and bike lamps. Favorite MIT event: It's a ... food. Association of Taiwanese Students does a great job with getting the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  random person in the hallway and mistake them, just momentarily, for a ... semester, there was not so much time for feelings. I carved out a few hours ... live in singles. You can stay in the same single for as long as you want

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  write a paper. Details to come, so stay tuned. 21M.733: Design for the ... . June 6th is that edge of the flat, flat world. Or if you're looking for a ... to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these ... you shoot for the moon, you miss, but that doesn't discount the bravery it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci ... plan, at the start of my junior year, I  scheduled 6.0002 for senior fall ... . However, a specter was haunting my graduation plan, the specter of 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been distributed. Now that I'm no longer in danger of ruining the surprise, check

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  complete the first step. Take driver's ed, that's fine -- it's a rite of ... curated playlists, and realize on the highway that there's a little piece of paper stuck to the windshield. Is that a ticket??? Time to panic. Oh my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  caterpillar, looking through the garden for a good spot to set all my worries ... away, helping out around the house. We were doing a lot of renovations in ... started the renovation process, installing a skylight, replacing the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021