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  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in ... looking at this ring of city surrounding this blue gray sky lake. (The ... sit down on the bench and stare at the campus. I’m reminded of what my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  . "Feelsbox" is a local word for an open-ended question placed at the end of ... concert tomorrow at 5 pm in 10-250, And, of course, the blatant ... reasons, and I was responding to an email on my phone at the end of a busy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  instead of only one weekend. But try your best to go to CPW or to at least ... nitrogen ice cream at Random Hall. Now, I'm going to highlight some of the ... take a look at each dorm. I am doing a couple tours of East Campus on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  observing semester the telescope will look at your object(s) for the length of ... meant, but it sounded like a polite way of saying "nope." At the AAS ... at a pulsar wind nebula called 3C 58. This is another product of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  remembers it. Whenever I think of my experiences with student government at ... because of its student governance and autonomy. At what other institution do ... government at MIT to a panel during CPW, right before the onset of my college

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... project -- some of my friends at other schools have had "research positions ... Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  statistic but because it makes fun of people at Harvard. If you're still ... editing was far more polished than any of my dreams could ever dream of ... -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  records in central square has a few cases of $1 records at the entrance, but ... every row of knitting, i'm better at maintaining the tension that i hold the yarn with, and i'm better at keeping track of how many stitches i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which ... this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no ... The semester is over and I'm back at home, spread out on my much too familiar living room sofa. At this point, I should be familiar with how

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  excitedly spoke of internships at Microsoft, Google, or MISTI, I frantically ... job at the US Consulate where my parents live for the first part of ... my alley. However, when I arrived at the Consulate, horror of horrors

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white ... publicize their misconceptions in broad daylight. The people of Cambridge ... City Hall     Mayor E. Denise Simmons condemns acts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  ). And two members of hall worked at JPL this summer! One of them also ... that at MIT as well. You can cozy up in your room or one of the lounges ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  seriously. In an ideal world, I'll post one of these videos every Sunday night and then continue blogging regularly once every couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up this schedule (hooray for end-of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without so much of the "frak it's 4am and I don't understand the material I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  . Specifically, let's look at 1998. 1998 Disney has bought MIT for $6.9 billion. The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and ... cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  excessively amusing. The creator of the group asked the group members to post better photos of Pluto, and I started to look through them. One of the ... to be doing a 2.003 pset, and it really isn't a lot of fun. Adelaide

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  , my interviewer was pretty surprised at the range of colleges that I was ... at the buildings, the location, and the strength of the engineering and ... schools may be the smartest applicants of all" http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to answer all of the questions you've left in the comments. ... 've collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  Imagination, Laura The Moment of Truth And a few numbers: we received a record number of applications this year, up 9% from last year. At the same time, due to an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006