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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  night at the Boston Symphony Orchestra for opening night of the Handel and ... Shire, floor 4West, Next House, Cambridge, MA. This weekend was, of ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  . I'm actually hoping for kind of a combination of the two at this point ... Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my ... once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  absurdity of opera. i will not be taking further questions at this time ... , the wing had caught a bit of a Mamma Mia! fever—or, at least, some of us ... . Fortunately, one of the people at this blogger check-in was Paolo, resident old

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  awesome UROP at the Page lab, and some of the rest volunteering as a brother ... everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  of the recent tragic killings of African American people across the United States – including the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery (Glynn County, GA ... , faculty and staff will lead us in prayer and reflection. The speakers at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out large containers of 'gourmet' fries outside Kresge this afternoon, and saw ... duo was two of the actors from the HBO show Silicon Valley, which a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... of any glass ceiling; my future looked more like an open sunroof. My ... got to high school, I, like many of you, realized I loved math and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  conductor, such at Gustavo Dudamel. I think the idea of an open rehearsal was ... , vivacious, and inspiring Venezuelan conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ... his incredible conducting. I was in the presence of a musical genius

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... supermarket down the street. Granola bar of unknown provenance. 12:30 PM: Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , supplying 45% of the nation's mushrooms. California, in second place, provides ... of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome, but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  now known as Harvard Business School. Today is a "virtual Monday" at MIT ... Monday schedule... even though it's Tuesday. Just think of how fascinating ... fabric of reality, that if it changes its schedule for even one day without

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  , you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular ... regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  admissions rate of about 2-4% at the time I went). I ended up not being friends ... to hear at this time last year, and maybe it's exactly what one of you ... This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who ... hours. Sometimes I play new games too. I have a huge backlog of games ... play the same games over and over, so I get through games at a slower

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant ... Throw paint-filled balloons at your friends in this clash of colors ... [esidence] EX[ploration Period] again (including the herculean task of scheduling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  's just once every two weeks as part of a co-op? Or do most kids just end up ... Cormick, Simmons, Baker) 2) The option of signing up for a dining plan (everywhere else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a free Shakespeare production that they put on every summer down at Boston ... way, we stopped at The Wrap, a local Boston fast food chain which give

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  the feeling of snow on the ground, the feeling of being free and at home ... true of all things. And, if not, at the very least, this break has been ... fall. I remember feeling like I was always out of place, like I didn

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... get some exercise. I was horrified at how quickly I became out of breath ... My first final exam at MIT was 8.012: "Physics For Masochists

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011