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  Windy city

  

  remember at this time of the year. No matter how things turn out for you when ... with the last parts of our process before decisions are made final and ... designed MIT's Kresge Auditorium and Chapel) and discovered that due to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching, except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  I am graduating (at the time of this being posted, graduated), I thought it would be interesting to look back at how many of these items I ... two ✅ I’ve done two UROPs so far at MIT. Both of these were during my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  program, jointly offered by the Departments of Civil and Environmental ... authorized at the April 2022 meeting. Two days ago, at the April meeting this ... — jointly offered between Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Earth

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  retake the GIR! D’s get degrees! Feeling refreshed at the start of the ... I did not graduate on time. At first, I thought, I'm not one of ... (that is, if I was capable of starting them at all). But worst of all was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  when other people offer them to you, like almost all of the guys I ... Today in Boston it was 41 degrees Fahrenheit and rainy. Random Hall ... her family, and several smaller Thanksgivings branching off of it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (CUWPY). So, instead of ... passed (along with most of New Haven) on our way to Science Hill: By ... myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  the streets of Beacon Hill was nice. During the school year, Winnie and ... ="suburb north of cambridge"]Somerville[/annotation] that Winnie’s coworker had ... ?” was one of the prompts I responded to. I wrote about finishing my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country, thousands of fans showed up at Boston's City Hall to watch the Final: Bostonist fx3000 But probably the place to be was the North End, Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  the quality of people here at The Institute. Judd Logan is yet another ... Institute of Technology offered a similar deal. So in less than a month Logan ... offers of such magnitude would come to someone like Logan. He did after all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of ... list of all of the events. Tomorrow (Saturday) Bay Area, California. Meeting location: the beautiful home of an MIT alum. Tuesday Miami. With

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  chapel, but it doesn't look bad in the context of the buildings around it ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of satire." Ling '07 had two of her MIT friends over this weekend and we went

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  achievement of an interstate walk at some point, and New Hampshire is the ... wonderful as it can be at 11:11 AM at -1°C. The art of walking without ... easy outs until Medford – at least one hour of potential danger in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can't promise you an amusing survey, I can provide you an account of WHY we are ... my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  show them how easily a campus can feel like a home. At the end of the jam ... -In program this fall, we’re reflecting on the incredible success of our inaugural event. Last fall, we welcomed our first group of high school juniors

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  online forums, you can't help but wonder at your chances of getting into ... through your mind. Equally, at the other side of the dinner table, your ... would you negate your own individuality at the risk of becoming another

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  voicemail on my way out of some indie movie in the middle of summer, "Wah wah ... house but did consent to their use of the flower pots outside for midday naps in the sun. My mom had been feeding them some of her chinese cooking

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of ... ) but also what you didn't. I knew, of course, that MIT students got to ... 't have any way of knowing what it meant for me, or what it would come to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... 's are only 1-2 years and happen at a much less formative period of life ... schools I looked at. A friend of mine is applying for grad schools in a more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  through the walls of your veins, until at some point you don't know any more ... the park, at an altitude of about 8000 feet, near Yellowstone Lake, days ... . Ever since it's been oozing down the sides of the hills, killing all the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008