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  What have I been doing this break?

  

  prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is ... : - Played with my eight year-old brother - Watched most of the complete series ... with my brother (the same brother as above, though I have a few of them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky ... take the state certification exam in a couple of weeks, so wish me luck ... . Pictures to come soon! The end of IAP also means...the 14th annual Charm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

    Let's review a concept taught in the lowest levels of classical physics. You have an object and you move it. The length of the path ... between the intitial position of the object and its final position is called

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  . And even more-so, so many of the skills in GEL ... practice & growth opportunity. This fall I am directing The Importance of ... are the themes of the play? What kind of couch do I want? Should

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  to wait six months for it to come in). Like many of the members of the class of 2010 who are straggling onto campus over the next few days, I ... you can see the colors of their towels, and you still can't see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is that I sometimes forget what the outside world is like. Of course I know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  sponsorship group boldly asked panels of businesspeople for money. For the three ... university. All hope is lost for the latter if you can't do the former. Of ... 's Award (the most prestigious award FIRST offers its teams.) I did become

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best ... friend. Is it emo enough? Spotted at the Boston Museum of Science: one of the sample songs to learn about sound was performed by the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  it with a road 45 degrees offset from most of the city, how hunters ... afraid of upsetting the chinese government, and so on   ii. of ... the topic and link you to some of the articles i’ve read  space in sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  . ^^;; )" Call me Matt! Thanks for coming to the session. For those of you who have ... (KVPY) conducted by the Government of India, IIT Bobaby and IISc ... . How do the 2 programs (RSI and KVPY) compare in terms of chances for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our ... student, who very generously offers to briefly interject the professor ... has a lot of incredible experience in the exact area you were hoping to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... future you’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  the benefit of the doubt. Eric (MIT Class of 2009) helped out first by writing, "Anon -- MIT is probably one of the most gay-friendly schools I ... occurred at Cambridge City Hall, a mile or so north of MIT. The campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  . Because MIT has so much to offer, I think one of the most difficult lessons ... energy. In the beginning of freshman year, I was having a lot of trouble ... Team would always find itself ranked the highest. A good amount of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  had nothing to offer me but to tell me to practice. At the start of the ... diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... the world around me in the spirit of “you are what you eat.” The results ... ,[/annotation] to say the least. Yet it is exactly this period of introspection that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving ... middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra ... the slipstream flow of my blood through the needle, and how the blood

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  the offer details, and sent me the offer letter to sign. I still kind of ... The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to ... . Last year at about this time, I reviewed the status of my progress bars

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  batch of them here, and I think that the time has come to do so again. A ... chances of getting admission? Is there a way I can still have the interview ... to blink the jetlag out of my eyes and wipe the sweat off my forehead

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013