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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  here at MIT.  We’re both active members of the dance community; we joined ... cultural art that this group aims to celebrate; the team performs at lots of ... a form of dance that features squats, jumps, and lively music. The

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  boxes. But where will I store the rest? One of my friends offers me her ... memories and the sense of loss that i (and others) felt during that time ... , as a way to remember all of the things that had happened. Brain dumping

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  at all representative of everything MIT has to offer nor is it the only ... Now that the class of 2025 has arrived, they are, expectedly, chock ... acapella group, a sorority, MIT Symphony Orchestra, and join the exec of your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of ... extracurriculars on top of that, although I did drop the ball on a lot of them. The

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  sake of the blogposts. I was known on the blogs for having a lot of ... ), I also dug back into my old MIT email and re-read a lot of the very ... 've become obsessed, I cannot believe I've become the kind of person who plays

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The decisions are in the mail They're on their way...

  

  The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

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

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  ?"). At the end of each lecture, I felt mentally drained from the anxiety that would come from letting my team down and also just the exhaustion of not understanding the past two hours of class. Office hours weren't any

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  marked our second year as part of the consortium, and we’ve received a lot of great questions about the partnership—questions like: “What is STARS?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  answered me but I just want see your point of view. Here is the original ... good chance of finding success the second time around. It all depends on ... . im not sure i if you got one of my recommendation cause the online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Year of the Dog Happy Lunar New Year!

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Evie* and the entire Office of Admissions! *Evie is the dog of Associate Director of Admissions Joanne Cummings, and is my favorite pooch in the world =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  past, all of the bloggers you see here on this site have applied using ... home everywhere I go. I grew up in and just outside the bustling city of ... York to be my home, I do still see it as the place of my hometown, of my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... bezel of ring. The Committee looked to the original discussion over the mascot, calling upon the now-famous defense of the beaver by Lester Gardner

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  moped alone. During this period, I decided that the responsible course of ... January 4, when I returned to campus after winter break. *The TA of the ... first of two very profound e-mail moments. Out of the blue, I got a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... . The passion that rides my mind when I think of it cannot be explained in ... address an email to Stu Schmill, Director of the Educational Council, at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  list of programs (not including the ones you get from MIT for free) that ... , you also get Spotify Premium at the discounted rate of $4.99. Available ... sleep clock. f.lux changes the color of your computer's display throughout

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  of the day. I woke up around 10:20 and ate some shitty breakfast I ... kind of gross. Really the epitome of self care right now). Aiden showed ... ...). We ended up sitting next to each other in the back of the TEAL room

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord ... there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about ... -about-MIT-that-actually-aren't-true-ya-dinguses because I am so tired of repeating the fact that yes, MIT has good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020