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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013, today we have a ... common than just their looks. They're also graduating at the top of their class as co-valedictorians. Out of 75 students graduating from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason ... dangerous situation, or the triumph of overcoming the impossible, or the rush ... arm’s breadth away is the perfect amount of distance for the human

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  get started with this entry, let me dust the cobwebs out of your head ... , at the very beginning of the semester. Since then, all the sophomores ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  students. Some of these questions have come from citizens of the countries ... at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns ... ; especially through the work of Lincoln Lab, we are engaged every day in keeping

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for ... the final "submit" button of your online application on or before ... over the holidays and is busily processing all of the application pieces

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  first big snowfall of the year has coincided with the first of four final ... throughout the afternoon. (It reminded me of something a family friend told me ... are about five inches of the snow on the ground right now, and traffic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay ... aware of the world. Ancient Greece is the fodder for many a modern narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... with a small number to the right of them. ANYWAY, [annotation note ... ="puzzle hunts"]big-games[/annotation], but ours is one of the oldest and most

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  LOL"]FIRST(ish)[/annotation] SNOW OF THE YEAR!! (several days late) We ... :D Even more ironically, the snow chose to arrive during the middle of ... displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  Last year, the admitted students of the Class of 2017 got invitations ... hosted by the MIT Club of Northern New Jersey. As the only accepted MIT ... held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... we're trying our hardest to get through the thousands of applications ... descriptions of the food and drinks you make with your families around cultural

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  The thing about summer is the weeks kind of all run together, so all the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to ... food? Lots of food?) Held together by the ketchup that is lab or class or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  should be completed as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a ... us directly - we will verify the accuracy of the information you submit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  barricades, I was hooked, and I knew I had to go to concerts for the rest of my ... overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... screamed the shit out of those lyrics as loud as I could until my voice was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School ... embryonic guts over the creamy, supple blankness of winter vacation. This ... 's blog, blogarithm, not necessarily because of the content but because I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  of experiences and perspectives across MIT is staggering.  That's the ... back-of-the-envelope calculation my experience as a Course 2 is characteristic of less than 5% of the possible paths you could take. But during

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get ... the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can you blame me?  Just look at the results of last night's storm: ^ the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might ... isn't all that useful. Channeling the spirit of "practice makes perfect

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  , Death from Above is doing a live webcast of the wrap-up events that happen ... (that's being awake 57 of the last 60 hours). For those of you who come ... developments, communication with the coordinators, and a general feeling of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  ordered 4 of these, expect epic rock band pics to come Along with the new ... album describes it as, "the epic snowman of IAP." It was originally James ... is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009