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  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  -clack of my fingers, as they smacked against the keys. The glare of the TV ... , staring at the white of the screen contrasted by the surrounding darkness of the room.  I hit submit. And I let out a sigh of relief. [annotation

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  -based classes (among others), whose projects span the course of several months ... and open-ended, which means that there’s a lot of groping walls in the ... fair chunk of the grade to participating in various forms – whether it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  really like a lot of the poems that came out of these. It was interesting ... when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... of the fallen trees – their ancient, winding roots torn from the earth

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  by three hours of MedLinks training, but I got pushed off the front of ... have tours of all the dorms during CPW, which you should definitely try to partake in. All of the dorms have their own unique feeling to it, so

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist ... We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  that will be represented, click here. Below is a map of the table ... the Activities Midway, on Friday August 31st, 4:00pm - 6:30pm in the Johnson Athletics Center. You will have the opportunity to see almost every

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... , and the glasses cause one of the images to enter one eye and the other ... screen, each with a different polarization. The glasses allow only one of

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  . In the middle of March, I set aside the novel I’m working on, promising ... I just sort of bowed my head into the storm.  A few more weeks passed ... choose to find the time, even if it’s at midnight. Some of them are long

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  the fact that I do listen to a lot of jazz, classical and instrumental ... judging from the radio play of "The Lazy Song," "Last Friday Night" and ... them perform live three times in three different cities in the span of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... saving time didn't help me leave the office before dark. Most of you should ... while I was sleeping. One night, I dreamed that one of the performances at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help ... after the info session is over: The reason I know all of this is Dean ... MIT Admissions officers travel across the country during this season

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... , as it turns out, was on campus with most (all?) of the MIT 2009 Early ... them the best classmates we could. All said, a great day of selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I ... , read all of the Arthur books, and played Arthur’s Reading Games on the PC

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  . Unless you are talking about the definition of inappropriate as described ... the essence of being a student here, and that's something we can all ... managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  THE CASHIER: That'll be $12.59. at the door of Economy Hardware ME ... .. them. Both of them. WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Right. That was you. on the ... last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must ... her research at last summer's RSI was voted one of the top-five papers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had ... everything the tour guide says, but of course, you'd want to do that anyway

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... days ago a bunch of kids pulled down a big branch from the tree outside

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week ... test, and all the math is high school math (actually, that's sort of bad, since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005