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• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  digress! The point of this paragraph is that I haven't had a lot of time to watch a lot of the movies I've been wanting to see (or haven't had the ... almost every occassion in life.) This was the list of movies I compiled

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones ... to the front of the stage when it was my time to start singing and did ... moving on to the next song when one of the music directors of [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  the room and attached another bag of morphine to the plastic tube which ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a ... wrong and how to rid me of this pain? My Mom entered the room with my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  manila envelopes lay on the floor, most of them only partially filled with ... End of the World, respectively. Each group was given a zampolit ... and the writing teams. After an hour or so of discussion, each group

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of ... in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... the equivalent of posting the rough draft. I had a close contact with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  ): You'll say hi to the friendly receptionist and then sit down, in one of ... the lap of luxury. This is good, because as a prefrosh, the next thing ... to see the hustle and bustle of MIT. Weekends are a special case, you

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the ... happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?” More often than not, the actual physics causes some form of apocalyptic

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may ... living up to another’s expectations. No matter the means of inspiration

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the end of exams called May Balls. Plus the college system (similar to Yale ... . All day. Every day. Part of the problem was that I was taking this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  Last night, after a day of reading the first batch of regular action ... battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived ... hundreds of invited guests include sponsors, mentors, and coaches. Among the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would ... incapable I am of doing anything at all in the morning) and confirmed that he ... organization called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Before I go on, I need to comment: this was the day of the Doctor Who 50th ... hard copy of my schedule for the day. Here is a Google calendar ... , Anna! As you can see from the schedule, I taught most of my classes in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... the number of AP classes; it's about how prepared you are for the

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  Cormick, Simmons, Baker) 2) The option of signing up for a dining plan (everywhere ... what you paid for, you'll have to eat a certain number of meals in the ... /convenience store on the first floor of the Student Center. It tends to be quite

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I ... hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and we know that the blimp always flies over the Charles river so we tried

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math ... classes go by."]6.042,[/annotation] which I call it by instead of the new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  opinion of it. I’ve been thinking about it throughout the day, and felt it ... resources department released guidelines on the type of language they are ... ’t think the idea of abolishing gendered language is really being discussed

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is ... be considered at the beginning of the early action round - but it will

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  't spend too much time in any one place. This one's a broader version of the ... . MITERS has spawned a number of cool things, the most famous of which I ... parties start up. It's in the butt-end of the MIT Museum building, kind-of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  host a summit for all the recipients. In May, I got an e-mail from one of my mentors, saying that "as part of the Google RISE program, we have ... do presentations." Neither of the teacher mentors could go, so they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012