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  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  like I’ve fallen straight into that movie - the newest victim of its ... take advantage of the fact that I got to live the same life every day ... the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do. But - as in every Groundhog

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately ... and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 here -- On MIT culture by the hilarious Snively ‘11 here A list of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of ... day! Me, at the beginning of CPW, still with tons of evergy! :-) Mari ... . Finally free of the Reg Room, I was able to attend the welcome ceremony

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  It's been 13 days since the school year began, and already, many of us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... is by Konrad Lorenz on the behavior of jackdaws. I know that sounds dry

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from ... to my roommate, "It's so... gray!" She's from the northwest corner of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  Kao, STAFF REPORTER November 16, 2010   The number of ... applications comes even as the number of graduating high school seniors held ... want to be a part of our community. They are attracted to the innovative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  often find occasion to derail the discussion of extracurriculars and ... best-kept secret about being part of the MIT community. For this reason ... students: voc techs will often fix your cars at the cost of the parts, saving

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  me. The cry of the small child in his arms yanks me unpleasantly back ... miles ever before, and so I've pretty much experienced the pinnacle of bad flights - zero leg room, back row seating with the constant smell of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  the frustration of attempting engineering drawings. We would draw boxes ... and meticulousness were the defining traits of a good engineer ... it did.  At the end of my freshman year at MIT, I declared brain and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  of you who were admitted! I remember getting my decision- the old ... of a variety of different subjects. Because of the small size of my school, we were only allowed to send one applicant to each of the programs

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining graduate student lost all contact with the department. Starting in the Fall

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  -3 weeks at a time, and the library has so many copies of the more popular ... means I finished 67% of the audiobooks I started, which is pretty low, but ... during the month of July—starting 7 books and listening for 107 hours.  The

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  version of it all. I think the theme of my first semester at MIT was ... world” than I have ever been before, and it solidifies the idea of moving ... though epiphanies were sitting fermenting in the heads of all classmates

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The ... take a moment to answer some of the more frequent ones we’ve seen ... guide to submitting letters of recommendations, as it answers most of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St ... [/caption] Suddenly, the end date for my stay was years away instead of days or weeks

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  This is the first of my "entries-on-request" - as you probably ... close friends?" I'm sure that some of the incoming frosh reading this ... because we knew a lot of the same alums and kept turning up and the same

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  useful to the soldier. Army members of Team ISN also give guidance on soldier protection and survivability needs, and the relevancy of research ... At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of over one billion dollars. this says very little about the internals of the company - there are many examples of unicorns with almost zero

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few ... tempted by the fruits of Silicon Valley or otherwise find their passion ... ). One can of course see that from my resume, but the ring has occasionally

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025