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• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  a bunch of political science majors in a room with the president, and one kid just couldn't care. How could you not? Is this not the peak of ... from the non-existent shackles around me and become some sort of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2024 are now ... , and here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now ... , and here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  ), one of the FPOPs (Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs) offered to incoming ... we drop it off the fourth floor of Baker House... Only after we let ... . Impressive! (read: omg what am I doing with my life) The rest of the FPOP

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... and seaplanes. Of course. The nautical flavor of Seattle isn't too

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  offered that meet a few of the HASS requirements. Terrascope is a bit different from the rest of the FLCs in that what they offer is less about ... 1pm. With the large number of classes offered, you're then allowed to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  supporter of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She has an economics degree ... opportunity to "acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of ... People’s Day. As we do so, let us reflect on the richness and resilience of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  explore a new area of interest within the fields of planning and ... topics in the future. The project: The project explored concepts of ... integrated research and design office under the Chair of Architecture and

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  degree for free. However, the purpose of the visit today wasn’t for a class ... have obtained the degree. It would have made a world of difference for ... . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already ... , and go crush the rest of your college applications this cycle. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  . Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was ... !). Birthdays and Christmas were the only days of the year on which we'd actually ... got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And ... to MIT? I think the way that I see it is if you've ever read one of ... see, learn, do, taste. Essentially, it's sensory overload of the amazing

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with the purpose of documenting East Campus culture and history before the dorm is renovated. The class, now labelled STS.051, will be offered this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  : not the 1000-1500 degrees C of red-hot metal, but ~2400 degrees of white ... of the other skills I practiced was self-care. I learned to let myself ... after I ran myself and select members of the engineering department into

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think ... far, been the most exciting year of my life to say the least. Last year ... , bundled in three layers of pajamas resembling a plaid-colored icicle, on the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... . So on the brink of every new year since then, I've made a post updating the world on the status of those sidequests. It seems that the time for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... laws of physics." This is untrue. Chuck Norris can change the laws of ... Oppenheimer said "I am become death, the destroyer Of worlds", He was not

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why ... .  But sooner or later, everyone hits a wall. One of the hardest things I ... ’s no longer possible to wing it. The volume of complex information and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  . When Sir More first suggested the idea of one offering "a penny for your ... are the implications of offering a penny for one's thoughts. In 1522, a ... it means to offer one in exchange for the thoughts of your friends or

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011