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• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  . (PS the airport was super cool and I saw a Dreamlifter in real life and ... footage from previous days.  Sailing in Charleston is way different from sailing on the Charles River (which, in case you didn't know, is dammed and

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  in selection committee and as a reader, I can tell you that the average ... ?" Sometimes they didn't know the difference, which is a tragedy that deserves ... challenging courseload in high school, that kid is certainly not going to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  kindness friday live blog! a day of vital importance

  

  in my room for a few minutes, and I discovered that the vitals log is ... final exam. My excuse is that I was handicapped a little bit because I ... the basement, so laundry day is evil.  8:30 - Pulled up the Dunkin in

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 17, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should ... little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... ’t decide between studs and danglies in the morning and all I could say is yes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in ... iconic red jackets). One of my favorite gifts to give out is a tire ... is a musical about the Harvard vs. MIT rivalry that two representatives

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... , and New Haven, CT. I’m currently working on a joint MBA/PhD in ... application season is a stressful and busy time for applicants and that

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  students are involved in some kind of sport). MIT is like drinking from a ... Hey everybody, I'm taking a break from working on 2.004 in order to ... signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  really impresses me is the way MIT understands how a wonderful art exhibit ... definitely worth a visit. It was established to connect the community in ... exhibit is a work of art per se, however, and actually the most striking

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a ... either. I still have not unearthed a pattern in the numbering of its ... exploding into a primeval scream in the moment I knew my life would never be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... be used to maximize happiness, called Gale-Shapley. Here is a picture ... was able to communicate with the girls and get around in the city in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... , then a couple of meetings (virtual and in-person) with some of these ... I’ll have a bad ending. If I need help, all I have to do is ask

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  incredibly difficult in the face of a three midterm week but these simple steps ... How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one ... food. When you're not in a dining hall dorm breakfast becomes a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a ... 60 free t-shirts – ~50% complete. This is a wild and probably incorrect ... this is the first year that this sidequest actually has a number value

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  how i’m feeling now goodbye mit <3

  

  campus in September of 2022, I was a different person in a lot of ways, and the same in many too. I came from the Bay Area in California, a place I ... applications vanished after senior fall in 2022, I was left with a teeming mass

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • June 1, 2026
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  (which is still pass/no record), and to a lesser degree in your second ... phrased in a different way: If it looks stupid, but it works, it ain ... , MIT gives you a sink-or-swim style remedial course on study skills. In

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  world is facing some future unknowable crisis (Aliens? A rip in the fabric ... with certainty is that about two and a half months from now, our nation ... make some big changes in 2020: find a new job/switch careers, move

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for ... from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth ... in their red Parent Connector” polo shirts so keep a lookout for them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  amusing note: the Conner-side elevator in Burton-Conner is broken. There's a ... something... Being a blogger is a lot of fun. People (like Noah '09 ... . Woodie Flowers is a national advisor of the FIRST Robotics competition

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... lately. for a lot of reasons. one is that, well, being[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  popular, in fact, that I'm told there was a 50-person waitlist, and my ... me got photographed, so I'm crossing my fingers that I might be in a ... in half before putting it on your lap; when drinking a glass of wine

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013