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  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  day, in April, I got a thin envelope in the mail from this school. It ... it too, in part because of me, I'm so, so sorry. If you want to talk ... that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these ... the various paraphernelia I was going to smuggle into graduation in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  pitches. So far as I can tell, people weren’t really forming words, just ... to take classes in anything a teacher wants to teach. I still don ... good one, but believe me it’s just a lucky guess! (Read: I’m not a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It ... letting people ride it around their neighborhoods in the coming months; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it ... Here in America, our vaunted exceptionalism takes many forms ... -DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  state of Montana in attendance. And I do mean "all across": one father and ... ,898 people!! That's insane! I hereby propose a new metric in admissions ... session we went to Sanford's Grub and Pub. I can't even begin to describe it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... ’t write about your time in prison.” I heard this in a video once. There are ... that: (1) your essay is written in a consistent tense (“I sat on a cow

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  nourishment, it is reassurance that in this increasingly chaotic world, I can at ... feel like I have developed my own signature style in cooking – dishes ... catering to other people’s tastes for so long that I couldn’t find myself in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... why I committed to MIT was because I was in awe of Borderline ... interests and passions at MIT, and I'm so excited for everyone to see it in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  firsts. Here are some that I remembered, in roughly chronological order ... As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about ... year at MIT. I think fondly of that year, despite all the difficulties

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... afraid of MIT? Those nerds? There’s no way they can play sports!” And I bet ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... an option where you can indicate this. I am homeschooled. Do I still ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  can make his eyes go in different directions. I'm just glad we're not ... ), which you can read about in everybody else's blog. Basically, during the ... other university gives you this much housing choice. I'll be busy in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... .100A has been very helpful (I can actually do psets), and 9.00 is ... Hello. It's everyone's favorite angery boi... KING CRIMSON!! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

   "Emergency Morale Booster Night" and the content was: - Salut la maison! I hope ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  in high school, I'd pictured myself on a pretty green campus with ... excellent study environment. I don’t mind working in corporate corners of brutalist buildings — and uh, if I did, tough luck — and some study areas in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  timeline if I ever find myself sunk too deeply in a social media morass. I ... . From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel ... . That's ~22.5k new cases, with an average response, from a human, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  , we can afford to take some time off. As for me, I'll be spending about ... I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer ... ? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... Winston and his no electronics policy I was wary coming in but all my fears

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  ’s freedom of self-expression. Anyone who is taking part in REX right now can ... in including these as well. I echo the sentiments of a commenter on the ... his mom, when he won second place in a local filmmaking competition for

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011