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  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  . I was born in the magnificent, but chilly, country of Canada. However ... charter school in Georgia. It was there that I, as part of the inaugural ... those of you who will be freshmen next year. Either way, I can’t wait to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  't represent ALL of Baker, but I can't imagine many dorms other than Baker coming ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... , the flash mob became a relevant subject in my life. I started attending ... , city-wide super soaker wars, and all sorts of other fun, spontaneous

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... than just that, and I have to get some time off of work sometime and just

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... ), and it's one of the true ones. Looking around just my floor, I see Vicki

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  going to use the money to build robots instead of buy beer, he threw in an ... the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Happy Organic Chemistry II Day! I ... of the year and then miss it? So, Mollie did that entry about life in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... limit can be found here. I didn't get into any of my CI-Hs. What do I do ... my time at MIT. The number of times I've messaged in a group chat

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the ... never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... – most of that did not come from inside the briefcase. But I indeed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  I hope over the next course of the year, we can get to know each other ... When I was in kindergarten, I failed dance class. Good thing that ... . Somewhere in between kindergarten and senior year, I realized that dance was

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City's Central Park.   Photos of Pluto in 1930, 1996, and 2015 pic ... curiosity we have as a species I hope that gets into the minds and hearts of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can read on our "What we look for" page, or that my response to "how can I ... hopefully there will be something in here for all readers of the blogs. Eric

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  "wearing blazers," but now that I've dabbled in those a little as a result of ... things you have done and are in the process of doing. I made mine and then ... even still I was not sure it would be high enough in light of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in ... whole month of January. So for me, I spent this month learning some new ... Boston, I decided to go on a hiking trip with some of my friends to a place

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there will be no extra content to this post. Kidding, of course. I've been ... , the application process in general, and moving forward. All of your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and ... from 12-1 in one of the large Tang classrooms, and it ended up being ... have in common? They are the only two people in the world who can put a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of ... 12-person feasts on random weekends in the middle of the semester (very

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate ... in the office, I've done two information sessions in two days as well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  except in case of emerency, I'm not too discriminating. Since I was, you ... If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... you. Unfortunately, I can't do that yet, but I can write these

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and ... from 12-1 in one of the large Tang classrooms, and it ended up being ... Levitt and a small group of undergrads. AHHHH as I am writing this I just

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006