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  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  'd been accepted to (awesome engineering schools in NYC, Pittsburgh, and ... to find stuff to do. Solace came in the form of a very pretty asian ... this mean great things in Kevin Rustagi's future. I would endeavor to

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  , then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD ... excited, in fact, that I came home after class last Friday to this lovely ... perfectly: I was booked to be in my Science, Technology, and Society (STS

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  week, Ben came back to MIT to say one final goodbye to everyone in the ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his ... dinner. But in my heart, I still hadn't said goodbye to Ben Jones - until

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  time, and I can't wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks ... former Bakerite, ought to know - the Drop was first conceived of in 1972 by ... 'm referring to my 8.022 pset, my 18.03 pset, my big humanities paper, my 20

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  me off. In the end, Conner 2 was victorious. Nothing remains to ... Oh hai world! Welcome to my very first official MIT blog entry ... year, because MIT is out there to switch things up and do things people

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  email got sent out to the both of us and to two others who live in a ... counterpart to our wing, Danger Third Rail). One of the two in the Safety Third double happened to be in the same CMS.100 class as Danny. As soon as the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be ... , who was once asked to "say something in Georgian" while teaching SAT ... event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our ... answers. In one round, our coach told me to sit out the next round

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  applying to college/MIT: Don't lose yourself in the craziness of trying to do everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  found the slice of cake in the kitchen the next morning, and decided to ... of my kitchen stuff (bowls and spoons and so on), she promised to save me a piece. Now, whenever you print something to one of the campus

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 words is okay ... application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I ... apply to MIT if…?” I’m not an expert in this matter, nor can I pretend to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep ... ’t know how to do, and would relish in scoring “average” at MIT. Shockingly ... the professors who cared about you enough to tell you they believe in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  ! And then she sent this to the blogger group chat, and our nicknames in ... mistake! We are in fact identical twins. Over winter break we ordered ... to our surprise (and probably most people’s lack thereof) this was the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... doing great in that department, so it’s nice to have a single friend to ... EC and I walked back to MacGregor, where I pecked at work in my room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... planning to write a little feature about MIT mailing lists in the near future ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  campus or on the road, you've heard me talk about MIT's 2+ miles of ... am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  preference to one or two windows, likely the amount of windows in their own ... to find interesting patterns and learn more about the people in dorms ... on Massachusetts Ave., a very short walk to Target or Hmart, so it must

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  senior in high school applying to college. After 17 years (and soon to be ... , I've started to see these years in a new light. I'm starting to feel ... we want them to stop and wait with us just a bit longer. In the rush of

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025