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• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening ... is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation ... I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you ... and staff who have agreed to take in a group of wide-eyed new cadets ... -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are ... already taken the SAT/ACT, and cannot find a forthcoming opportunity to do ... agnostic as to whether a student who has taken the exams should submit their

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  dishes. I find my dishes. I make cookies and send an email to the dorm about free cookies. I talk to people. I eat a cookie.   punt - (1) v ... -sets expanded to fill the time I gave them: all the time I had. As a result, when

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  this is a relief to me; I am very grateful that I did not have to find my ... wanted to be a [annotation note="At this point, I was pretty sure I was ... events led to me, a high-schooler, getting the opportunity to work in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... circle really is a lot larger than I often perceive it to be. I will

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  was such a great guy," said Kanamori, who was surprised to find that ... to Dulles International Airport (designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed MIT's Kresge Auditorium and Chapel) and discovered that due to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  stereotype was one of the things that turned me off to CMU. It wasn't until a ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... Sciences, a former admissions officer and current employee of Open

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  blogging again. Maybe I'll even try to match how prolific I was as a freshman ... scary.) Now, there are a couple of side notes to some of these majors. A ... sure it's up to scratch. I was invited to attend a meeting for the ABET

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some ... for a $10 Amazon gift card. Now, instead, I resolve to not care so much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  to find out more about you as a person and as a student. These blogs ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of ... , a prize that could be worth as much as $240,000. They will have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  've never truly made New Years resolutions with a strong commitment to them—I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn ... [/annotation]without a definite idea of what I want to study. I knew I wanted a biology

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite ... , but here was a deal-breaker: I went to the orientation meeting, only to ... know if a better time works.") to no avail. Eventually, I left, and one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  best way to find out. You're in for a good time! I'll see you guys in ... 'll actually get to experience these types of adventures in less than a year, and ... , expecting a different type of entry and wanting to know more and more about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  to the reader). I'm struggling to keep my brain from blowing a fuse and my roommates waking up to find me on the roof trying to eat cheerios out of a spoon using a bowl. It's an unpleasant way to feel right now

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  like not a lot to work off of, but I assure you that it’s more than enough to infer a cohesive plot with near certainty. Without further ado ... operations cause the king of the oceans to attack Wakanda in a desperate bid to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  and a movie. Everything really has to have a purpose because there are ... class also has us read a variety of different comic books to help us ... short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  some cpw events i’ll be at

  

  planning? Come stop by to find out! A few current students studying urban ...   (Department of Urban Studies and Planning) undergrads to go on a sunset walk ... [annotation note="Campus Preview Weekend, MIT admits are invited to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  From: rich Subject: LOST CAT Date: January 22, 2008 1:22:26 AM EST To ... , 2008 1:51:44 AM EST To: rich Cc: burton1 Dear Richard, We have ... you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  Arthur Highway. To get to school, I would take a jeepney up MacArthur to this ... trip took around twenty minutes to travel a little less than three ... a city, in contrast to the wide open fields and sparse buildings I saw

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020