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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped ... Introduction to the Institute and serves a first introduction (or second, after CPW) to all the different dorms. Each dorm makes a short video

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to ... also cannot feel.) This year, as opposed to last year when I was a ... of the movies at midnight, or been to a book party, or even dressed up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... school to college transition less stressful and frenzied. If you are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  'm Shipping up to Boston." A lot. I've included some YouTube videos in case you ... mentioned a couple of songs. I believe her words were: "If you're going to live in Boston you need to listen to Tessie and I'm Shipping Up to Boston

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on ... have a lifelong goal of trying to make it onto Jeopardy, and so I view ... by Cole Porter as a response to Oklahoma! The Gulf of Bothnia

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... school to college transition less stressful and frenzied. If you are a member of the Class of 2009 and would like to request a one-year (or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. To minimize noise ... compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. The ... 's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  to the entire Admissions Committee to make a decision on (more on this ... find me (though I beg you to not seek me out in any of these places ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  instead of someone who's lost and drifting at sea, trying to find a way back ... shipping and delivery takes a while"]YamiBuy.[/annotation] I watch a lot of ... of breaking recipes down into simpler steps to make it seem a little

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  sorts of things I want to do. It would be helpful, sure, but a solid ... 's climate system, a topic I find much more interesting. I wonder if I'm doing ... 'm probably going to switch majors. I wrote a two post series back in June about

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... choreographers, so I'm going to get a lot of the technical training that I never ... ; work last IAP, I tried to UROP but applied for a random one that I didn

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real ... drinking from a firehose, and more figuring out how to find inspiration ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  . I will try my best to keep this short, as I'm sure this is a sensitive ... everyone in this world and the only thing we can do, really, is to find joy ... time as you need to process. Here are a few of my favorite You

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he ... listened to the MIT startup mDoc, a digital health company that focuses on ... a personalized plan to help you optimize your health based on your own

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  find a spare one for me), so I had to go through each pin manually and ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed ... sure to build a quick little prototype that verified this would function

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  to get acclimated to the new environment, find a fun community or club ... completed classes on difficulty, pace, and other factors on a scale of 0 to 7 ... courses, recitation sessions, or checking when it's best to take a certain

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

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day ... sleeping in until 11 AM; I then rode my bike to the Student Center and ate a ... time to blowdry my hair normally. In fact, I don't even own a blow dryer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in ... my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has ... there were a couple of things that I needed to ensure my happiness, sense

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country ... MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... facilitated during the spring semester. With a population just under 17

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  of the hour-long block to grab a snack, find something to drink, and ... not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the ... at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020