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• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  conviction to pull it off, but maybe i’ll come back to it in a few years ... ’re trying to pretend they’re still in school. a lot of people have told me ... trying to create a stable community in which the terrible disease of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  forgot to carry the actual cards. This is why I live in a dorm that’s close ... my turn. In a few minutes, I have my ticket, and I sprint back to the ... a twenty-minute shower, and go back to my room, pick out my clothes

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this ... you're interested in a club sport, feel free to email the captains of ... This entry is a double cheat -- I was trying to think of something to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  of a cinnamon roll person anyway. UAG (in which Ceri attempts to ... not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... what it means to be a pie, and all pies are merely shadows of its perfect

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to ... ; < <  You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  front-runner for his major. He's excited to find a UROP, join Assassin ... break!) and he hopes to get involved in a variety of public service and ... So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  for a class. I feel so smart just being in a class with that name, to be ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I ... guess after four years it might be nice to get a different perspective on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  in the nature reserve and walked around a bit before the ride back to ... it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too ... times to count. For the summer, I lived at tEp and it was a blast. In

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  opportunity to do a little spring cleaning. There are few things in life more ... , often necessitating a 10-minute walk in the cold and wind to warmth each ... . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  was turned off by academia, and wanted to explore those interests in a ... 'm a little late to the party -- they've already been featured in Popular ... began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  Answer to the subtext: Meta-phor! Also, a clue to the answer to the ... proof that a post could be hazardous to your mental health. If you walk ... my riddle: It takes about 8000 engineers to change a (metaphorical

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  MIT community is incredibly devoted to CPW, hosts a ton of excellent ... awesomeness is how to keep track of it all! In the past, we've given our CPW ... then show up in a separate subsection. A separate directory of "parents

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  questions just a year or so ago. A great place to find a parent to talk to ... tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... us in the Admissions Office has a particular group of programs that we

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  . In the fall, one of JPL's Curiosity engineers gave a talk to the Solar ... . One way to bypass this limitation is to launch a telescope in multiple ... , and built a deployable hexagonal pactruss module later used in a Robo

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge ... Report" this week. Let's hope the famous Colbert Bump helps us find those

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  widely-used community spaces, it's much more common to have a TV in your ... depends on where you live. In MacGregor, it's fairly rare for a student to ... you to school -- if you end up in a dorm which watches TV in community

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste ... how to dance. You know what that means? When you go to a party and there ... teacher. Here, whenever I get the chance to go to a party with dancing, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  would’ve, could’ve, should’ve a newly minted senior's freshman year regrets

  

  option it was to study abroad for a semester! In retrospect, I would have ... year advisor, at least a little more. When I came to him in the midst of ... world" works. I'm the type to prioritize a manageable course-load (one in

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 2, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  square with only a few hours of daylight left which I hoped not to spend in ... post, in the voice of last Friday. Where were you a year ago today? Ed ... revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and ... ] At least I got to make a cool cup using it. [caption id ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022