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  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is ... coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over ... production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to BLACKPINK with my other sister // clowned for, anticipated and saw the 1989

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  Wednesdays for the next 4 months... (Sorry for the bad photo; I only had my camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and ... 's folder is a story. When I'm "in the zone," I don't notice the monotony of

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  land for long before we began risking our lives yet again. The leaning ... I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i ... the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me ... wendy’s for dinner with friend 2 8:30 pm – ran home to change for the next

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  your identity to the MIT computers. For whatever reason, SecureFX is a ... to open for cancelled, so all the guards ran around the waterpark going ... ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in ... converged again for this one class. Walking into lecture the first day was an ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what ... ’m editing for the MIT chapter. We've been live for only two weeks, but I ... -athlete. The job has been trying in the cases when I've had to edit work that is

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it's the ... the highest building in Cambridge! Or, more accurately, they do that at midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  , and along the way stopped at three different bookstores looking for ... optimization problem for a group of five to select which bus out of the 10 ... bus is full, they fold out chairs into the aisles and pack more people

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  lessons for 14 years, played the trumpet in concert band for eight years ... ) Playing the organ in Kresge Auditorium This is not a performance class, but ... - so obvious I usually forget about it - is the instrument the piece was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  manhandling at the door. They even gave us free French fries to apologize for ... talking about for days. So I guess this is your sign to go to fancy restaurants for fun with friends, and maybe something cool will happen? *** The

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  ’ perceptions about letting their kids go far from the roost for college. It is a ... ’s become familiar and comfortable. The point is: take a chance to forget the ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

   linguistics UROP, which I think is super hecking cool. Right at the end of last ... do my part for the statistic that 90% of students have had a UROP by ... them, and turn to the kid to help me out: is Wilbur right when he

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  now you are the invisible daughter for your mom.   Distance is to ... ; Distance is the birthdays through Skype, The long voice notes through WhatsApp, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  useful, is a badge of honor. drop - (1) v. To de-register for a subject ... length equal to the height of Oliver Smoot '62, most commonly used for the ... Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ... Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA 7:49 am EST, Sun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  image is several stories tall.) He also chose to reveal himself in the ... of our favorite pasttimes is the simple act of sitting around in Black ... decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  Revere's top grad bound for MIT By Thor Jourgensen / The Daily Item ... seniors. "The fact is our high school memories are going to be very ... and contemplates the high school years they shared. "Our memories are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with ... ) This is my first semester with no finals, so Dead Week marks the start of ... interesting project to show for it, compared to how unfulfilling it is to work

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020