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  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  i never really had senioritis in high school—it was probably the ... a bit of personal direction. the moment i realized it was okay for my ... ; double checked if snow is cold (it is)   made cake pops for my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  think it’s important to consider why people apply to MIT. My primary ... hearing that MIT is what it is because of the people who go here, but it's true: MIT is what it is because the people here create their own

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  enough, so without thinking too much about it, I wrote the following in ... email address, so I checked out the site. Turns out it's run by a ... being this: the more you pay, the less it will be your voice!) Oooops. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry ... know it or see it, that I won't be worthy of connection? The things I can tell you about it: It's universal; we all have it. The only people who

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an ... that in real life) Guys. Science is really, really cool. It's amazing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  for its 'hackathons'. What exactly is a hackathon? "At Facebook, we ... last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and spend a night cranking away on it." In other words, organized, unpaid

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  deal with was cleaning my room. It was pretty relaxing. I didn't even ... was finished I realized that it was also a nice nod to Course 6. Tiffany ... Killian, it started to sink in that we were really graduating and I started

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  mission, as it were, was to dig through this mystery box of old DVDs, CDs ... things I found: This really pretty poster from 2011. I’m assuming it was ... initially MASSIVE and incredibly high-resolution for a single image. Maybe it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... as an admissions officer is, what do MIT people do after graduating? It ... up in my inbox. I think it is very interesting! Check it out...  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two ... built onto its north and south walls, and a matching parallel would be ... . It had been an unruly weekend, certainly: Excitement started early

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  Boston but I am pretty sure it would not fly with campus police. But if there is someone at MIT who falls into that mold, it's probably Charles ... , accomplishes all of its balancing with hardware alone. Anyway, Charles was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  , with its huge glass atrium, and the famous contemporary Simmons Hall ... architectural styles, the atmosphere of cumulative, continuing history it creates ... . It was a complete misrepresentation of Boston weather. I actually have

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  ponytail and red ribbon. It's just that kind of day. 9:15 -- I hit up ... , and I drink it religiously.) 9:20-9:30 -- Bike across campus from W61 to 56. It's cold outside. 9:35-10:55 -- Attend 9.15 (biochemistry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for ... pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective?

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT ... ’Hare airport was delayed, and it took over fourteen hours to get to ... MIT. It was my very first time on campus, so I was struck by the sheer

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he ... Mozart symphony with the guidance of Dudamel. ABOVE: It's me! On the MIT Newletter and MIT News website. Music is more than just notes and rhythm. It

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  move. While it only takes 2 minutes a day to do this, you can get as ... teammates, and win some cash prizes and awards!!! Conquer your campus, win the ... turns into the game and I thought it would be appropriate to fill you guys

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  one of the most popular student groups at MIT, with its concerts always ... will come up with the mad cash after you're admitted. Check them both out ... , and if they do, I'd trust that. Or, if they recommend paring it down to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  harder than it sounds). Bonus: Freshman Orientation test-takers receive an ... worth it. -- basic school supplies like notebooks, pencils, pens. The ... over-priced midnight indulgences. -- cash money, including some $1 bills

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015