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  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  the morning. Quickly assemble breakfast. Head to lecture. Cook lunch, or ... to more lectures, or recitations. Then a student group gives an ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  license plate from the truck my dad bought to teach me how to drive stick ... , Technology and Memoir). The main takeaway, which I am going to play with here ... objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked ... skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  ) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... media, on giving laptop computers to the poorest children in the most

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  -your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a little adventure? I’ve been wanting to do a blog showcasing MIT’s many athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond ... drive with Mira, another pika resident, to a nearby lake. I’ve been ... to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... do we do? While I’m sure you’re dying to know all about of our ... , I’m here to introduce you to a few of our MIT and Crosstown cadets

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much ... learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later ... learned that even GIR classes want you to do more than use the equations

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  -preservation instincts began sirening for me to pick up the scissors and start cutting ... .033): Same as above. -Intro to Cosmology (8.286): It hurts to drop this class ... .07): Having spent 6+ hours on the problem set already, I'm reluctant to drop

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  here as we prepare for nearly two-thirds of the admitted class of 2011 to ... . Must be seen to be believed. Two independently conceived Mooninite ... the EECS faculty are excited to talk to students at this event. Friday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on information sent in early summer, and CPW observations if you went to CPW. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  .  How the class works is we read a book by some salty New-England sea dog ... changed to be shanty by pop culture. When I say CHantey, I mean a historical ... to.  The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ... transfer students who aspire to enter MIT in 2021."]coming application cycle ... sake, but only to the extent that they help us make better decisions for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was ... various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  pool, but I wanted to continue my involvement in sports at MIT. I felt it was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... men and women) and he introduced me to the sport. I watched one of his

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  I wanted to post this a couple days before decisions came out but ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other interesting folks. This trip follows another recent trip to Northern California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so ... with them. I decided to take advantage of this, so after sending my ... unfortunately have absolutely nothing interesting to report about it. The most

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005