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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  ? There’s just no way to tell!” The seniors all clammered, “There’s no need ... physics- attempt number three! And this brings us to now, about 1:23. My

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  or not, several of these cakes were made by guys! Way to go, guys

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The ... -togethers. I see the other two MIT students in Course 1 (civil engineering

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  cookie dough 1 bag of M&Ms 2 boxes of graham crackers* *3 gallons of ... hot dogs, 40 dozen bagels, and over 300 pieces of fruit coming my way

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Perhaps the most interesting research is the work that surprises, startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... .97, respectively; 1.0 would be a perfect match). This work also merits further

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ! A couple ways to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  This post is for those who are moving on from this blog today, May 1st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you ... process, is, of course, a two-way street. You get to choose where to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  - 1,100,000 = prize money for the Men's/Women's tournament winner - 4 ... and see them up close. By the way, if you're interested in playing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on December 2 ... cover sheet. Q: Where do I send my high school transcript or updates? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  about free cookies. I talk to people. I eat a cookie.   punt - (1) v.t. To determine after analytical deliberation not to do something, said of something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to work hard? Is ... students, and is it destructive competition? What do students here do for ... generally do one thing? Are there cliques? How prevalent is partying, and are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  movies watched way too late at night. In the absence of doing these things ...  very long time but probably won't end up feeling that way. Besides, I do things ... memories, as you normally do in the hubbub of real college life, you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles ... thousands of miles of adventure. "Not only do we provide the world's most ... route: Leg 1 (Checkpoint High Tea) London to Prague We polish of our

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science minor I regret this, because 1) I ended up aborting this plan, and 2) it ... that I do not regret, for one second, taking 6.005: Elements of Software

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  together and “buy” their friend for an impressive sum. (I hope I’m doing a ... were California Pizza Kitchen, F1 Racing, Vapiano’s, Melting Pot, among ... time I do something CK-related, I’m reminded of how lucky I am to have a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  've changed in all the ways people usually do. I'm more tired, more jaded, more ... way. They will shape me, just as MIT has, in ways I do not yet know ... complex, worse, more joyful, harder. But at its core, I do think that it is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... , all the time" and to a large extent our office is that way too. We ... weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  this semester, which I'm actually...very close to doing, I'll have to ... that being what I want to do because I never thought I was good enough for it. I realize that I should...probably get formal training and do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are ... them, haven't you? Do the stats and titles make you want to be their ... in your reader’s position. Do you want to know everything the character

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do with the actual work I am doing. Nervous and excited on the first day, I ... . But on the contrary, everyone spoke to me the same way they spoke to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015