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  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Beaver, nature's engineer, was adopted as MIT's mascot in 1914 (my googling ... Columbia, have taken to address it. Hezus asked, "When will MyMIT be updated ... new application is available, even if that's in the summer?" MyMIT will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  on Craigslist. No roller coasters have been built, but my roommate and ... the easy-but-fun ones. My roommates are MIT freshmen too, and some of ... , and third). I’ve talked with my roommates about politics and race and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  tea.   -------------------------------------- Today, I met my ... Bay shirts that have cute slogans. Apparently Wednesday is bagel day

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  dining leaves me and my roommates arguing about where we should eat to have ... One of my biggest plights with MIT is how, since they kinda know that ... instead of just tolerate. Therefore, I find it appropriate to provide my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  GIR."]7.014.[/annotation] I should feel excited about finishing up my ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... , and I shouldn't put down my past self for not knowing what I know now. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  around the room. My roommate's art (she likes them Greeks). Since both my roommate and I had pretty extensive art portfolios from high ... anything you can think of. My roommate and I have used the drawer sets to

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  roommates can attest, it most certainly has—my bedtime is now around 3:00 am ... Tube videos, I was under the impression that my college roommate, especially my freshman year roommate, would either become my best friend or my worst enemy

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t ... A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th ... ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  everything to shut down for two days, though my roommate and I determinedly ... credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a real camera or know anything about photography. However, my roommate’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , and found my roommate at his desk. After seeing my puzzled look, he said ... the dining hall, and was greeted by my other roommate with a ... Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  with my roommates. My boyfriend's been kind of teaching me how to cook ... I did this for my classes last semester, and it was pretty tragic, so let's see if this one goes  bit better this time! Here's my gcal

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner ... weekend! My parents sent me a package full of Halloween decorations, which I ... the floor of my room, under my backpack?? Otis, who technically belongs

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  -pressure probably helped me. I made the cut, for the live round. Turns out my roommate ... elimination round. I scraped by with three strikes. So did my roommate. That ... meant we were up against each other for a shot at the finals. My roommate

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and ... 's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot ... , she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and ... leave — is that sophomore year at MIT, I met this cute aerospace ... finishing my postdoc in Boston, and frankly we are pretty tired of this whole

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  apples at Honey Pot Hill orchards, fallen in love with my roommate’s gummy ... flight, lugged my two massive suitcases into a relative’s waiting car, and ... deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  Game of Thrones. The little kitten is so cute! She jumps all around and ... , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I painted a chalkboard on my wall! My door is currently bright pink. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  say that I'm "tenacious", but what I really mean is that I am set in my ... 's dad insisted on buying me a cute blue bike with a pink stripe yesterday ... cream and my feet don't hurt? Hello, this is a no-brainer. Answering some

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  , achievements, etc.) I got my SB and MEng and am currently working on my PhD. My ... High? Teaching was weird. One of my first times reserving a room for ... week but that I and my students were not to eat anything while in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  that. It was awesome especially since my roommate knew how to speak ... my roommates stepped in to check out the collection. The shop owners ... afford to buy their whole store (hopefully!). My roommate ended up buying a

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005