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  RA Selection Day 7

  

  As selection continues, I wore my blue & gold tie that I bought in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... Kathryn Willmore, as well as my subcommittee partner today Mari. I also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in ... the way back to my office, I spied another movie event poster that might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT

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

  More on deferrals

  

  action decisions in mid-March. In my experience, I don't find extra formal ... come out of my mouth: "I have no idea why you weren't admitted." I'm glad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  're thinking, "Man, these applications are fun! I wish my friends who are juniors ... earn money to pay for my expenses and spent time with family and friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  crazy. So, if you've been watching your application tracking on the My ... socioeconomic diversity in college admissions, among moany of my weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  I've just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office ... . Track the status of your application at my.mit.edu. Students like to call

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ."][/annotation]was the 41st annual MIT Mystery Hunt and my third time participating. The ... was my first hunt! I was dragged into the hunt by Shuli, and so I hunted ... [annotation note='such as my favorite: PART I NON-CONTRADICTION CHAPTER I THE

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  effectively compiled my best advice over the years into an easily digestible and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  ="114813" /] subscriptions blue bikes singlehandedly responsible for me meeting my "get

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  tell you a story. 1. A story One normal day, after my second class, I was ... created a playlist featuring songs like “I’ve Had the Time of my Life ... to actually do and create the things I dream about. My Counterclock now

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  seen in my life). His catch phrase (he would hate me for calling it that ... simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and ... 't know. Just something that was on my mind as I was whipping up a batch a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  , or spend some time eating and sleeping (my favorite double major). You

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  , otherwise I would be wasting my time here. I would be wasting the one ... . it will feel like a race, it is not. Throughout my first year at MIT ... prepared for if I knew how to calibrate my expectations better. If I ruin my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  people would think. i worry too much about whether my decision to choose X

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  those circumstances, my favorite food options on or close to campus ... brighten up my day immensely. I'd buy an ($8.00) sandwich from him just to ... resource that many students may find useful. My mother taught me that all

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  :  the main thing i realized about my music preferences this semester, both ... ’t interest me. for instance, in the case of my ohms arrangement (1:02:00 here ... second solo; in the case of my 21m.301 project i wanted as high-quality of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  Eva D. '22, who is also in my acapella group. In this song, the Baker ... . [annotation note='given my noted penchant for bursting out into song at anything ... was also probably my favorite, since, having just spent over ten hours

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Last week, I blogged about 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020