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  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  of fun). I learned about other companies I wouldn't work for that ... , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends ... the career fair began for me (and everyone else I know who isn't course

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... math, and math with computer science. I do pure math, which will be the ... requirements. Math with computer science, or 18C, requires several computer

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  the Green Building, which is 90 meters tall, with what velocity does the ... the airborne pumpkin have to come to terms with its identity* before ... cold, wet pumpkins for the sake of simplicity. This past weekend’s wind

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  top download at a popular indie music Web site. Dupuis loves math and ... media stories. Emily Houston from Burke, Va., began shooting with her dad ... and 16 percent underrepresented minorities. The class weighs in with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  , got coffee in the lobby, and checked out of the Hyatt (still no sign of Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get ... to come see me today - heh) but I did have a great conversation with

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  . And I feel myself moving slower, reaching for opportunities with less ... back with all its might by the end of [annotation note= "stands for ... finance with my tail between my legs and aim for more pure CS stuff), and I

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  ! "The Dong with the Luminous Nose" by Edward Lear. this one was on Alan ... Vuong because what I did with my one short beautiful life—was lose it on a ... google search, 0/10 for conviction kah do ye kohkan se ki marna nhi kamal

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  received my first D, but I fulfilled enough graduation requirements for both ... officer for NROTC. IAP '08 came and went without a post, and that was ... all into that module. I did, and I think it paid off. For some reason my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  . This ended well for both parties - with a PARTY! Pun totally intended ... much of those... I play chess, for example, don't know if things of that ... department here. I checked with Matt who said, "MIT is not for everyone, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  , thanks for posting this, with all the photos! While being a pre ... I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not ... hold off on some interesting pictures I have for you so I can follow

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students ... . Many different acronyms have been invented for the word "finals," most of ... library (for the quiet more than for the books), completely unaware of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in geography ... school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few ... Now that it's high season for interviews (especially for you early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just ... application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... . Just like the teachers you’ve asked for letters of recommendation (you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  missed Leap Day. =( 1992, 1996 - Probably playing in the sand pit ... ;"<. It was freshman year of high school. I was obsessed with AMC 10 - I spent 2 months preparing for it and was so depressed when I got 116, 4

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  with stickers. Fun fact: 2 years ago, while I was working as an ... took off 😤']new bottle.[/annotation] This time, with an [annotation note='fun ... . I've made it a point to never buy a sticker for my bottles. I just use

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  back from my Easter visit home just in time for my training session at ... , people kind of freak out. So they want us EMTs to be familiar with the facility and to be able to properly deal with radioactive contamination

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with ... lifetime advice plus health and wellness blog, I will now share with you a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  - we work hard at MIT. We work very hard. We also have fun outside our work. I decided it was time for another "fun" entry. I mentioned in my ... there's not enough suffering for him to feed on. Once term starts, he

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005