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  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Hollis teen is a Presidential Scholar with a summer job at Google ... recognized for his achievements. "Because I asked," he remarks on having his ... Washington, D.C., in June for a presentation that might include meeting the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  students to have fun at. And it gets bigger and better with each year. 2013 ... Family Weekend was a lot of fun. I can't wait for the next one. Left side ... Latino-centric organizations and clubs at MIT, with the Latino Cultural

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  been stagnant in that position since that blog. Things settled for quite ... with robotics or computing, and I planned out some pretty courseroads. I ... . That thermo unit in AP chem did not vibe with me; it was downright brutal

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  18th and 19th century topics, and may be repeated for credit with ... indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... a week (~20 people, discussion class) fun fact: Professor Lipkowitz

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  going to be challenging for me, because we're already dealing with things ... "...only uninterested people." I kind of hate coming up with titles, so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  interesting nonetheless, which is a story for another day. Anyway, armed with ... squalor. So, for your edification... First degree squalor: You are getting ... unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The MIT PE Lottery for the fourth quarter starts today ... sign bearing only the inscription "PV = nRT." Pervnert. Mr. RR Sweger, Jr ... , no matter how hard you try." Hey, this was intended for high school

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me. Today, I hung out with some friends from high school. We all noticed that ... four months. Coming home for the first time after this whirlwind of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  The first MIT sign appears on the corner of the gracefully named ... track this far through the August sun must’ve cared greatly for his guests ... college life. Would my sister Skype with me often? How could I stick all my

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

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  possible way. List-making is one of my [annotation note="haha get it... top-ten... like a list..."]top-ten[/annotation] personality traits; so, to best ... / programming. My relationship with CS is funky. I’ve never actually taken a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  . This is a dumb story, but scroll down for some more pictures. I left my ... the very next day and bought me this great, top-of-the-line umbrella ... umbrella and the kind of service I had come to expect from an umbrella. With

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  't one of my top priorities. For me blogging was almost an afterthought - I ... little time for anything else. When I was hired, MyMIT had been designed to be more of a magazine/newspaper type of thing, with "official" News

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  even have fun any more? B: no A: not even when we were playing mario kart ... having fun A: or something A: so you know how this guy passed by B: yeah ... do you want to keep playing or not A: it's december thirty-first B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  up realising my stomach was twisting, I called out instinctively for my ... thought about all the things that I’ve shared with others: my words, my room ... —  (I’ve been trying very hard to stop using the word “home” for New House

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  . It's an entire sheet of loose-leaf paper. With 2 exceptions, every item ... section labeled "fun." Basically I decided that if my to do list looks like ... going insane. Unfortunately, one of the "fun" items has the description

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  of holiday gift package for people, and it's even more fun with friends ... pretty fun quiz. I'm an INFJ-T, which stands for[annotation note="For fun ... . Hopefully some of these help take your mind off of college, even if just for a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... mind. But there is no checklist for an essay. An essay should not serve ... shed light on how you think about the world and how you grapple with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  me with meeting another beast of 5W (which for the life of me I cannot ... always on different dorms, live in each other's rooms for several days to ... - day 1 - feb 26 Arrived at East Campus with three bags, hoping this is

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential ... the northeast side of campus for a not-so-secret meeting with several ... packed with hosts and pre-frosh running to class and with families taking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  match -- partly out of necessity, and partly because it's fun. For ... break all the rules, and skip the layering ;) Have fun with winter!  It ... MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015