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  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  her Best Friend’s door for help. Together, they work with heightened ... ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the ... MIT, unsure whether the prospect of returning home for the holidays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  write the code for the CNC machines: For those of you not familiar with ... group you're working with, or your own fun idea. And that's not even the ... asked: Is it free? With the exception of the Hobby Shop (which charges

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  design for a spring musical along with a designer's statement? Or should I ... . ------------------------------------- Amanda wrote, "For a visual art submission, do samples of work have to ocme ... with the rest of the application, I might look for more information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... in the future. That plus my involvement with MIT’s fall planning plus ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me ... wendy’s for dinner with friend 2 8:30 pm – ran home to change for the next ... 5:15 pm – checked email/facebook/etc and listened to sample songs from

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you ... , but it's certainly not the only one with a great story. So I sent a ... of New York, credit to Yuliya for the idea and inspiration) “Door

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  where there was a somewhat creepy old man with beady eyes playing the ... video games I had not played for years. I was also able to take out some pset stress with a few rounds of Whack-A-Mole. PS. Nothing beats

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  playing cards which I intended for friends to draw on so I have a completely ... dorm. I wasn't placed into my top choices for dorm or entry and I didn ... the booth and he signed it on the side of the display case with a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  -wide lunches, and seminars. We had free, catered lunch every Thursday, with ... advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their advisor several times a semester; advising seminars (for credit), which

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  understood eigenvalues, or the time we made it to the third round of NCAAs with ... ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something ... finished my last final Thursday after two not-so-fun back to back 18.03 and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  playing. The game takes a pretty long time to complete, but it’s choose your ... . There are also many ways to play. Sure, you COULD just beat the dungeons to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... conjunction with your application, the interview is not a substitute for that. Feel free to bring and/or share these things with your EC, but make sure

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  "stopover program," for multi-day layovers with free/heavily discounted hotel ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  holding mock interviews, specifically aimed at first-years. I signed up for ... that’ll hire you, but looking for an employer you want to work with. For ... it. And when other people accuse me with what a shame for you to go to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  had signed up for because, “Hey, there might be free cookies!” (There ... . Lesson learned. It's actually okay to do things for fun, guys. I still ... you can read below: With passion for both English and mathematics, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  playing video games or reading books. i go out with friends and have fun with them. i'm on top of my work, and i don't want to kill myself. on ... year, it felt like a very long and fun afternoon hanging out with people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  program that paid for countless free dinners and concert tickets last year ... keys obnoxiously expired while I was busy playing minesweeper* or ... first learned the word “career,” I imagined myself as a top

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  a costume party, which is always fun. And, as with many other parties ... also receive the DVD for free, as well as Droobles Best Blowing Gum. The ... So... tonight is the fateful night for millions of Harry Potter fans

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  ’m building back to playing for long periods of time, because my foot gets pretty sore after playing a lot, so I am only allowed to play for about ... and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the ... activities. Call me out if you must, but if I'm playing one-gotta-go with my ... :   Hello dear readers. In keeping with the trend of bloggers posting

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019