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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  visited every station on the T for fun. The map is an old one, from 2018; it ... , so I dropped it for a while. With a spark of inspiration, I looked ... . "When she graduated she said she'd gotten [the refrigerator] for free, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6 ... with globalization both of them become 9 unit classes (this is for ... With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  apply for a radio show with me? Friday night, I went to a going-away dinner for my friend Dexter '05 at TGI Fridays, and later that night played ... air since the jockey that had the two hour slot before him was out that

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  your dreams for dear life, meet your decision head-on, and emerge with ... myself that I do, in fact, have free will. For example, on a whim, I ... anymore, but with something else that’s quirky and random and fun. It’s a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  ’t understand (and can’t easily clarify for yourself with a quick google search ... . Meet with them early on and figure out what’s right for you. For the ... November. Play with fire. Don’t talk to cops (unless you are just saying hi

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  target, and then we fired practice rounds for the Top Gun competition ... Shooting for Top Gun: Aiming to Arm Students with Life Skills for College and ... determine the class “Top Gun.” We worked with .22 caliber semiautomatic rifles

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  room for a while. Usually I would go chat with the lab techs, but almost ... bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  moment I joined the MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group to see everyone ... . Math Competition X that I never made the cut off for. Oh and Math ... trouble and for the past three and a half years, I missed opportunities to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and ... device, which was mostly PVC and a lot of fittings. We had some fun playing with all our materials... Upper L: Sherry ('15) playing with squishy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  mail. Mailbox filled with love >> empty slot. Take advantage of ... Medical and Mental Health are free and confidential for registered students ... -yourself community). Besides, grocery shopping and cooking with friends are fun. And

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

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  went to rehearsal for the final project in dance, played in a badminton ... , for one-hour one-on-one time slots, to brainstorm, to edit, to go over ... My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  food – I was surprised with free candy before two of my exams! I ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... energy with them. The room was quiet. Then, suddenly, the quietness was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  stoichiometry problems and math problems... they're fun for me, but I don't have ... travels this Fall. With the Early Action season starting in full swing ... post about the rest of my trips.) But with several blog posts in the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  of a sudden you imagine competing with these people for a spot in a ... grade were searching for schools with great reputations for a specific ... volunteer as a summer camp counselor and play games with kids to teach them

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  emails for more pretty graphs"]Waly![/annotation]  Top X Classes by ... . For the rest, I included the class/classes with the highest frequency ... wanted to be an engineer to begin with.  2.00C: Design for Complex

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  the required sum, but there are no free dates for TOEFL till early ... - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT ... with: "on the same note, should we have October scores rushed to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  signed up for an audition slot for Cabaret. In the four weeks of IAP ... with no regard for other people’s expectations. So success in writing, to ... is a nontrivial task especially for a show with as much interwoven

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  -watching, miles & piles of work, not actually playing sports Nature Agrees with ... stick a master list of all my vlogs at the top of the page with some handy ... keep it on the front page for one last day. VEDA has been very fun and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018 ... . I told myself whatever happens I would be there for her with a smile ... tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  out with friends. Or I’m playing board games with people, or hanging out ... friend from Harvard who was attending Hack. He’s lining up for lunch with ... rising up from the sea of trees. For my FPOP, we had an activity on top of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019