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• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  much greater stamina for holding it than yours truly, so you'd think I ... around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me ... , save for the one Filipino guy working the grill. (He gave me a high five

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  headquarters. For those of you who don't know, Hasbro makes Mr. Potato Head ... ended up submitting a resume for a summer position. I got the job and ... prototypes for our very own line of toys, ElectroPlushies! We took our toys to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  the two: fight (by studying hard for two weeks), then flight (home for the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for ... worrying about problem sets. Well, that’s not 100% true, there are some for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... Philly on Tuesday for more school visits. Then Northern Jersey. School ... Chili's (love Chili's!) and then later, the meeting for Central Jersey

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... students. He spoke very openly about his passion for research, love for MIT, outlook for the future of genomics, and pressures of living up to the hype

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... 's going to be difficult for a given student to stand out among his or her ... tail end off for those C's in a way that I'd never worked for my A's in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  for a final this weekend, and thankfully the sun came out again after a ... this via SFTP to ftp.dialup.mit.edu, or for the less technically inclined ... ://student.mit.edu/ (with certificates), click "for Students," then "Biographic Record." You

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  change gonna' come." For the greater part of my blog's existence, many of ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  ask anybody for help. As you might imagine, sticking 1000 of the ... complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the classroom The most garden-variety way to ask for help is to find another

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  nothing on a weekend for the first time in 2006 (this is when you know you ... Goodwill has a use for a pair of size 8 super-high-heels... Let's see, what else... my entry is looking for a new GRT (graduate resident tutor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  lifetime is about to come true for one of America's best and brightest high ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of ... one of America's top universities -- will compete for a full scholarship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she ... ? I’m too excited for her.”    My dad had moved even further for college. After qualifying for a scholarship program, he traveled from

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  helped write an email to my dorm on March 25th, pleading for folks to take ... Undergraduate Association rallied hard for faculty to change their semester plans, and to allow for students to take an actual break during the four

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  On the day before my non-senior friends left for home, we went out on ... wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best ... dragons, named Mushu and Crickey. I made another embroidered thing for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  enjoy the culture? Is MIT somewhere you can see yourself being at for the ... first dissected The Four Quartets for us that warm sunny day in March of ... insatiable thirst for history - I did AP Euro History and AP World History via

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ’s okay, too. For now, just float on, and we’ll see you back here in March ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just ... information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now ... for the time left is to spend as much time as possible with people

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  happy year of the rabbit featuring the wilg bunnies

  

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  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 23, 2023