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• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  orientation and jumped right in, learning the campus as a student. What did I need a tour for, I was "living the dream" and could find everything I ... telling myself that I should take the time and see what it is the tour

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the amount of time you have outside of the school year to explore different ... eleven classes in one year, finished my MCATs, and embarked on the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  leaving for another planet. But that's how it is. This is not the Earth that I knew in grade school. Not even the Earth that I knew from my ... . The Land of MIT. And its inhabitants, the Students, look like this

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  , Mankind would be sitting around the cave, eating raw mastodon parts, and he ... , because she had frankly reached the point where if she saw one more mastadon ... bashed in by the Big Rock Tribe." Thus begins a wonderful book by Dave

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  Yesterday, I wrote to facilities complaining about the noise from the construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was not unduly harsh. The past week or so a dull thudding began at 8am sharp

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  article came out in The Tech (MIT's newspaper) with the earth-shattering headline 10-250 Renovations to Begin During IAP Reading through the article, I was quickly excited to hear that they were replacing the chairs! No

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  the Comparative Media Studies (CMS) department. Later, there was a free advance screening of Blades of Glory by the Lecture Series Committee (LSC ... ), technologists (Steve Wozniak, Jimmy Wales) -- the kinds of cool people you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  what to say). Have a lovely day. I really am sorry about the delay with the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at once, but then the plan always got messed up by my actual entries. See

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  Pre-entry warning: I took the GRE this morning, and since I completely owned the test, I am in an unaccountably giddy mood. The only good things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  , except that he vastly underrates both Galaxy Quest (one of the best movies ... better than two stars). Now, Roger Ebert didn't like "War of the Worlds", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  feel the itch to blog. So, I turned to the world’s best enabler- a coin flip- because who can argue against the will of the universe? heads ... ="attachment_107004" align="alignnone" width="300"] the universe (Siri) has spoken

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to ... to access your rational, “outside view” shoulder-devil to remember the times you’ve lost your optimism as the semester has unfolded.. to try and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... should totally blog this." Unfortunately, the topics are usually so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note = "I write this while looking at the Charles River"]b) VERY close to a body of water[/annotation], the only things I knew about Boston before

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  --it's over multiple weekends"]CP*,[/annotation] the virtual replacement for ... bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  that the doors might not stop. Suddenly a very heavy, unpleasant pressure ... here.  Stovetops don't have knobs to control the gas, instead they ... the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso, TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso and boy are my arms tired." (rim shot) But seriously, I have been on the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe ... rehearsal and class. The energy and eloquence that I bring to the stage as an ... . And even more-so, so many of the skills in GEL

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  should legally adopt me. /hj I thought circuit theory was the [annotation note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ever[/annotation], and I thought the weekly labs were even cooler than

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025