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  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  The admissions process develops seasonally and repeats cyclically. From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel, the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental ... awesome and the class and professor are awesome. Each day, we would start

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  restaurants that I had never eaten at before. Beyond the statement of the ... was comfortable, easy, and safe. Safe was good. So what was the point of putting myself out there and risking my equilibrium? I’d worn the same

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia and I send to all the new bloggers during blogger training: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels, hidden away from view even more than the average student. (I graduated

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus ... stepped out onto the front steps, I felt compelled to pull out my phone and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  Last night, MIT sophomores dressed in black-tie attire flocked to the ... C. '16 explained in his post about Ring Premiere what the design of ... rings to show to the world on our beautiful 2016 hands! LOOK AT MY PRETTY

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  today is the 'unluckiest day', then maybe tomorrow is the luckiest? If not in the decision, then probably in something else, if you keep your mind ... left before EA decisions. Given that the average length of a TED talk is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  ...something. The hacking arena. The ingredients: ideas, sleeplessness, Red Bull, and ... the best cookies I've ever had. Rocking the Oculus Rift. Hacking, as defined by Wikipedia: "the act of engaging in activities (such as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  changed since our last exchange (the way I begin blog posts has obviously not. Oops.) - I finished my last MIT classes, I ate my last meal in the ... right now). Instead, let's talk about all the movies I've been watching

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  Before Charm School: [shouts across the room]  "Yo, you've got some ... the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most popular events is the annual Charm School Business Etiquette Dinner. So

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  the most creative analogies I’ve ever heard. I’m at wind ensemble ... inner pony!” or, “This part is when the baby stands up and takes his first ... also the words of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) director, Frederick

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Last year, I spent the entire summer working at ETS in Princeton, New ... wanted two things 1) travel farther 2) focus on architecture. The answer was MISTI. MISTI (The MIT International Science and Technology

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me to read the note that would be waiting next to my breakfast. This is how my mother "recycled" the reverse sides of our old drafts of papers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... the end of the semester. All three groups had their end-of-semester concerts on the same weekend, which coincided with end-of-semester projects

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  Whenever I hear the term “open house,” I think of panthers ... apartment three months after the move, so I wasn’t surprised when my dad pulled over “just to have a quick look” while the open house was going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  ) I am now 21 years of age 3) Spectrum wrote an article about me 4) The New York Times wrote an article about us 5) The Livescribe company blog ... weekend I attended "CollegeFest 2009" at the Hynes Convention Center, just

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas ... "Blowing up the alamo into pieces then hiding out in the mountains", I admire ... this summer and I'm currently looking for an apartment somewhere near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you ... COMING TO MIT. So every year we have this thing called Spring Weekend (the link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  liked the bits about relativity (too bad it wasn't really on the final ... in the tagline, the fight's begun but not yet won, and I'd rather blog about something a little happier than MIT final exams. And the happiest

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008