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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just ... AP’s coming up OMG) I’d encourage you to all press pause for a weekend ... ’ve caught up with old friends from home and made really good bonds with new

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  and/or answer an email! For starters, MacGregor is divided up into 9 ... that ended up in MacGregor meets in the dining hall at around 7pm and get split up randomly into 10 different groups. Then, current students will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint ... coming. I’d psychologically built up that moment as the moment I would ... on […] you’ll find your heart will be with the people who stayed up

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  we met up with the team! Meeting one of the captains of the team ... sailing, stand up paddleboarding, and windsurfing. So last week, we took ... weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  second (and last; it was a short trip) day, we spent the morning walking up ... advertised selling "worms and crawlers"): We hiked up to the summit of Mount ... graduation week. I picked up my regalia (cap and gown) from the Coop yesterday

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  concert was great, the set-up was beautiful, and SpringFest was a success :)

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  advanced fiction workshop with Junot Díaz). When I grow up I want to write

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  picked up right before touchdown, and the plane flipped over and shredded ... first mission and bump our score up to 8 or maybe even 9 laps. Given our ... made of insulation foam and laid up with carbon fiber and fiberglass

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  loaded up suitcases and headed off to the competition site, while the other ... feet square to set up shop. While we unpacked all our suitcases and ... watched nervously to see if our landing gear was up for the job.   Corn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  treat that you could ever dream up was in this case, but one item ... are going to end up getting a slice of that beautiful pie and taste ... for some pie? (My victory/curl up into a puddle underneath a blanket

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  decided to set up a calling system where if either of us got accepted, we ... set up something like this if you have close friends who also applied to ... days leading up to Pi Day. Frantically checking CollegeConfidential is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  up to:   (1) 2.670 (Mechanical Engineering Tools) A class!  But ... up Mt. Jackson; this week I'm hiking up Mt. Moriah and Mt. Surprise on ... on developing these skills, and get broken up into teams that give

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  fridge, stare around, pick up a tomato, laugh hard, put the tomato back ... , taking a seat. We spoke about random things. Time really did speed up in those last three hours. My heart had settled, but it picked up again with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  going to sleep after them and waking up before them to get all my work ... actual house, instead of a dorm room. I ALSO LOVE GETTING UP EARLY (never ... . It's been eating up a lot of my time, so it's a good thing I like

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  up a fake science show where Ryan and I would do experiments in our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  . I always woke up groggy and felt nauseous on particularly stressful ... trying a friend's gummy vitamins ended up drastically changing my day to ... mornings and more more energy in the day. So pick up a supply of vitamins

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  sound. and tambourines, of course. Next up was Macklemore and Ryan

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013