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  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of ... have a railing. After a little training, it really wasn’t that hard. It’s ... -playing. Sure, there’s this stereotype that it’s a bunch of nerds who dress up and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  from a similar concept called computer timesharing back in the 60's, although that looked at solved a different computing problem.   In the 1960's ... solution in the 1960's called timesharing.   Utilizing an IBM7090 High Speed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer ... you and your lives. Because I do not work for the CEE or for MITE2S, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . That’s why CPW (and the Admissions blogs, if you can’t visit in person ... here is really like, and we’re open about both the good and the bad. That’s ... how to CPW. What makes CPW special (a partial list): It’s nerd

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  concept, it’s the episode where a character suddenly finds themselves stuck ... endless loop. Welcome to season 18 episode 98 of my life: “Hala’s Escape ... .  Unfortunately, the real "real world" doesn’t work that way. There’s no dramatic

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  by Donald Guy’s Mom Almost exactly one year ago, on a Junior ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “ ... Sadoway’s students working on a new process to make steel with oxygen

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here’s the scoop – it’s not sent out by admissions, rather, it’s handled by the ARC –…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  the body of the announcement. Here’s a screencap of the message ... Chancellor’s office, 40% of its residents are LGBT. To the extent that the ... think this aspect of the culture was what drew me in, though it’s possible

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  else piques their interest. But it’s not really goodbye. After all, we ... -shape-awesome-people-are shaped hole in all of our hearts. Friday was the varsity tennis team’s ... making collages) 1 pack of goofy 2014 glittery new year’s paper glasses

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  perform better (it’s both highly used and a frequent source of ... prospective students. MIT’s senior leadership improved our thinking with energy and encouragement — and in user testing, the Institute’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only for women until Persian traveler Jonas Hanway popularized umbrella use among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  If you’ve haven’t yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go to the website Then…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  HI EVERYONE~ It’s the FIRST DAY OF CLASSES and I haven’t blagged ... the arm is actually moving in 3D space. What’s more is that, with an arm ... no applicable skills in mechanical engineering lol. I think it’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  Registration Help Desk, 11am-close, Sunday See you there! p.s. With bad weather

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  over the U.S, and from them learned about other annual national city ... skating was really big in the 2000s, these friends were older than me but ... became certified to teach skating through the Skate Instructor’s

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  scrapbooking. Obviously, it’s impractical to take a picture of each and every ... notebook for what it’s intended for before worrying about how nice it looks ... things that can happen to an artist. It’s not that much different for

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... merge sorts and Dijkstra’s shortest path. I fluctuate in this class from

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  good one, but believe me it’s just a lucky guess! (Read: I’m not a ... roommate, my floor’s tradition dictated that it was my responsibility to bake ... way to vent!) with homemade butter cream frosting. We raided the hall’s

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ;   Meanwhile, the 2020s who were admitted early have been baking pies ...     by Maya S. '20     by Ruben M. '20  ... have learned something from writing your application(s). You will have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  brilliant Olivia S. '20 describes below. Enjoy the read

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018