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  CPW Festival

  

  student groups doing fun activities. 58% of the admitted Class of 2009 are ... , Kelly, Jenna and Lulu loved it. One of the highlights of the Festival is ... . Another nice shot of the liquid nitrogen ice cream (aka "CryoFAC"). Cryo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert ... Friday of Spring Weekend, April 22. While there are always awesome concerts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the ... every inch of carpet. Tools are everywhere: most of them neatly piled and ... , a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  defrosting, bits of ice forced into my intestines (by Cambridge’s spooky ... up something that wasn’t a p-set or a study paper, a consequence of the past three weeks sapping so much time. The barrage of classes, problem

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out ... a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... movie adaptations of good books, clothes that are the wrong size, the

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  died after medical complications. He was 75, and one of the finest men I have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no introduction: to the tens of thousands of FIRST participants around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per night, on average Four birthdays on my dorm hall (one of them was mine

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a reminder that you care about some things, regardless of how much you say you don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  ) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  It’s been four days since the beginning of sophomore year. That means ... about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative ... ,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest series adieu (not going to lie, it’s a bittersweet

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Elizabeth's other observations remain accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle ... jokes (out of pity). It is currently the first day of school’s eve, more ... did not say it was impossible.) Glamour shot of the East Campus

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... ] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home ... tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... already have. It becomes part of you. My favorite (and well-used) fleece or puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... timelapse component of the video kind of failed, too. It turns out that when ... rollercoaster of MIT scenery that is pretty unpleasant to watch. Even post

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  next year, they won't; every year, we sort of reassess the questions ... on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a ... many different types (and amounts) of essay questions, ranging from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014