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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  start, since the puzzle instructed one of the teams to start where you can ... . And since I can't really pick which one I most want to tell you about, I ... -or-less solid, injectable substance. Although it sounds straightforward, you can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  !, you can't buzz until Alex Trebek is done reading or you get locked out ... taught Latin at Splash! since sophomore year at MIT.  On April 30, you can ... auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  , you can still appreciate the UROP you had thirty years ago. (Image ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a ... get to network with professionals through networking lunches

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  procedure and jewelry. Once at MIT, I did some research about where to get ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  first CPW, too, and I can tell you that the sheer quantity of options is ... webcast TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 10pm EDT   I can't wait to see you at ... I know you've had a lot on your mind this past week, so I understand

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  . “It’s terrible to go to a school where you have to think you know what ... do contract work, you can take months or years off to write. Just live ... sense of reaching for a thing you can never truly capture, when you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can ... plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding your school, community, or family, and any other information that you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  . How often is it that you can say that you were in a place where it was ... 've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... . BRING IT. Where did all of that energy come from? I'd say it came from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students, faculty, and staff can go hang out and create beautiful glassware and decorations. It's always easy to know what to get your mom or significant other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  want to channel love and joy. But, you know, I get selfish and jealous ... you'll ever have. This is the summer where you'll attend a biology camp ... decided to revisit these letters. i really want to know where you're going

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  vs. Honolulu: [carousel image1="116460" image2="116461" /] As you can ... for someone [annotation note="if you know someone going in, you can ... just to get through classes, and when everyone around you is doing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you ... what happens as you become a seasoned admissions officer, or maybe you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... . We'll win. Really.) Enjoy! Michelle gets soulful. Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they're on the road ... was done, I decided I'd drive through Tacoma and get a sense of the town since, yes, we do get applicants from this neck of the woods, and I like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  Note: Anika drew Anika and Jebby drew Jebby. If you can't tell who ... and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... somewhat okay, but you can never be too careful. In public, Jebby and I both

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you ... life where you have to investigate why your brain is failing at doing ... -eye flight home, and you see people you know in the halls again. Crucially, Reg

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  Last December I blogged about judging Trashion 2014, an event where ... the Boston Qualiflyer for Red Bull Paper Wings. If you haven't heard of ... hours inside Lobdell Dining Hall in the MIT Student Center. You may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  's productive to explicitly establish an environment where people can be direct.  Be direct when you think something is shoddy, and be willing to take ... There's a paragraph in Steve Job's biography where famed Apple

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  campus to pick up my monthly t-pass (since you can get a discounted pass as ... can be a little intimidating 😅 Overall you seem like a really warm ... long handle, so i'm hoping that i can get the bathtub really clean and do

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  service where you can check out bikes for a set period of time. there are stations all over the Boston area, so you can bike for essentially wherever ... , where we can hear each other and respond to each other's voices; the first

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021