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  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  MIT is about risk. It’s a place where you put yourself out there ... . Should we continue down Vassar St., or cross to the other side, where most ... hopscotch is inherently ephemeral, a wisp of joy and beauty that can only be

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with ... brain where you have a system 1 which provides fast, impulsive reactions ... getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  's imperfections when I moved into Next House (not to mention that you can't switch ... Ozer (Zozer) '07, chairman of The Tech, can probably tell you about it ... shocked when you get there to find everything's not always puppies and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  't like some of your introductory classes for your major, you can still love ... inspiring to realize that you can make your own job. I also appreciate how ... , I went on Hydrant, which is a planning site for MIT classes so you can

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  as you get older. I think about this a lot, particularly in the context ... ) I really love doing scientific research, 2) life is long, and getting ... every science fair, you name it. I could go on for a while about all the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  possible, you're busy doing as much "work" as possible. Why can't I just be ... realization recently that I think I'm boring. I'm not entirely sure where I sit ... can take in college as an extension of being young, fairly detached from

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  the movie Can Can. (You know, the cheesy 1960 movie with Frank Sinatra ... originally accompanied a scene in Can Can where dancers were performing the ... Williamson, who sang You Make Me Feel So Young, I Stayed too Long at the Fair

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  .  As you can see from my bio, I am not from Massachusetts. In fact, this ... best decisions you can make when you move. Luckily for me, the Admissions ... to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  letting us know one way or the other. Can you tell me where I am on the ... the waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year ... of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  satisfying to us, especially when you finally Get It and Make Connections ... ! Danny’s Classes: CMS.S60 Drawing Comics and Sequential Art You get to ... -16 page comic individually. You get the theme here. And every week, our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  people who had never met before were getting on like old friends. If you ... , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it's just as we thought -- for example, Kiersten, who's as sweet as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  differences, we can make MIT feel like home for everyone, no matter where they ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion ... -below temperatures seeps into your bones. I can still recall the breath of the cows and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  worst. Imagine it. And I bet you, you can convince yourself you’ll be fine ... it makes perfect sense, but you just can’t see the big picture. You ... we can throw a party, you hear me? A party, because it’s a CONUNDRUM

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  starting point, but it also lacks the context and nuance you might get from ... technical classes, so you can take most classes even if you’re not majoring in ... where I’ll be next year, but I like to think that’s part of the fun. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  .   If you can't make it on Saturday, you can watch an extended (and ... might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I ... Happy Hour and just tell you guys a few things that made me happy this week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  end of the week, and I can tell you everything I was up to these last ... was due on Friday. I could go on, but you get the picture. And the ... you settle into the groove of things without feeling crushing weight all

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  MIT Ohms.  You can check out the other performaces I mentioned on my You ... “This isn’t goodbye, this is see you later!” I told my family as they ... the academic buildings and where the different labs are. I had to find

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  when, for instance, the mill collet gets stuck, and you aren’t sure if ... alum told me he’d seen on Youtube some years ago that you can hammer ... can just be bent how you want it to be! That’s kinda cool yo.’ Cutting

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  of me cooking the ribs, but I can't track it down. If you took a picture of me making ribs, can you send it? Thanks!" Writing this has made ... are browning, or when you just can’t resist the urge to shove your face

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011