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  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  It hit me just a little while ago, that today is November 1st. It’s been exactly two years since I pressed the submit button on my MIT application. In the…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  “While Mens et Manus may be our decree when heard outside the school…here it’s parete legi novembri …OBEY THE NOVEMBER RULE” — Hack Punt Tool It’s November 1st. Hopefully all…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ITS SPOOKY SEASON (complete) A spoopy piece of content every day for the month of October.

  

  It will usually be a meme but maybe I’ll find an article or something idk. Thanks Jessie for this idea 10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10…

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  To set the mood: Beethoven Symphony no 7 – II  🎵 Take 1: Keep Calm and Carry On 👑   A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th,…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  When I brought up at a blogger meeting that I was thinking about writing a blog post about quizbowl, somebody said, “What’s quizbowl?” So of course I had to say,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching, except in a…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is a design class with a project every week. The first four projects involved using CAD software to design 2d…

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  I had been reading the admission blogs all through high school purely for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but this time I read them…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  Hurricane Michael, which struck the United States last week, has deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  hello! i’m creating a podcast. the tentative name for the podcast is “251 Talks”⁠10 honestly, i'm definitely going to change this name. please help me come up with better names.…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  Last week was MIT in Hard mode. Psets, a midterm, papers, interviews, presentations, you name it. Plus basketball practices started Monday. My Google calendar was a solid block of commitments…

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  comic: forecast or: uncertainty ii

  

  • by Jude H. '21
  • October 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  While reading Whitney Zhang’s article in the Tech on the history of the first-year experience, I stumbled across the following graf quoting the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  last updated: october 22, 5:15 pm   my hall, 2E of Next House, has an annual fall tradition in which we play a hall-wide game of assassins. the premise is…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  Yesterday, President Reif sent a letter to all members of the MIT community announcing the creation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. He wrote: This new College is our strategic…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  I have embarked, dear reader, upon a reading tour of my own. I have embarked upon a journey — a long journey! An arduous journey! — to visit each and…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  Classes at MIT will have you looking at a subject from about three different angles, and my  Single Variable Calculus class is no exception. I think the true definition of…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  The last time that we blogged about our academics was in June. We had just finished sophomore year, confused about What We Want To Do With Our Lives, and eager…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I’m halfway to my bachelor’s degree which is exciting but also nerve-wracking. You don’t really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn’t stop you from wondering how things…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018