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  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  Watch '93 at 11:30 was the message. '93 was the new dormitory on campus—the Class of 1893 Dormitory—which had opened the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting, excruciatingly slow, and unpleasant task no matter how you approach it? Have no fear, for I am here to…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera-wielding tourists. You bump into one of their shoulders; they regard you for a moment, then return to their conspiratorial…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  Happy Sunday! I am doing end of semester things and also reading Hemingway in dramatic black and white. There is perhaps my favorite meme that has been going around tumblr…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the YouTube community, and it’s basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller/less well-known) vloggers all…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  Campus preview weekend (CPW) at MIT is just what it sounds like—a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the place they want…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley congregation gathered in the East Campus courtyard huddles together slightly closer. A man stands on the stage,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  A lot of different people have been asking me about my prospective major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers. For instance: “I’m thinking 18C.”…

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  Hello, everyone! Most especially, hello 2019s everywhere! I ran around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  These past few weeks haven’t been easy. I’ve had to stay up really late working multiple nights in a row and it culminated with me dropping a class. It’s been…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize that with the incoming class of 2019, most of you have no idea who I am. Which I…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  i never really had senioritis in high school—it was probably the surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don’t think i managed to pull off the effortlessly forget to…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  Previously: Boomeranging. Content warnings for detailed discussion of depression and extremely brief mentions of suicide and self-harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it…

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is that there are always tons of opportunities to apply what you know while building something awesome.…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  I think I’ve accidentally begun a quest to be involved with ALL THE (VIDEO) THINGS on campus, from MITx to TAing the ESG educational video course to becoming a Educational…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  18.304 (discrete math) is one of two communication intensive (CI-M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of my math major. (The…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it’s still an improvement.” “And what does it…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post about her depression experience at MIT, and I truly think that she beautifully describes IHTFP at…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to…

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015