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• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  . My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a ... on a public on-line publication would be rather rude of me. Hacker ... discussion on collegeconfidential. Basically the gist of it is that the admit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  of love was based on an imaginary future that I pictured with a boy who ... A friend of mine (whose honesty, even under cover of anonymity, is ... an interestingly prominent part of his MIT experience. Knowing that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  potential new ways of analyzing how in-context information is used by a model ... fallbacks of depending too much. I learned to be happier on my own, and ... dependent on someone or something in an existential, unhealthy way, you can

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to choose from so many great applicants. A quick roundup of some interesting news... A nice article in today's New York Times science section: A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  the T on my way to MIT. I was filled with that very same childish ... comfort zone is the best way to grow, and that I shouldn't cling on to ... skill. It was as if we were walking on a movie set, in the way that it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  literacy and cognition. Fundamentally, a good admissions officer is not defined by their mastery of rare tools, but by their mastery of common tools. Yet since rarity of skill and rarity of tools are so often and easily

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.

  

  . MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you to check up on the status of your application components. The Application Tracking will ... Now that our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay ... break catching up on internship work, and starting a new novel. Then the ... on, as I took in the different symptoms for proposed diseases, all of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  diligently worked on many "theories" of my own. Problem, they are all, well ... depend on the subtlety of the proposal; the best ones tend to arise from ... thought that was a lack of interest. Anyways, is MIT planning on sending a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some ... school boys on campus for a UROV competition in June of 2010. At this time ... cream, it’s way easier than I thought it would be. I’m not a fan of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country program, MIT-Chile. With generous support from the Chilean Ministry of ... through courses in Spanish language and customized training sessions on

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I ... suitcase on the way back (like my hardware). But the day wasn't done. Our ... qualified for nationals after placing fourth in New England, while the men

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  : under my keyboard, behind my monitor, on the side of my computer. Raphael ... hid in the biggest one, on top of the bed. Heroically maintaining a ... box out of the way, Raphael stuck his hand out and made a noise

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  dressed for tropical weather all goes a long way. On top of that, the rooms ... 'easter is a big snowstorm and a virtually seasonal aspect of New England life ... , you're well on your way to knowing how to survive some crazy snow

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  Experimental Biology). I glance at my watch, which of course is on my computer ... , which I like better in a lot of ways, except it's missing a desk, which ... laboratory greenhouse, that I know of on campus. When my mom visited for a few

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  the way of truth. That was one reason why I switched my major from ... witness a lot of beauty in the world; I spent a year in New Zealand and ... . None of this is to say that I don’t adore beauty the same way anybody

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  hearty replacements. feast your eyes on this $7 bowl of Yamo House ... of rowing, focused on conquering will rather than body control. It ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  teaching at MIT help me learn to speak Italian?? Good question! As part of ... seminars on Special Relativity, Gyroscopes, and the Physics of Flight ... ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  are *gasp* relevant! and interesting!! and I'm only taking four of them ... alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for the majority of my college experience, so it'll take some adjusting to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021