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  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  on all sides by enormous MIT buildings and think of all the cool shit ... used to be beyond my wildest dreams, and I'm glad that I got the ... leave. I can't wait to go back and visit as a grad, and reminisce on all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... having each other to lean on." And also: "You can't take any other ... , or SpaceX, and that I'd be left stranded if I ever wanted to leave the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  , that small sadness of being alone and left on campus when everyone ... . If this was a movie, this would be the cue for me to cry. And with the ... , and I had to take a break on the way there. But it was fine. I was in no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of January at MIT, and one of the best times to be on campus. IHTFP ... be held. Killian Court - The large and picturesque courtyard in the ... focus on the aspects of MITese that are (in my opinion) universal across

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  that Esperanto can be learned quickly. The second class I was coteaching ... , the legend, has taught for Splash. And this will be yet another post ... going to be ducks, and the poster was to get people in the MIT community

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  series on scp, and binged a bunch of videos from brian jordan alvarez the ... international students can enroll in online classes in the fall. it was sent in a ... spring semesters. the only time i can think of that’s comparable was during

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  to navigate the world on his own before. It scared him too: And then ... yourself can be scary-- especially as someone who doesn't really "go with the ... not, you can observe and extrapolate. Watch what people do, and take the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  there are very different solutions which can’t be compared on the same ... frequently, and be happy with my work. Turns out the answer isn’t that simple ... afloat in the deep end that is my job, and connecting with polar opposites

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the ... of the world"...' and 'Describe the world you come from'), an optional ... feedback and tweaking, I submitted my EA application - and began the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  the raw numbers can be abstracted from an application and put into a ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum ... , that it is ripe for mockery (or can itself be used to degrade the self

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate ... , and many more, simultaneously. As such, the very idea that one can ... , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do ... and forget to ask your TA about. Maybe you keep one eye on the answer ... leader doesn’t mean having a fancy title or being on the [clubname

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  number, and people can write you messages and put them in the mailbox ... workload, and how it's a little on the crazy side. Yes. I am a double ... happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  might actually be pizza. And there are several places where you can read ... applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be ...  this post by Afeefah!']Non-Stop[/annotation] pace, the experience can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  mortar and pestle MW: i chewed on in my roce and i had the oils of this ... triggers the spice sensation, is oil-based and would only be moved around in ... ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  calculate Pr(Baker|purple), Pr(Maseeh|purple), and so on. (See the ... , So try me on and I will tell you Where they ought to be. My ... A lot of socializing at MIT happens on the dorm mailing lists. One of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as you can be ... and for humankind. Someday, we’ll look back on these four years as the ... . Or both. Please make it the former, and do whatever you can to prevent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  crystals. The colors and shapes are as pure as can be.   Above left: To me ... convenient dust cap and the rotating end can be connected to a rotary switch to turn the laser on and off. The laser is powered with a 10280 lithium

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  this morning about the history of the blogs and their influence on the ... , subtracted, and then I had to walk down the hall and back as I started to shed ... began following the lives of Ben, Matt, and Mitra. Soon after, Sam and I

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014