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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  contagious and made every part of the class a great experience.  First ... class is wild. It's really your first introduction to the beauty of ... mechanics of DNA folding. It was the first class where I felt I really

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... wager that half of the successful and famous people will tell you, “just ... the love of his life. Forgive me if I spoil the ending, but “Jay Gatsby

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  especially unpleasant for us. Those were the first time that some external ... just the start of receiving these types of decisions; after it come ... often, and it does wonders. It takes us out of the toxic "what if I did

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  explaining it.) Anyway, our first and biggest IFAF of the year was a weekend ... pretty much like the Chuck Norris of all floors. If we were on Heroes, we ... individuals to belong to. They're the kind of awesome people who'll be up with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  was the first project where I built upon a decent amount of someone else ... short answer is that I discovered the joys of web development. The long ... the past two years, in order of when they happened. Of course, these are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  rain, at least, not that I know of. I remember the first time I ... buildings whole. A lot of the damage of Yolanda wasn't because of extreme wind ... shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  , women made up 1-3% of the MIT student body. In 1964, Katherine Dexter McCormick—a MIT biology graduate—funded the construction of McCormick Hall: the first women's dormitory at MIT. Fast forward to 2023: MIT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  number patterns in your head? Cool!”). The whole concept of “people like me ... the most popular TV shows ever began, Friends. In 2004, at the end of ... . The TV show in fact is older than many of you applying to MIT right now

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the ... possible; one where the future still stretches out ahead of you, opaque

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  'm too tired to dig up the post so I'll give a quick recap. First you apply ... correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no one ... . Three days a week, I take a random bunch of applications to the public

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  when I first moved here, the density of people and place was new and ... lettuce at many of the major grocery stores in the area. At Whole Foods, a ... a store right in the heart of Central Square, [annotation note

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  that the Maryland Institute of Technology? Sameer had moved to London ... . Lulu was one of my TAs - I almost swooned when I made the connection that ... ; it had the advantage of feeling like a friend I'd grown up with. If the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  purchases. During the first week of Spring HSSP, there weren't any huge ... -person! Part of the motivation was more personal. When I first joined ESP, I was ... classes, and the rest of the first day went pretty smoothly. We must learn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  off, congratulations to the admitted class of 2026. You have taken ... ? Take a step back, relax, and revel. First of all, and perhaps easier said than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for ... ashes sprinkled into the soup of someone I don't like. On our way back on the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  : Firstly, MIT will train you how to think. The Latin motto of this school is ... thesis mode. Now I have 60+ pages of it finished, and trying to get words ... thesis first ;) so I'll just provide a brief update of what I've been up to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  was, which really accentuated the whole herd-animal dynamic of it all ... and then making the first, generous donation; Shannon Larkin of CMS ... Hopkinton, gave away my first pair of single-use sweatpants, and ran the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... the beginning of this semester feels like a blurry, faded memory from years ago, I remember the week of[annotation note="Note: it wasn't MIT I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now ... difficult for those who may not even realize the immense potential of ... these opportunities, there are so many things that can limit the use of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  This post has spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT Mystery ... First You GO to... Last weekend was the 2022 MIT Mystery Hunt, the world ... , which have a list of each of the teams. Not only can you read all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022