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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... aren't always a measure of effort, but if you happen to get an A, a B, or ... you could. And frankly, getting a B after all of that is something to be

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  chair, which means I get to plan things that I always wanted to do and ... among TBP members. Now, I have not always wanted to go to a Boston Celtics ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  . We made sure to get one with a kitchen so we could cook food if we ... . I got attacked by a bear. We went to the Centre d’Histoire de ... Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They' ... did give Rush a fair try may have been surprised to learn that MIT

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  ) that Shaw's gives a discount to MIT students: you get 5% off with your ID ... project, and get your name on a paper, then it will almost certainly have to ... availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  pleasure getting to know each of you this year. You are amazing, talented ... here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us ... they can. We had a lot to celebrate. First, we're so proud of the class

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by ... awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... circular dancing to a synchronized warble my cousins shimmied to, the heavy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  single.) First step to moving in: the room required a paint job. Getting ... while rooming in Burton-Conner is done on in a complex floor-by ... happened to paint it a hearty violet shade. Still, I like to decorate, so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  --I worked really hard to get into a place where I would have to work even ... to at least get a decent grade. But now that’s mostly over--my classes ... -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  with this summer, but I do feel like I am starting to get a better hold ... books to practice, I spend a lot of time getting back into Blender (a 3D ... always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  so, we went to the lobby to check out and get a cab to the airport. I ... January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy ... at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... highly amused by my get-up and probably hopped up on the mere anticipation ... headed back to my room to bum around for a few hours before 6pm, which was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... three weeks later. No, he meant get to know them - where they lived, what ... been in the middle of a great book - How Doctors Think, by Dr. Gerome

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  boxes of Chinese food during CPW. Is there a place on campus to get this ... start by acknowledging that if the most important thing to you is a ... me. I may post some photos in a future entry. Anyway, I will get to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem ... 're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts ... so a bunch of us wandered into Boston to check it out. While I didn

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day ... uncle, I'm proud to be a Korean. But I've never really held any negative ... , my parents were planning on going to a wedding in Korea and decided to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  formatting related issues. 8. Find a way to motivate yourself by setting goals ... getting the job done, try teaming up with a friend to hold each other ... Hello there. Normally, I’d spend a few minutes trying to come up

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not ... to get the attention of the representative. While maybe not as

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  wanted to talk to me as a homeschooler. At some point, the organizer got ... friends later forced him to go to law school. And there were a couple of MIT ... to groovy concerts with! When you were a prospective frosh, were there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the ... So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008