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  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  entry to mention a great school that often gets overlooked by students ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense ... , when thousands of bloggers dedicate their blogs to talking about one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  “menace to society.” As I googled Amaud Arbery’s name I almost threw my ... SICK AND TIRED I AM SO DONE WITH GOOGLING THESE NAMES! I DON’T WANT TO ... to the assisted learning classes for disturbing the class by “asking

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days ... hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  consistency of icons and the familiarity of the website to ensure that the ... I get to think about what goes on through an increasingly tech savvy ... get to make them! But what do I actually do? I've been learning a lot

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  brought to you by, well, Harvard. Two days ago I was chatting on the phone with my dad. I was crossing Mass Ave so as to get to Building 7, MIT ... how people react. Apparently, according to their website, MIT students

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  , then succumb to the afternoon slump by laying on the couch and reading, or going outside to get an iced matcha from Caffe Nero, or just hanging ... section of the city. MIT exists in a sort of bubble, and it's so easy to get

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  journalism and I appreciate the opportunity to get to speak on this topic ... might’ve seen me mention that I spoke to The Washington Post for an ... what I remember (please note my memory is faulty and not subject to the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... 's just a way to get students matched with an advisor and start creating a ... moon. Having the opportunity to get a bachelors degree and then

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  finish up a website that would be super useful to kids stuck at home right ... track from 1st to 6th grade. I tried to get back into it last summer in LA, but I was LITERALLY allergic to the air pollution and could not get very

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  to my dad so I could get a second opinion on what I’d written. The ... I’d had it hammered into my head by a counselor or a website that I wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  over the years, he confides, "By the way, I didn't go to MIT."   ... Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  getting together my sources and protocols to begin writing the first draft ... . Best idea ever.) I even managed to not get sunburned, which is really ... not to get skin cancer. I got to prance around in my new polka

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  plasticky temple of Cafeteria (often accompanied by the brutal rituals of ... , impressionable students training diligently to become Pokemon masters. Never was ... vector is “something that has intrinsic pointiness.” (This also happens to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  concentrate; fail Google how to concentrate Wikihow how to concentrate ... Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  closer in the future. I decided right then and there I was going to get a ... VR. If you guys want to get involved as well, I suggest buying a pair or getting the much cheaper Google Cardboard, which works with any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that ... good that this world has to offer. this post is that place. here are some ... stop![/caption] hug machine: hug machine. very simple. come get hug <

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  come make it look like I belonged here by talking to me, while I also ... .[/annotation] In a space like a dormitory, wherein there’s some 6+ ways to get to my ... by helping your roommate talk to various people in the crowd to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose ... build your "want to take" list, I recommend searching Firehose by keyword ... each category by how much you want to take them. My ranked list for this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  you so that you can get to know them too, not just me. I know that for ... Programming Competition, and the website that gets the most Facebook likes in ... for Tuesday and Wednesday. My Momentum competition was pushed back to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the ... If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: For Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006