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• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  $4133, which averages to just under $10 per meal. The Full 19 is a little ... are still more than a Chipotle burrito ($7.50 after tax at Kendall). To ... a lot weight to this argument: MIT students are perpetually busy and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  at UCLA's interview weekend, I was lucky to have a faculty member tell ... need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which ... when people are trying to pick colleges, and I want to expand on that a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  I have confession to make...it's somewhat embarrassing but I think it ... when she was a new tour guide. The following summer when I went to talk ... that I wanted to go on a tour but didn't want the other people on the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  of that m: idk it’s easy to make a story like that, but in practice ... 'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... so directionless like i’m in the middle of a field and there used to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  to be included I have created a very simple equation: LΔ or Learning ... ) Learning = to acquire knowledge or skills and (Δ) Delta = a change in some ... factors that help to give a clear understanding of what you have learned

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  my time at MIT.  Someday maybe I'll make a t-shirt quilt or something ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I'll deal with it later and just throw everything in a box". Graduating means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  it is now a space for others to make their own memories and meaning ... to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters, before we know anything of the plot, we are given a spoiler to the whole

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  helped that I went to a boarding high school so I was used to being away ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... to work with other people. Choosing a dorm that fits you is also

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  make a difference." One of the great things about being at one of the ... to go but I had a pset due on Saturday and plans to hang out with ... to be able to attend and meet amazing people who shared such a strong

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

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

  

  preferences. You don't have to make this decision now; in fact, this might be a ... the overall feel to you? If necessary, make a chart and jot down pro ... deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  journey from the first uncertain scrawl of words to the final product was a ... words to give shape to this looming story, it persisted like a large ... substance that MIT once did--a height to be contemplated and admired, never

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  to make it shorter next year. Upstairs I try to take a nap, but am ... going to run a Python spelling bee, one of EC's traditional bad ideas ... attribute? He then told me that he forgot to bring a phone charger, so I told

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... about winter is going to be much more vociferous this year. fluency in a ... important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  just to make sure you get through that class a little easier or get to ... this a lot, but I'd rather go to a hard school with a collaborative and ... 'right' way to do MIT. I personally take 3-4 classes a semester and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  to say make films with a low level of technique, we greatly appreciate ... - specifically, art that takes a while to experience, such as books and movies and ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  . 1600) to Mozart (ca. 1800). In the spring, a class called 21M.250 ... music spanning from Beethoven (a Mozart contemporary) to Mahler (ca. 1910). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with friends from home. I’ve had to make up too many months of silence after the excitement of novel college life subsided. A common suggestion is to make ~1

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative production process for these weird videos we make that aren't at all standard

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to ... Grotto has to the Freedlyville Quarry. The quarry entrance was about a mile ... future. I hope that I can go to the quarry again next year and make this an

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  to say it, but it clear to meIt lucky that Moon is not a cookie ... There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. Sometimes when

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025