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  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

   Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east ... refers to those buildings by number. If you focus on the Buildings 1 ... ; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  compared to the classes in my major that i would take later on. but i saw a ... inside and outside the club, including when i went to new hampshire for a ... "]iap[/annotation] and spring semester, which focused on designing an ai tool meant to help

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  putting on events where your friends meet each other/grow the cohesion to ... literally live next to you. I was not on top of things and was mostly unaware ... going on, which is great. This semester I went to Mexico with some besties

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  sacrificing your ride home, and especially if they don't fix the fan belt on ... If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  any day of the week. This left me more time to work on graduate ... . On the bright side, though, those obligations can also contract to fit ... environment. Others have tried to work there on issue night, but with Rockband

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here ... amazing view at night. My parents would always comment on how lucky I was to ... place to pset. There's a place on the sixth floor as well that I called

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  conference I submitted to works: 1) you submit your paper. 2) three reviewers ... state of your paper. 3) you get a week to submit a rebuttal to address ... at the expense of your health and wellbeing.”  I have yet to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... it means to be gay. I changed my Twitter handle to have a rainbow on it ... moved to blogging on AoPS, and it was the same thing. I would blog about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  . After an all-nighter on campus, you try to make your way home through the ... equations. They don’t look familiar. You try to find your professor’s office ... . You return to the first floor and walk to the other tower. You’re still

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... on hacking at MIT. Hacking at MIT has nothing to do with breaking into ... from a line of rope that stretches from the tower on the left to the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , not compared to what everyone else has done. But you're so passionate ... so far and that all your successes are really nothing to be proud of ... the latter. Don't feel the need to impress each other. You're already

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

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

  

  on Wednesday evenings, where people work on tasks that need to be done ... , students have to register, and so on. I thought this was rather fun, so I ... upperclassmen on our hall warns me about overcommitment. They encourage me to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  to be notified about every single event on campus"]deleted it ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the ... quickly. i left with a painting by ria brodell that seemed to be part of a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your ... working on any of them, and it’s already around 9:45 PM. If you’re like me, you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  . I had been given permission to call in from my office on campus. Two ... again and again and again, for the rest of your life, as you enter new chapters and take on new responsibilities. A distinguished professor in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  pass out on top of your problem set. 2) join clubs and activities you ... fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with stressful situations. 3) try something new on (or off) campus with a friend

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second ... class) will go faster than you're comfortable with and you'll just hope to ... used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  " or "Leadership" that you get to put on your transcript. I'm not an ... " to come here. I'd like to take that back, because of what happened on ... double back, at around 4pm on Friday, and make the trek to the third floor

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  , and you're missing out on a key part of the MIT experience if you never ... day, blogging about Ring Premiere used to be a BIG DEAL - hey new ... your own risk. 75. Take on a student leadership position - dictator

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011