FAQ / Life and culture
How does one attain a Pirate License?
fencing are granted pirate status with a tangible certificate. Blogger Abby ... they’re a challenge to complete.’’
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art
one priority over all else: living on a coast. I'm sorry all states from ... while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note = "I write this while looking at the Charles River"]b) VERY close to a -
Blog / MIT Life
A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture
original story, so I decided to write a post with both stories and hold off ... happened that eclipsed both stories. At this point, a post with all three ... . - Tuesday, February 11 Yesterday, I woke up at 8, poured myself a bowl of -
Blog / Academics & Research
king cake and a run-on sentence busy week
you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this picture Lisa P. '21 was too busy with 18.03 (?) to pose Jamie A. '21, on -
Blog / Academics & Research
Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many
A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is navigating around a variety of limitations (algorithm runtime, computer memory ... workaround. As a simple example, if I gave you a very long list of numbers (2 -
Blog / Personal Travel
A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.
Three days of Manhattan ended on Monday afternoon beneath a dripping ... waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... still, a slathering of MSG. We've skillfully missed two buses already. We -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.
the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six-month period -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies
Over this past summer, I spent a lot of time filling out all of those ... there was a problem with this question. I didn’t have any hobbies. That was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no -
Blog / Extracurriculars
“So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea
Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write ... that famous.) The process of becoming a blogger starts, of course, with ... of summer. You have to answer a few short questions and write three -
Blog / Blog Projects
what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)
note: i wrote this as a project for #BlogstonCommons, which was a mini-outing-blog-challenge that i did with a few other bloggers where we just tried to write a blog as fast as possible. this is not very high -
Blog / How to Human
how to become a morning person a matter of willpower
. Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... 't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of -
Blog / Admissions
Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!
... finally! ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "I am a bit confused regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small ... application? Is it okay if I send this as a reply to question 14?" Yes, #14 -
Blog / Academics & Research
What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them
online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... - “Failed” (⊙︿⊙) and if you’re a freshmen on Pass/No Record you can expect either a P - “Pass” (!) or a DN - D, but not recorded or an FN - F -
Blog / Academics & Research
Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.
I’m writing this post after recently finishing a year-long stint at ... covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…
is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... capsaicin to get a really spicy dish?" "Actually…that would work. Okay, let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very -
Blog / Admissions
A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT
by Donald Guy’s Mom Almost exactly one year ago, on a Junior ... pipes hanging from the ceiling, when my son looked over with a smile and ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “ -
FAQ / Academics and research
How can I get a course catalog?
MIT has an online course catalog called the Bulletin that provides details about MIT, the campus, and undergraduate programs, including requirements and course descriptions for majors/minors. -
FAQ / Visit
Where can I find a campus map?
Behold, whereis.mit.edu. Just search for rooms (“admissions”), services (“public parking”), or whatever else you might need. -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT
will also be no rehearsal on Wednesday, February 19. There will be a ... excited to hear this. Two years ago, Fred had also promised a “special surprise” that turned out to be a free week-long trip to the Amazon -
Blog / How to Food
A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!
Between the fall and spring semesters at MIT there is a period ... course), take some classes, or do a mini-internship (called an "externship") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship