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  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  's changed for posterity, maybe before I change it one last time before I ... I live in East Campus. I could tell you that CJ is short for Carl ... could talk for hours about Homestuck and grilled tomatoes and calligraphy

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  . Splash, for example, happens for one weekend every November, and it's aimed ... anything. Just check the course catalog for Splash 2019, with classes like ... one-weekend program in March, but it's for middle schoolers instead

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  twinstagram lol We're bad at goodbye's so, for realsies now, bye!

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving ... Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6 ... the lab and assignments for the rest of session. Office hours were

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’ve been going to the same school for most of our lives, so I wanted to ... plagued my thoughts for a while, but when I thrust myself into the world of ... ’t have time for high school-esque drama or petty judgments of others

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but ... casual relationships right for them. Many people entering college do not ... . I understand that for some of you, talking about these topics might be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... walkouts scheduled for March and April. In response, some high schools have ... rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  city above. Ia, Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn! Photos attached. Then, for 6.815, we ... ) with tape. This is a sign I made for my floor; it twinkles and stuff. I made a new floor sign for Loop #diy A video posted by Rose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... meeting ended something like this: Me: Do you have any suggestions for ... the name of the author. Let’s call him (again, for privacy) William

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  one, you can get one. One night, you're getting ready for bed when you ... to be asked for your resume, so you might as well make one now. That ... ’re looking for a UROP in the first place (I trust it’s something other than “I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... I was at MIT, I cheered for four years and was captain for one; this ... do dorky things for each other; for example, for our one-year wedding

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  So I was looking through some old notes that I was working on for ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting ... random blog entries. You know, just for fun. 2. Tell us what you want to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and ... look around for my mom and dad, who always try to see me off; last year ... MIT as a staff member for a few years, knew my way around the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  . I love MIT, but but there was no good reason for me to want to be anywhere ... I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is ... dragons you’ve already conquered over the past two decades. At least for me

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  originally sign up for four and three-quarters, putting the last class on ... have lived in for the last three years, shutting the window because ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT ... admission officers ("adcoms") are not looking for "standard" answers, and you ... you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009