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• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  hate how the living groups work here because I have to live with the same ... . No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who ... information: Under most conditions, you will love MIT. You will think, "I Have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay events are happening during CPW! If you want to learn how to be gay@MIT or ... have a GAY ™ group chat where we are slowly* planning to enforce our gay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... /Arc'teryx, but cheap fleece works too. (3) Outerwear This is where you'll have to ... apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #Buy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  being rich and partying all the time. No, I don't want to go to your ... .” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby *** I have come to the profound ... uttering the phrase and then proceed to not have one, and then I have to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  to a biology grad program soon and have some questions. Are your ... Olympic team, and he gossips about them to me). D-Entry is having a "Bacon Fest 2k6" right now -- every time we have a big snowstorm, Mark '07 and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  remains relevant to continuing ed-tech utopianism. However, if you're ... have yet to actually address. So I'm posting them here and trying to ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what ... .  That's going to have to change. There's some polenta, chicken, black ... only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor ... was playing as it occurred to me that i have no friends in this city ... the right times. right now i store pointers and not data--need to move

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... accurately reflect your command of the material and to encourage you to not let ... always thought that you were valuable person to work with. I have always

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Meet John (pictured) - master carpenter, master craftsman, and part-time ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... he's building. Hint # 1: Put on your math-based thinking cap. Hint

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best serve your needs. I hope that this second year of blogging will be even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  well spent. I am thrilled to say that even though we do now have CPW, in ... even had a chance to say thanks to a couple of those I met and have never ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  the other bloggers have been blogging a lot, too!). To returning readers ... doubtless, many of you applying to basically anything ever have had it asked ... impacts have you made on your community, how could you make your community

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  drunk. “As soon as I have time.” # A week or so later, the snow melted ... ’t have the wherewithal to jump back in to writing. I don’t know if people ... choose to find the time, even if it’s at midnight. Some of them are long

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  I didn’t have time. Or I didn’t make time. I have been wanting to make ... time, I struggled a lot because I didn’t have small enough brushes, and ... to time, and I finally decided to try it out this year. This piece is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k ... immediately sold (less than 12 hours) for far better terms (I didn't have to pay ... to have the money I needed for a late February delivery so I had to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  , and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are ... [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge. I am not nearly as advanced as Kathy, so I have no lab work at all

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  my jokes, so overall I'd say things went well. I think I have time ... your questions. Hope you're having a great weekend! ... you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  goal is to assassinate your target. you win when you're the last person ... two bandanas, one on each side of their body. the bandanas have to be ... your jeans to thread the bandana through. you're killed if your hunter

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  my application so that I could have had time to study or take them ... Here goes another Omnibus... sorry if I didn't get to your question (it takes a long time to compile these, even with the brief answers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006