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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  refreshingly different. When you’re used to making the most of what you have, you ... . Answering that question without more information can be reductive to your ... shapes your access to resources, your perspective, and your resilience, and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... that made them strong candidates for admission. Well, you don't have to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  week of rain. :- But... I bet by now, all you '10 folks have your Athena ... believe you can download this twice during your time at MIT. If you'd prefer ... ://web.mit.edu/ist/services/messaging/jabber.html. e) Want to upload things to your MIT Athena or Web space? You can do

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  . I guess what I'm trying to say here is: create your own rankings based ... your first instinct will be to take my list, and fire back all those ... little patience or tolerance for anything that wasted his time. Whenever he

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  fastest way to get from Building 2 to E25? At the same time, too, there was ... have interests and wants, but after all this time feeling like I had some ... 'd agreed to help when I took on my positions. Do I have a duty to the wider

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  mine) According to our records, you have not completed the General ... total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  you each time you move on, you’re doing great. When you get to the age ... tried to impress! Damn. +++++ In hindsight, I couldn’t have guessed in ... meeting your soulmate. I learned a few other things: As you prepare to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  have taught me how to puzzle, laughed hysterically with me at 3am, and ... me if I need it, teach me if I want to learn, and always have my back ... . It was very cool to have such an MIT-based hunt, like a whole round “in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  unfortunately have absolutely nothing interesting to report about it. The most ... says that now she doesn't have to buy it. See? April gives me food, I let ... 's always nice to not actually have to remember all those trig identities for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  is the tallest, fastest, and most amazing roller coaster. And I hate to ... education. I can't imagine anywhere else where I could have done more to pass ... I was walking to my room for only the second time ever and somehow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  -as-utility: I can Uber my friend home, use Google Translate to have a real and ... legitimate obstruction to getting anything across at all. Having lacked the ... item. I was determined not to use Google Translate, in part because my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional ... conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... From Chimps?The split between the human and chimpanzee lineages may have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I ... , so some of the processes have been streamlined for time efficiency ... competition to see whose engine ran the fastest. This year there is a new

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  if you need to bring a sleeping bag. Chances are, your host will have ... , make sure you don’t stay in your room unless you have to and meet as many ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  can catch the shuttle and not have to carry your groceries home. There ... public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... faculty lounge for lunch and they wanted me to just come over and have a ... SHIVERS when I walked into the lounge, but luckily I had time to go grab

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  . The maximum time allowed for each problem is 4 minutes, and the fastest solver in each round get to have another load of integrals dumped on him ... left turn and crashes into my face. Immutably, as IAP drips to an end, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  'd ever wanted to go, I'd gotten to in at worst an hour; most of the time ... destination isn't in downtown someplace, you'd probably have to walk for half an ... , and his place is a thirty-minute walk away. And the fastest way to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  track to have a gorgeous Google Glass app. :) And for ... same time. I committed to the class and last week was one of the most ... college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  your student does not have a cell phone, but you do, you may want to ... 're excited to have you as our guests! Here are some (hopefully) helpful hints ... financial aid award, when your supplemental forms are due, how to pay your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008