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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  try it sometime! If you have questions about how to get started just ... size and infrastructure required. When I needed to get out and actually ... stitching. What's better than getting paid for a hobby you're doing in your

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... also really wanted to learn how to lift weights and Get Buff (so i can ... cool to see in real life. you could see all the wiring on the inside too

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get ... wanting to get up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in ... day and we mused about how we'll never get a normal moveout. Last year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  learning what that means to me, but I never forgot this passage that on ... , community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and ... ideas are as fluid as electrons in an E-­field, motivating me to learn how

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  tightly-knit my floor culture is and how wonderful it felt to be a part of ... at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... documented their murals accordingly. Even so, we won't be able to paint on the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  , so naturally, the MIT.nano staff want students to get excited about it too. To that end, undergraduates like me get to take classes where we ... wanted to take a picture and turn it into a full-on solar cell. Creating

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate ... to 7–10). on average, mit students take 54 units each semester."]60 ... enrolls next year (and for years to come). How did these changes come about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective? ... the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the ... on Hamsika's blog about the Boston Globe special feature on MIT and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  coffee, and you keep getting ritually down on your big knees every morning ... lines to strategize how last-minute I can rush to pee before the last ... sufficient to get me through secondary school and my undergraduate education

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  sometimes worry I get way too excited to see underclassmen compared to how ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  physics calculations. Lots of teamwork and designing. Also get to go on ... exciting. It's also just a great way to learn how to work on a large team and ... . Not only did I get hands-on experiences as a first year, I got to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  to help nudge me along on adventures and help find warm food for my ... hope your brothers and sisters will be kind, July. I'll try to be kind to ... NOW I AM FACING THE GUILT HEAD ON. TAKE THAT, GUILT.) However, I'm a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four-legs-on ... -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... to the bottom for my concerns about how COVID-19 will affect FSILGs and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  ’s easy to get stuck in the MIT bubble because everything is on campus, but ... get to know members on a personal level. In the end, the people who know ... school when she began to think about college, specifically HBCUs. On top of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  email explaining how my body wasn't listening when I told it we had to ... are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone ... -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  deluding yourself. So please stop harassing Matt; you’re not going to get the ... This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for ... . I’ve been fortunate to travel to over 35 cities and 20 states on

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , is "well, so release the data on everything else!" To which I ask: how ... captured. And then, if you try to build a model based on these incomplete ... being in the 750-800 range doesn't have much impact on your chance of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... . I’d say I’m doing pretty well on this. Sidequest 4: Get a cool

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... ’s so easy to just sit on my phone or get distracted; being around others ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024