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  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  an obviously not Asian student is a wholeeee story on its own ... as well as continue to follow my religious beliefs. The group is super ... all it is an amazing group and if anyone else would like a little more

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  Yesterday I was at the grocery store. I needed to get soymilk, because it is lent and I am fasting. I try to fast like my father does, the ... Chinese radio and talking. My mother’s soymilk is thicker than the store

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... comfortable ride to Hartford. I start looking through the 18.02 pset that is due ... ’m under 21. Welp. Everyone else I know is staying at the official hotel a 20

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don ... to the application fee, choose the fee waiver option. There is no need

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Undecided HS Senior once again persuades herself that MIT is the best place ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... participants get to burn food and then eat it)? What's worse, is that 6 minutes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  an ode. To be totally honest, I'm not even really sure what an ode is ... 39 tabs open in Chrome (which is apparently the threshold at which the ... degrees is "freezing cold" and we break out our winter coats. Unfortunately

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of ... '15 is in Au Bon Pain right as I'm walking outside from my interview ... the kind of person she is. We discuss how our senior years are going. I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... . Right now, life is pretty good. It’s Sunday, September 14th, 2014. I ... here, where 18.01 Single Variable Calculus is a graduation requirement

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... the greatest senior days ever. Here is a recipe that I have recorded ... dessert 2 meticulously designed photo collages (Alana ’16 is a wizard at

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  . The first question I often hear from parents is, "what events should I ... life at MIT is somewhat different than mine was when I was here. I'm sure ... , especially in the springtime, so you should be prepared for anything. Boston is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No. How ... you admit from the waitlist this year? It is impossible to know. We ... admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is associative

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Something, following the proper etiquette (Hacker's Code of Ethics) which is ... steal anything. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  should have left us (opening the trunk on a Volkswagen Golf is ... difference between these two breads is--I'm not exactly sure] Applegate ... time, and it is also fairly scrumptious] Snacks For Snacking: Snack

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  Happy (belated) Halloween! Although I guess it's November now but let's ignore that. This is gonna be a quick post mainly because I half ... is interested, here are some candid shots and group photos of us

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 1. There is some amount of grace ... in advance of the deadline.  If one of your essays is too long, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  rest are singles. We have nice things on our walls. This is something I ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  ;yield"). This year, our yield is going to be around 72-73 percent. Last year, it ... to admit anyone off the wait list this year. This is only the second

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... are some of my works from the semester so far; the first is a rayogram

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... the structure of elementary particles like protons and electrons, is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  So one of the unfortunate parts of graduating is that you actually have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... ;   Senior Year \   There it is.  A brief summary of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012