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  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  . Now it’s your turn. Here is where Random Hall is: If you’re an MIT ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the ... barbeque and prizes for billiards and is mixing ice cream for the LN2 events

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels ... bid to the D3 NCAA tournament, which is the national tournament. We ... became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random cat I found online.)[/caption] The inspiration MIT.nano is MIT’s state ... any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a

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

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  my mistakes, but if high school taught me anything, it is that these ... using the agenda). Each Sunday is marked with a gray vertical line. I ...  what I really got out of all of the confusion. High school is what you make of it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online ... maybe you just want to know what to heck it is. That’s why I numbered it ... something no one else can hear so everyone is uncomfortable. 3DS - The

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US History textbook The American Pageant, and my friend Davie ('12) is sitting ... ...I have no idea what that is. Oddly, as soon as I typed this, my sister

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... . My only qualm is that it occasionally gives me a kernel panic, and I ... wanted to go is terrifying. Worse yet, think how much more traumatic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... same way. I've written before about how the class is selected, but I ... . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  semester (as in, every Tuesday/Thursday is like that), my Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are a lot less crazy. This is by design -- I like smushing a ... , catch up with mates, go out on friday/saturday nights, or is the lifestyle

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Claire S. '25 is a Computation & Cognition (6-9) major from ... colleges. This network is brand new this academic year. “Where do you want ... best way to deal with this is to find a community at MIT that can become

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  Some Notes, because I’m myself:  Title is loosely based off of the ... ’s try that again. Hello, my name is also Ana. Or, well, our name is Ana, I guess. God, why is this so difficult? I’m just talking in circles

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  is a first-year undergraduate named Lakisha Powell ('95). I loved when ... are now professors! Paula Hammond ('84, PhD '93), is now the Head of ... degrees) is now a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find ... ; double checked if snow is cold (it is)   made cake pops for my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... to take 8.02. Everyone who works at MIT is expected to innovate, to ... really, really flattered, the entry I wish everyone would read is More Than

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at ... a year ago and it is equally true now. Specifically, I want to share this part: I hope you choose MIT, obviously. This place is amazing. If

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

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

  

  My favorite thing about MIT, by far, is its vibrant dorm culture. I ... talked about extensively on the blogs. Burton-Conner is known for being ... tightly-knit my floor culture is and how wonderful it felt to be a part of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  immigrant. He is laid-back, friendly, with a subtle sense of humor. When I ... part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn’t. This is what he told me:   “We all took different paths, my

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  back a year. This blog post is about and largely by last year’s Random ... important stories, about MIT and about planning our futures. The first is Drop ... the MIT News Office here. It is about risk, innovation, and life plans

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  discovered that satellites are extremely cool, aerospace research is fun and ... good about this career path; control theory is a field I find interesting ... fascinating, and space exploration is a mission that I believe is meaningful and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  taken from Your Last First Day in There Is No Antimemetics Division. There ... 's your chance. (There are five parts in the series; Your Last First Day is the last part. Each part is roughly as long as this blog post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022