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  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur,” good food is the ... depression.[/annotation] [annotation note="cj: citing a paper in a blog post is ... opinion is biased against American cuisine as a whole, considering that my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  guy someone is dating, how much work someone has. I think that's what I ... anymore. But I think one of the benefits of this time of year is that I tend to do a lot more thinking. The weather is colder, usually snowy (it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  , dapped up my brother, and walked out. Dapping is the unspoken form of our ... 't then you don't. It is as simple as that. I remember back in school the ... . Knowing these languages is what makes us who we are and is what connects us

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  . Ayomide is a junior at MIT (Class of 2018) who studies Chemical Engineering ... ; Classroom 10-250   10-250 is a classic MIT lecture hall, in the sense ... or so has probably had to have class in it at some point. This is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam ... ; often, the indeterminacy is more fundamental than that. Such was the case with ... him, is that there is no right answer, only different ones. His two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  Happy Friday! Yes, that is an Oberlin College-produced parody of Rebecca Black. And yes, that is our former Communications Director Ben Jones ... the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  . This time, my iPod is charged and my boarding pass is secured in my ... window seat next to two sleeping men and is suffering from that giant ... the class of 2011 has been admitted and half of my freshman year is done

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  complete my distribution. The first assignment is called "Critter": the goal is to optimize a tennis-ball-sized creature through a series of ... or even evolving something realistically; I think it is mostly a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  metaphor for it. Instead enjoy this large photo of my very small dog, who is ... is represented in all capital letters in English translations of the Bible. This is why some Bible verses are like And then the LORD said to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  . I started having thoughts to the effect of “everyone else is already ... people, and the gist of what I would optimally do is to convert the ... . What I mean by this “privilege,” more specifically, is that an MIT

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always ... ? [annotation note="Hello! Cami here. This is not at all true. But I love my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run high, decisions are coming soon, and everyone is hella stressed. (In case

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  listing 205 classes and why they loved that specific class. Here is a ... time I realized, 30 people had already filled out the form. So, this is ... though there is some overlap. Content: New Experience is the category I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 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 ... I was late (what else is new), but then I got distracted by Benson L ... get to classes and things happen along the corridor! which is why i

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

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and ... shelf.* This is a wonderful book - it captures the lifestyle perfectly. Me ... , at least the ones you come across, which admittedly is a self

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  –-and you absolutely should! Getting into MIT is indeed an accomplishment ... working harder for the sake of it seemed stupid (and I still agree it is ... news is, like I said before, all this destruction is a good thing. Or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in, and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  , if you ask me “Is there a group for students who are religiously ... . My point is, we love getting good questions and entry ideas- a lot of ... ’t ask me if I filed your letter of recommendation yet. The answer is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  muddy, which is why I'll be wearing the sweatpants — the ones I'll only ... ground is not. When you run the Boston Marathon, you are assigned to a ... four and five hours after I begin. This is the third year I have run the

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

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  heat. how to taper, rivet, chisel, and assorted other skills. tapering is ... is done by setting a hot workpiece into a vise (or, if it's flat, laying it on an anvil) and molding the exterior with chisels. This is how

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023