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  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  blogger himself during his time at MIT!!! How cool is that? You all should ... . What is and isn't common in the lives of a MIT senior and a MIT Alum and ... night?   Bryan: Eight -- this is not an exception. Everyone who

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  highlighted in transparent red — like “explain” is, here — you can hover over it ... /mobile UI is triggered by the width of your browser). The annotations are ... in the admissions process; a ruling is [annotation note='The Supreme

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  "] This is an old photo.[/caption] I once wrote of this room saying: this is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who ... posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you ... time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  wish is to go unfulfilled. You have another midterm tomorrow morning at 9 ... , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a condition in which the sole symptom is verbal/mental repetition of the phrase

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  good old-fashioned hard work. While a product is a very tangible thing ... actually good. But this process of structured ideation is incredibly ... ;It's the reason why 2.009 is called "Product Engineering Process

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It ... MIT apart from other institutions is the incredibly stimulating thinktank nature of people around here. Thinking is a hobby for many people

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  recruit frosh"]Frat rush[/annotation] is happening as I write this, and one ... MIT has been different. Malingap is, when my first night at MIT, an ... prefrosh temped on the same floor he was living in. Malingap is the feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  discovered the most optimal procrastination technique. It is so effective, in fact, that at times it will irrefutably convince you that it is not ... enjoyable. In the end, you might figure that is it too overwhelming or

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden a zine

  

  Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  Boulevard, is the place I first saw the joke, "if a seagull flies over the sea ... Cardozo, is sadly no longer on the awning.) Educational Counselors (ECs ... Stuyvesant's new building. Larry, who is a practicing architect in the city

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  Now that it’s August, the fall semester is right around the corner ... . Because sorority recruitment inevitably has some confusing aspects – What is a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  and none of us shower ever ME: beware ME: resistance is futile ... told you about my a cappella group yet * * * FROSH: is this east campus ... live? ME: east campus FROSH: oh cool!!!!! wow east campus is so cool

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a ... working. Here is our kitchen, which is probably not the kitchen you ... right wall of the kitchen, is our fuse box:   Do you know about fuses? I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  that in real life) Guys. Science is really, really cool. It's amazing ... this magical science place. But before I do, a big disclaimer is that I ... if he doesn't know what an enzyme is. My apologies if I end up

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  organized chaos that is Hanoi, Vietnam, the last stop on my semester long ... feel, and debriefing and debating academic concepts is quite a change. My ... have learned this semester is that they are vital to understanding how

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  lol) as a real-time reflection of four years at MIT.  Today is hectic. My sleep schedule, I feel, is about 2 hours later than normal working ... try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  following categories. Some of it is excellent advice. Some of it will not make sense at the moment. A lot of items contradict each other. Here is the ... where the work environment is toxic. Upperclassmen know things but we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  MIT is like, the good and the bad. Give comfort and advice about your ... reality is that we as bloggers cannot connect with the decision that you may ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  few days is one of your first big decisions. Some very intelligent ... that what you choose is a lot less important than that you are confident ... where you end up is less important than that you choose it for yourself

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012