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  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly ... between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  . There is a thing called the Tetris Effect, where you see tetris squares in ... is my goal to beat it. Recently, though, I’ve gotten into watching ... which is the specific version of the game that I play the most, and that I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly ... Eastern half of the country; South Dakota, which is designated by the Census ... . Our next stop is Chicago, which, incredibly, concludes the first leg of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... can list all AP tests that you have taken/plan to take, even if it is ... as giving details. Problem: One essay is 151 words, and the other is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  , sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of ... recruitment and experience is like, which you can read here. Because a lot of ... personal home for the past three years. Our tour guide, Maddie L. ‘26, is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  of my system first. i’ll preface it by saying that this is my very ... ="where i spent all my time"]midtown manhattan[/annotation] is the epitome of ... is a set of massive advertisement billboards.  i dislike that the big

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  summer. One thing I've noticed this summer is the presence of what I will ... spiraling, smaller thoughts and feelings. Here is my best attempt to describe ... to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in ... that's been fine with me—this is my first academic year where I ... application. There really is no hidden message other than: "I smashed a bunch of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most ... wind is whistling if you listen there's the harbor, don't you miss it ————— walking, walking, slowly walking, uphill, downhill, rarely talking sun is

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring ... . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... poem, when it works, is an action of the mind captured on a page, and the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  hunts, and the like, which is why I was fascinated to hear that one of my ... video organism," is composed of E-waste scavenged from campus [annotation ... equipment that is gathering dust"]storage closets[/annotation] and [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  is fewer than the 33,796 who applied last year, before we reinstated ... review.  Of those 26,914 applicants, we have [annotation note="This is the ... have the opportunity to climb the mountain that is MIT. They hail from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  The Putz-Tetazoo exchange program is a longstanding tradition where a ... involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to ...  one flight of stairs ok maybe that's a lie, i used to live on stickmen (which is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  like, oh my god, everyone is so young. CJ: Well, even if that were true ... too. Why did you decide to do a master's? Xian: The main reason is that ... engineering, like this job. Because like, what else is there to do? I don't want

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  is another record high: about a 2% increase from last year, with both ... opportunity to climb the mountain that is MIT. They hail from all 50 states, 65 ... -eyed and reminded us that what we do is more than a job: it is a privilege

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  little to make sure that everybody is happy.  I think about the way these ... surprises me about all of these changes is that I never see them happening in the moment—indeed, it often feels like life is stagnant around here, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  is the same from the top? Don't you know the building won't change you? Don't you know the sky is the same here? Don't you see it? The base of ... . Or intelligent. Or determined. But it is just a crosswalk. And some

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  Day one, again. Campus is different than before. The doors don ... intelligence, we mostly go over the syllabus. AI (6.034) is interesting. AI is ... that is pretty cool, but I can sense that I'd have a much better

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  entree celeste, but not actually playing celeste (although that is fun ... talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most ... experience of waiting and frustration and enlightenment is, thankfully

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  , but is it enough? should I be trying harder, given that the majority of ... don't know what the healthy balance is. my process for meeting up with friends is ensuring that the friend/someone in their group has been tested

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020