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  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  special arts program for his junior year. It’s because writing is hard ... like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some of you, I know, that is not good news. But hopefully most of you

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  The first and most important rule of improv is this: don't negate. To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... the human component out of it, which is perhaps the most important part

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is ... with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  lines of "What is the difference between Chemistry and Chemical ... prefrosh alike, the correct answer to that question is... "There is actually ... all. No, really. What you're going to do is take some reaction or some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  the actual country-continent relationship, there is a ton of overlap in ... undergraduate is, still, that I only wish I could have participated even more. It

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  more. There's also a separate website they have that has local listings ... , maybe a dorm is a good place to stay for your time here. Many people stay ... , living off campus is a good option. Here is my list of pros and cons: The

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just as true in college admission circles as it is anywhere else that it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  specific technical configuration (the way an abstract process is practiced, embodied, manifest in some material form) I think is just as interesting, at ... -technology studies. As most of you know, our Early Action deadline is November 1, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It’s been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I’m a media dork at heart), a…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... ! (9) Because the Esplanade is only a short walk from campus: and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  ever a Bad Idea. Bad Ideas is a weekend festival thrown by East Campus ... Challenge. The Green Building is the tallest building on campus (and the ... snow? *(which is weird because I helped screw the supports together to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  days of concentrated effort. Sometimes there are weeks when everything is ... is impossible; I’m lucky enough to have never experienced this. In these months, work is hard enough to make me feel like I should be able to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1 ... excess of yummy food is consumed. Reason 4 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and ... Building.  1: I turned 19! My favorite part of birthdays is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  . First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome Wiesner: “Getting an education from MIT is like taking a drink from a firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  but about the person. Sure MIT's is a shortcut that opens doors, but if ... . When the former is not possible because of circumstances outside of your control all we can do instead is change the way we think and go about those

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  Northeast of the more frequently mentioned Harvard Bridge is the ... campus. Here is the view from the Longfellow Bridge from the MIT side. MIT is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  admission, (even though there isn’t one).  This is MIT after all.  We love ... , surely this is kismet.  Because the only thing we love more than formulas is numbers, or at least that is what people think. There are actually

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  banner says "Live at EC." EC is short for East Campus. I do not know if ... , simultaneously, this-broadcast-is-live. I live at EC, on the second floor of the ... not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations ... subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011