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  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  exam. It doesn't work at MIT. The way you approach your work is often ... air, as freshmen were trampled by upperclassmen rioting to reset the ... you, when you're rudely awakened by the fact that you don't know what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  torn apart, then your floors will get wet. The Tagalog word for flood is ... to the rain. Maybe the closest thing is how, in those really old ... associations with "storm surge" is with the damage caused by Yolanda. I remember

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... identified as Lutheran?” I’m going to just google the MIT site, and while I don ... ’t ask me if I filed your letter of recommendation yet. The answer is

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

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which ... seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters ... response to “how” is that it was facilitated by parents and their connections

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  that our lab does is really related to anything the Echo can do, and they ... in the Media Lab like to have fun. And now the story gets exciting ... on campus on the mainland. It will get progressively exciting, I swear

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... are not value judgments--they're not meant to tell you whether the way

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  conversations! The best way to learn about an organization is by asking members ... ’s easy to get stuck in the MIT bubble because everything is on campus, but ... is incredibly valuable, AudreyRose wanted to take part in the more fun

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  important thing to do is to get your bearings. Whether it's your dorm, the ... your best asset. Over time, motivation and the willingness to learn from ... can fall into the trap of thinking that your success is due solely to a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my ... twenty minutes by bike, faster than the Underground and way faster than the bus. And along the route, when I'm not doing my best to avoid double

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of MITERS, the main student hackerspace at MIT. Specifically, he's best known ... , like a Segway, is a self-balancing scooter, but, unlike the Segway

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  's the best advice anyone can give to you. Your application is full ... response: Hi, Essays are a wonderful way to connect with the selection ... students to write from the heart and to not have their essays edited by any

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• 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

  

  best way to deal with this is to find a community at MIT that can become ... . Entertainment. The closest major city to my town is St. Louis, which is two hours ... , this deal is too good to pass up. Research. I mentioned one of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  beetles get lost, they can navigate their way home by looking at the Milky ... can apply to their husbands' underwear.") You get the idea. If you don ... Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  coming up with a zillion ways to explain the same concept; one person might ... . The sophomore I taught to square numbers is one of a hundred kids in ... relatives are is not determined strictly by blood or by who gives birth to who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  your life. So to a lot of people the n word is just another word because ... . Affirmative action is just a way for black people to get in college easier ... outside of Native Americans. I want to preface this all by the fact that I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  built my home; what I need is a snapshot of yours. As I find my way from ... lie when your lies are 8.25 by 11.75 inches. Jack Johnson plays in the ... of the trees is washed into tinted grey by the yellow lights

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  point. But really, do it because it’s the best way to learn about your ... ). Online dating apps are a great way to expand your social circle beyond the ... ’t get stuck in the bubble, please. I learned the hard way that MIT is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  . :) By the way, according to Cox News, Dr Jackie Ying, who became a full ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... -- once I tried to get my media out before the autoclave was done exhausting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... their spring 2010 edition) I should have died by now, considering the way ... . And then three of my very best friends in the world decided to leave MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  yourself to stop the urge to write your results down and get the report over ... unnecessary to actually write the report anyway, and your problem is solved ... comprehensive visual guide to your report. This is the fun part, so give yourself

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015