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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles ... learn to love winter (I do!) and its beauty: ^ I visited Ouray, CO over ... apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #BuyIt

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... throughout. It certainly felt strange going to the Career Fair after ... compared to what was really on my mind all day. It's hard to describe in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  hope you are fortunate enough to avoid. But I can’t change it now. When I ... ? Learn from my example. Sometimes you want to do too much. You can’t do it ... homework? It’ll keep you from waking up early to work out and make you fall

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  feeling dreadful that I would have to wait another 2 months, and treated it ... it was I wanted out of college, taught me to be able to see myself ... though you were waiting to see whether MIT would give you a chance. It felt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... of 2010" threads. It would have been easy for you to post comments that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  to prove myself to them; it just wasn’t going to be straightforward ... . Plus I was paranoid about online privacy and using PGP to encrypt my ... Omakase." By the time I got back to San Francisco, it was peak fig season

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  in the class, as far as I can tell.. Anyway, it was nice talking to ... So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... to a mixup with the insurance company; it should be up by next week, in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  've opened up their website, then you already started it! To continue, you have ... It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  created by students just like us. It was incredible speaking to alumni who used to be in our shoes so many years ago!  I just kept thinking how ... that we wanted to place somewhere meaningful on hall.  We ended up using

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... a semester to pursue any research question we can imagine. This is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  ), within those two hours, can handle a finite number of calls - then it ... 's put it another way - if 200 million people try to register votes in that ... button.) When it's THAT close, you really have to wonder. Someone tell me

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Geneva, Dinner in Milan Hop on the train and check out some sights leaving France, traversing Switzerland, and entering…

  

  I set out from Paris' Gare de Lyon to continue my journey using France's famous TGV (train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to make it to these mandatory training meetings which conflicted with field ... less than 8 vectors to break down, the use of double-angle formulas, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  . Rumor has it that it will be matt pond PA. We'll just have to wait and see about that though. Last fall, Hot Hot Heat came to campus. Last spring ... Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  ;t make it for CPW, you can still come visit through our Overnight ... Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... when you're hungry, it can be irritating to smell hours later. Take out ... straightforward (tips 1-4). It's harder to nail the slight (emphasis on slight

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... blog. Last Wednesday, I knew it was supposed to snow pretty much all day ... exhibit. I have to admit, it is pretty nifty to watch other people try to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  After a week of checking, double checking, and checking-to-the-nth, we are ready to mail decision letters tomorrow, and post decisions online on Saturday. I want to urge you one final time: if you have not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006