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• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  .S. When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were going to ... out. Oh, and that by the way, in case you taste blood in your mouth, it's because you bit your lip. I was still all disoriented and whatnot, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering?" I got ... paragraphs). I think that visiting the schools you're considering is a crucial ... would not recommend basing your choice of major on potential starting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  this culture, you can easily lose your grounding. In short, how we treat ... in a lifetime? — and you’re left with something permanent, a lasting ... know what you’re gonna get. Love, MINCE.” The head chef of this event

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  rollercoasters), and very often take being your friend very seriously. If someone ... freedom to do whatever they want (choose your dorm, 24/7 access to ... for others if you’re struggling in a class, the people who help you out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  stuck in my head-- This is the place Sit down, you're safe now You ... build a strong foundation in some of the subjects the rest of your ... community of students with similar backgrounds to rely on throughout your time

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  with a torch, and went to sleep. sleeping resets your spawn point, so if ... happened at all… well, minus you losing all your stuff. but i had changed the game rules that you wouldn’t lose your stuff when you died. i don’t like

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  replied. Not quite. It means you're supposed to take care of yourself ... button that would sacrifice your life to save the lives of a billion people ... about whether a community continues to exist when you're gone. But my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  person. But this isn’t a blog about how to write a college essay. If you’re ... Officers of MIT™ who are responsible for reading your applications. We get to ... writing. We know from reading your applications each year that asking

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ="aligncenter" width="724"] all diagrams are drawn by yours truly on my mit ipad. i ... circumference of a circle. If you’re familiar with geometry, you might be ... constant factor of [latex]\frac12[/latex] sticking out front. If you’re

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  time: a couple of emails with your academic advisor cook time: around ... between the courses you're interested in and major requirements. At MIT, a ... , if you're really unlucky, 15, 18, 21, or 24. If you're taking at least

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  you're a fan of alpine skiing, the World Cup finals are being held in ... learned una mica of Catalan! If you're still unconvinced that the language ... little bit of Spanish or Latin, and more English. USA, you have to up your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  order to register for the Dopey Challenge you have to prove that you're ... over your head and no financial burden (due to the equity we were going ... Chris Peterson "Damn you for being so inspiring, you're going to get me

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  was your whole life for five years? I did things at MIT I couldn’t have ... Modernist poetry; writing vocal arrangements and plays for your friends to ... .']fun ways to just waste time with your band as you sit on stage

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  ’s car and have the friend sit in the back seat during your road test ... you get if you’re under 18). I only briefly skimmed the JOL part of the ... are many of them missing road markings (so it's hard to tell where you're

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  , temperate weather of Boston? How's family? Your brother still asking you to help with math homework? Do you have a favorite fruit? Is your high ... together. As they say, I guess time flies when you’re around people you love

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade ... ), and then adjusting your views or beliefs after looking at the data to a ... your code to run, then try more things. i was able to get guidance from

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  try to add it to your bag, but with everything, in a short sighted way ... you for once go to sleep early enough to hear crowds chatting out your ... all those things. Most one off things won't change your life, and change

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... screw head instead of actually rotating the screw. Sometimes you're not ... screwdriver and screw. Then use the power of your bulging arm muscles to unscrew

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  perpetually caring about your future self. Like, will brushing my teeth right ... have found or will find your “cube,” something that brightens your day

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  “So, Andi, let’s talk about your accomplishments from this semester. Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... norm. “Oh, just publish a few good papers in your field.”, I recall one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023