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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  that have happened at MIT. In a nut shell, a hack is an addition to the ... were they supposed to get a car off the dome? Helicopters flew by all day ... wanted to come to MIT. They made me realize that MIT is, in a word, awesome

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... us in for tea while we waited for a tow truck to come! Anecdote 6: One ... with strangers in the street. Really, I think that you get a similar mix

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... best." Literally verbalize it (out-loud, in a whisper, in your head ... in you to move forward, fueled by your determination and goals

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  's supposed to start getting actually warm in a few days, which I hope comes ... haven't exercised in more than a month due to getting several illnesses in ... what that word means to me) and we chat a little bit. 10.10 am: I get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  lot of food and I'm kind of still in a food coma, so I'm not going to ... MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... you until 4 in the morning tearing through your 14.01 psets - or if you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  school -- why not take a break and relax knowing that MIT is in your pocket ... all to acquire your MIT wings. There's nothing wrong with taking a look ... we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  an event. N: Go to the events and form your own opinions. There's a ... life guidance to name a few. 10. Don't plan out your whole CPW, go where ... looking at the schedule. K: YOPO. You're only a prefrosh once. 13.A Get

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  - in conjunction with your pre-med course work. And if you get a B ... medical school in Fall '12 were asked to answer a series of questions to ... get to see you here in the fall! To those of you who didn't sleep at all

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating ... interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... that they want to go to graduate school in X, or have been doing a UROP

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  cosmopolitan cities in the world. My five-kilometre commute to work takes a mere ... get a long-term visa to the U.S. and the first question they asked him ... twenty countries on my own (I suppose if you're bored you can guess a few

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  door, and get a fan to ventilate the whole place unless you want to ... this amounts to less than a year. I guess prior experience in competitive ... . The Sauce Melt butter, stir in flour to make a brown roux. Add veal

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... getting a B in the class. Another example, I skipped the majority of my ... get a P or your class never shows up, there are no letter grades) for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... ’s recruitment team spends a ton of time over the summer to get everything ready ... . Note that a “party” is where you get to meet and chat with a new sorority

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  fourteen students, were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas ... , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... across the country to join them in protests, including several school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... hometown (where I'd lived my whole life) to go to MIT. I was in such a hurry ... over that snothead you used to get into shenanigans with back in high

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  the tail in order to hammer it from a square shape to a round shape ... up to about 3200 °C. I clamped my sword in a vise and asked someone to ... ="84016" image2="84015" /] A solution to this would have been to use stoppers in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  and help keep it in check. What is your go-to pick me up after a long ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I ... ;   Afeefah: 100% good health. I’ve been trying to get into a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the ... bus trip to a random liberal arts college somewhere in the Northeast ... ball, running despite a cramp in your side, shaking your legs as the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay ... 3 AM in a cold sweat that things have to change. This is an attempt at ... student, you’re driven by the mentality of getting into a good school

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a ... my power, find my story and be able to tell it in a strong and powerful ... …all of them were seeking to have, in a very joyous and a very active way

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014