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  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... stay over for a night at the Institute. Having heard so many amazing ... domey place with the "Established for the Advancement of...etc. etc." is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for ... about fluid mechanics. Sorry, it's the time of the season for offers, and ... it was no trouble for me to just lie down, put a sheet over my face

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  my place. For the first time ever, I told myself, I'd have a true peer ... 't make school my reason for living. I came in with an existing, established ... , get ready for the Great Injustices, er..., the General Institute

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  bunch of work backed up and waiting for me. (Yes, I highlight some cool ... deadlines and actually feeling compelled to put forth the effort for paper ... for "freshman," and "pre-"... well, you get the idea. It's interesting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... checklist for the ages. 52 THINGS NOT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO BE ADMITTED TO MIT ... doesn't work for pro athletes and it won't work for you. Don't use the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  me feel like my brain has broken and turned into soft food for babies ... studying-people that might be hard for you to find if I did not say them. You ... -together time for this school and people who went to this school, but others can

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has ... interests! Still, for some reason, I'm reluctant. That makes me think about ... be human, and the immensity of the love that Chidi and Eleanor have for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  month of January to prepare for the show, dancing from 6-11 every weekday ... week of December, the team held Mocha Formal and met to discuss ideas for ... . after Formal, the captains deliberated on which ideas we would do for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  are some of them. All based on true stories, of course.  For those of ... got this. No matter what happens, I’m so proud of you already for ... experiences when they visit MIT for the first time is that the Infinite corridor

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  you’re feeling like you need that, scroll below the bullet points for ... for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications: reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  many of our Course 6 freshman friends reach out to for help in their ... calculator! For best practice purposes, I also suggested starting off with ... , we can implement code for this, And finally, we can make it pretty

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news ... place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality." John ... . ... Calls for more public accountability...can only proceed once we completely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  Nicole R asked, "What is the policy for supplementary material when ... manner is:Does MIT really consider one's extra talent and passion for their ... . As for your third question, I assure you we are looking into the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  slack for my last flight: [visually_hidden]Slack thread that starts ... ." The thirteen replies are as follows: Here is my tale: rebranding for the ... earlier because i have no layover now And I'm not gonna be late for my 5

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  Rockstar (Part 1): July 29 / August 2, 2005 Ben was well-known not just for admissions, but also for rocking out... "I'm A Famous Rockstar" That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous for being a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  happy or not. I'm low-key grateful for being alive. I’m sorry that I’m not ... 'm fully prepared for the prospect of college. Sure, I'm familiar with the ... with GPT-2-small, and waited for an hour or so. The first attempt was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  it, I do want these "superficial" things for comfort and vibe ... anything here. Quantity: ⭐ - This is the reason McCormick is so low for me ... wayyyy too small. There's pretty much only ever two options for a meal and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... -cultural appropriation hanging bead doors on my closet for most of elementary school ... 6 shirts I can rotate for a max of like 8 outfits in any season

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  path to nor desire for avoidance. [annotation note="At apparently one of ... some point, and January is just too dark and depressing for me not to ... a UROP for [annotation note="Independent Activities Period - the month

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025