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  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... you spent the past few years of your life is "good enough" or whether ... discovering the oldest stars in the universe, and is a funny and endearing

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

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  The first and most important rule of improv is this: don't negate. To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  ordinary changing of the guard though, as Eric Grimson is no ordinary faculty ... such temptation. The thing is, as you might infer from the awards and ... There is much hullabaloo around campus here lately as everyone is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  the actual country-continent relationship, there is a ton of overlap in ... Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is ... work or results. The definition of the MIT experience, however, is not

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  agony of the blank page ever again.) I have some good news. Writing is ... writing. The process of writing is what creates the ideas. Sure, it’s ok to ... suggestion of setting or theme, but the one rule is to create something with a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  the human component out of it, which is perhaps the most important part ... belongs here, then you obviously don’t know what MIT is about. (And for the ... around them. The absolute worst part of this job is the fact that there are

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  lines of "What is the difference between Chemistry and Chemical ... prefrosh alike, the correct answer to that question is... "There is actually ... usable fuel. The rest is history. I am also really sad that Jack Palance

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  Challenge. The Green Building is the tallest building on campus (and the ... snow? *(which is weird because I helped screw the supports together to ... girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  't belabor the point, as my position on the matter is well established. Suffice ... analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... outcome, the real work is just beginning. An admission decision, as

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  specific technical configuration (the way an abstract process is practiced ... is more than a job. That's the tradeoff every admissions professional ... boots. Where the wind blows and the snowflakes start to fall is only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a ... all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT amongst the autobiographical brainbarf in which the monsters are classes and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... point is, of course, that the longer you’re away from something the more ... , the 3.091 TA teaching the lecture calculated the integral for heat

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  ! (9) Because the Esplanade is only a short walk from campus: and ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  Northeast of the more frequently mentioned Harvard Bridge is the ... campus. Here is the view from the Longfellow Bridge from the MIT side. MIT is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  pumpkin in my life, which is part of why the pumpkins that emerge at French ... Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1 ... excess of yummy food is consumed. Reason 4 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  . First is the famous quote widely attribute to former MIT President Jerome ... firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get Around MIT, where it is instead attributed to Anonymous: This was the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  but about the person. Sure MIT's is a shortcut that opens doors, but if ... . When the former is not possible because of circumstances outside of your control all we can do instead is change the way we think and go about those

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee ... on waivers is available from the College Board.    
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours ... something that looks like: This is a bit complicated, so I’ll just draw the ... spikes: And it really is just the case that however productive I am, at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020