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  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... the season on the Charles River this past Monday night. The view is of ... student. In this image Boston is on the right and MIT is on the other side

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  , simultaneously, this-broadcast-is-live. I live at EC, on the second floor of the ... not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to perform--he is simply here to be himself. The musicians behind him slow jam

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need
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  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  ; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally ... ’s your orientation, in the literal sense. This is what the campus looks ... . There’s main campus, which is the pentagon in the center; most activities

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , surely this is kismet.  Because the only thing we love more than formulas ... , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which ... class.  It is also worth noting that many may take inspiration from the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations ... subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  This summer while Random Hall is closed I am living on Beast, 2E, the ... moon 67 years before we did. It is considered the first science fiction ... is the moon rocket from Objectif Lune (Destination Moon), the sixteenth

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  is significance behind 21 majors, as 21 is also the number of major ... Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an ... , and is set apart from the Major Arcana by being unnumbered. A first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  warp and stitch them together). The class is super cool! I made a ... amazing.) Justine J. ‘16 Here's my door from last year! The top half is acrylic paint and the bottom half is melted crayons. Grant F. ‘16 One of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  is the steepest wooden rollercoaster on Earth: it starts with an eight ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the ... sense of the word. (I’ve heard that if CPW is like a tangerine, REX is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... manipulate the process in order to gain admission. In case this distinction is ... enables the admissions office to determine whether an applicant is a good

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  slightly above the MIT Accepted Mean (36 vs. 35), and my GPA is slightly ... scale to 4 point...the 5 point scale is rather silly because as long as ... "normal GPA"). There is no reference Science GPA (also known as the BCPM GPA

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who ... posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... was, and still is, the room of floorpi's Graduate Resident Advisor, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a ... communities they work with. This is not to say that the individuals recognized ... entire list of faculty members added to the display is included at the end

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  training and consulting services company. Here is the official course ... :   And my beautiful shiny trophy:   Rifle is meditative. The sights on the ... round in the magazine. Don’t give up the mission. This is a mantra Coach

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  lives of female faculty here']The history of women at MIT is long and rich ... . Hello! My name is Nandini Choudhury (she/hers), and I am the Assistant ... 308. The Cheney Room is a lovely space, and if you want to learn about

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  sense when you get stuck between the two. Neither college is, of course ... stops and worlds apart. The most often cited difference is in the color ... . And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  Boulevard, is the place I first saw the joke, "if a seagull flies over the sea ... Cardozo, is sadly no longer on the awning.) Educational Counselors (ECs ... Stuyvesant's new building. Larry, who is a practicing architect in the city

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;It's the reason why 2.009 is called "Product Engineering Process", with an emphasis on Process: roughly half the class is spent on the ... of the design programs that Jony disparaged. 2.009’s motto is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015