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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  peers dedicate so much energy and skill into making one weekend of bad ... little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this ... [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  come together and talk about their shared experiences, so I decided to do ... that got a lot of attention, and I thought it might be a good idea to go ... have become integral to my growth as a scientist, a dancer, and just as a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry ... told me to chill and “be cool” in selection committee – I told her that ... . Here are some pared-down (and edited to make legible and remove

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  up with, even in the absence of much else, and I’m sure being surrounded by this deluge of words and stories had something to do with my wanting to create words and stories. So I imagine that for the both of us

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  She worked so hard and got into all the state schools she applied to ... still pretty sure that she was going to Georgia Tech, and then Johns ... Bible. This is why some Bible verses are like And then the LORD said to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  high school once I turned 16. And while a lot of students at other universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the ... my ~6 months here and all benefits/cons are mostly from talking to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and gradients and force fields that are all starting to blur together, and over on ... my advising seminar yesterday, and I’m currently trying to finish an 18

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  ’s early precursor to films like The Matrix and Tron, World of Wires offers ... through the hallway to the other side (and me sitting on the couch!). This ... whole scene to watch and dramatic closeups of the action. Like this one

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats. Students can use it to share the classes they're taking and see the classes ... Messenger group chats to do a little analysis and see if I could get any

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  try to explain: Pre-registration opens very early, and regular ... to take and helping the administrators figure out how popular classes ... classes, attend the first lectures, and choose which ones to drop. There isn

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high ... dinner yesterday because I overslept. Ex. 2: According to Facebook, you and ... exaggerated clarity and make a point of crisp, rapid pronunciation in everyday

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  rejection letters so that I would be able to recognize mine immediately and ... leading up to the decision. And dear reader, I was super rekt. Consciously ... things, like all the extracurriculars I'd overcommitted to, and tell myself

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  order from top to bottom, or you can stick to a single category and only ... : general requirements that undergraduates need to get a degree. Schools and ... Mathematics or Chemistry from 9 to 10:30 AM, and then Military Tactics until

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but ... week!), I discovered new favorite places and once again ascertained that ... hair, looking up and around and having the greatest time. We have gone to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  and the Internet. One of the things I was doing to fill the time was ... to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch of numbers and then demanded to know exactly what their chances of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  when we all went off to different colleges. It was by chance that Tom and I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my ... . The best part is that Tom and I didn’t have to follow the dress code

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  the energy to go back to Baker and fell asleep in the office ... to have any until 8pm. I mean, it's issue night and he drew working ... : popcorn, ice cream sandwiches, and popsicles. I didn't even have to request

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find ... parking lot. Since it was said to be too much of an eyesore, however, the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  that opened nearby. When I got to Harvard, I turned around and started ... the screen and got back to work. -- TWO WEEKS AGO -- I had received an ... the premises quickly, chuckling lightly to ourselves, and my voice was

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  and went out to the deck to get churros instead. So much to say, I was ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... clever people who create clever and interesting puzzles, so I was very

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024