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  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the Peano axioms. Someone wants to know if this will be on the test. The ... pack for the summer. You have 8471 emails to read. You should call your ... next semester. You just know its going to be the BEST. You are aware that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  with the GIRs. You should be paying enough attention to them that you ... semester. The big requirements you should be paying attention to early on are ... best way to know if you'll like a class is to take it. "Shopping" is the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  ! If you would like to see our content beyond these blogs, we will be ... P.S. Even though we won't be posting on the MIT blogs anymore (at ... starting out with separate artstagrams but may in the near future make a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  achieved and more about what is likely to be achieved. If you receive an ... might be used. Let me be frank. Any serious applicant to MIT has been ... it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance

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

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

   don't worry about your cooking skills. If you want to learn, there’ll be plenty ... CONVENIENCE: I’ve heard the phrase, “I want things to be convenient my freshman ... towards a certain dorm. If you want them to be happy and live healthy

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to MIT’s Class of 2022 have asked us if their acceptance will be ... : indeed, to be civically responsible is to put into practice the obligation ... across the country to join them in protests, including several school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  , or SpaceX, and that I'd be left stranded if I ever wanted to leave the ... passing jet airliners to fill the air. 3. If the candidate automatically ... of specializing to the extent that I would only be able to do one thing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  called "Gangnam Style" was released over the summer by K-pop rapper PSY ... the rest of this post to make sense, you should probably catch up ... . This morning, the official MIT Gangnam Style music video was released to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  peers to be the “perfect” student or “perfect” applicant to colleges when ... -state and out-of-state schools to give myself the option to leave home if I ... ’m not trying to insult you if you do/did participate in the College

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  -planting), which brings me to my next point: Be ready to fight for it. If you ... -mail was not going to be answered. I did a quick search online, found the ... enjoy committing to the experience. In conclusion: if you want a UROP

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the two sides of a heart to be even is about as easy as herding cats ... and swords than to make the hilt be a dragon?   [caption id ... too loud to be turned on during the work day, so I mostly used a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  organized than something like NaNoWriMo, and more just an excuse to be ... least I noticed it today) I'm probably going to be more hesistant about ... very kindly that there was the lovely bright blue "Click Analyze to begin

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  can to celebrate being done, even if it’s a Monday. As much of a ... open-minded. You're going to be challenged over the next four years in ... , I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  for something to be different? train stopped. The reason I moved to the ... know what? I'm ready for something to be different. I think, for the ... exception of one or two family trips to Las Vegas. So, when I went to the east

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which ... (which can also be read “what is the minimum that I need to do”) in order ... out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate

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

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

  

  priority is admitting enough students who can be successful. If the ... more adversarial you are, the less likely that you are going to be ... virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... : What next—the Station 16 sign? There seems to be no limit to their aspirations. [The editors] would not be surprised to find the gilt

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... to help the waiting suck less? No, probably not. If you ask this, we ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ," he said, before telling me to call the Johns Hopkins admissions office ... wrong. This has got to be a joke. Anger: WHY the hell would they tell me ... applied to the job!    For some people, college admissions will be

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

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very ... lesson about trying to get projects done during the semester. It may be ... attached the legs directly to the top, they would be wobbly (especially

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021