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  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  struggles, academically and professionally, and many know what it's like to ... . I held back because I was nervous, and thought it would be better to "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also ... Regulations, faculty from across the Institute had to vote on it — and we needed ... them. It’s impossible to create policies that are perfect for everyone

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  . It reflects something I consider to be an important component of MIT ... it does. For some people, this is old hat. For me, it's really ... As some of you probably know, MIT's motto is "Mens et manus", which

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  some extent, to my parents, it's like I'm talking a foreign language ... virtually everything, from the buildings to the academic buildings, is numbered? One reason I'm writing this entry is to help bridge the gap

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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 ... entrance to Killian Court is visible to the left of the Green Building. The ... , with its huge glass atrium, and the famous contemporary Simmons Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  CPW Problem: What Can People Wear? CJ pragmatically writes concerning poor weather

  

  . Come prance within convenient, prizewinning walkways. (Concurrently

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  .   This is nothing but reassuring to me. When I was considering going ... great to be able to rely on someone on campus, but it’s also great that I ... it:   I thought OP probably was a reader of the blogs, because

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... my own meta-survey asking people to take surveys, is scientific either ... results. It turned out, there was a lot people had to say--about their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  I watched the more I felt my desire to recreate it grow. It came to ... tools to make my vision a reality.  It wasn’t until this past January when ... going to happen as surely as I was going to graduate. Now, graduation is

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  thought, maybe it’s missing something. What happened to the other colleges ... rendering of the lineart. I sent it to Winnie, who was already at Metropolis and ready to vectorize it. By the time I slid open the door and was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  'd leave it up to a vote to decide where she went. He put up an online poll and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one ... HTML file attached to it. An html file that, when opened in a browser

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it ... something, then try to force myself not to think about it, then fail, then ... was able to keep it under the surface, until I got that email the week

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to ... be AWESOME. What I expect to happen is that MIT will invent time travel ... hugging your laptop, which is still on, so it doesn't get stolen; also, you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  hoses, whereupon the serenaders deemed it more advisable to move to drier ... the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two ... built onto its north and south walls, and a matching parallel would be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... Day. The Pretender is a song about making a resolve to go out there and ... exceptions. It asks who you are. It demands to know who you are. It's about

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  today, and I was planning to write about tests. But Laura beat me to it.) Adam is what we like to call an airplane nerd. He likes to design them ... Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don ... up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you ... time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... 'll write about the final product soon! (8) Because we get cool toys to play

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

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  . Professors and PSets Thing? Yea that never ended. But all it takes is a few ... of people crowd the halls to get photos of it...including me ... ...and then commented on how late it was to be sending him an email. So after

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024