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  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  for a graduate natural language processing class, plus some kind of ... While some of you have spent the last couple nights clutching admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... abysmal depths of the Internet, and didn't capitalize any proper nouns in ... jumble of text and pictures stuffed into the semblance of an admissions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] It's summer! Which means that yet another academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  by being a blogger this year, it's that most of the incoming freshman ... So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  DONE (sans my physics final next week rip lol) The last couple of weeks ... same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  by the bloggers. That means we crop and reduce the image sizes of all ... One of the biggest things that bugged me about MIT before I got here ... on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  friend Steve '11 (freshman ex-roommate) was reminded of the story of Tim ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would enjoy it. But yeah, that's it. Think of this as some light diversionary

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It ... enormous amount of work. In fact, this "simplicity follows complexity" idea

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  coherence of an album keeps me focused. But yesterday, in honor of Daniel ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to ... of a country evangelist) to make me a mix CD of her favorite stuff. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... this loop of thinking in almost every interaction, conversation, assignment submission, and choice that I’ve made. And by thinking about this, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... music when you want an in-between: Switched on Pop (one of my favorite

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  , especially in summer. Here are my picks: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan ... . Just Kids by Patti Smith My partner and I have already read half of ... in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Institute of MIT and Harvard was headed up by David Reich (also an assistant ... explained by increases in the value of the stock market. Viewed as a whole ... average value of the top 500 companies rose by a factor of six. Two commonly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Shape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT ... LeaderShape 2012. The six days of LeaderShape are characterized by ... Shape serenaded me with a rendition of "Just the Way You Are", followed by a brief

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  must be completed by the end of your senior year and it will be permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to ... have a thesis advisor picked out by the middle of the fall term of your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  myself. most of the process consisted of taking a video of myself doing ... improv companies online, and i looked at the pictures and read a bunch of reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  A lot of comments from my last entry touched on the leadership topics ... . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... last November. According to this survey, 85 percent of freshmen said

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  's zoom into some of the more interesting parts! On top we have a couple of props from my favorite movies/comics. The first shelf holds the crux of my media collection. It starts off with some classic newspaper

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case ... THING."   Since I make regular practice of not crashing planes I fly, I

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  of Battlestar Galactica to DVD. She needs time to process A Phi ... people complain about MIT, you really miss it when you're gone. Of course ... founding of the US Navy (on 13 OCT 1775) and US Marine Corps (10 NOV 1775

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008