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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  's really exciting to be able to participate in some of the behind-the ... I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  't click further than the Notable Alumni page to see a good number of people who's accomplishments I'd venture to say started off as the sort of ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... decades of murals would be whitewashed. The TT worked with students to ... the renewal is supposed to entail. Most of the refurbishments are meant

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  involves goldfish, but for the life of me I have never been able to figure ... the point of all this yammering (and I'd better get to it fast, Adam ... 's important that you understand the range of environments available to MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  Corridor. A copy of the MIT Bulletin from 1930 makes reference to the ... of the campus COVID-19 lockdown—I was permitted to visit the office to ... -historyposting-instincts beginning to tingle. At the very bottom of the cabinet, I found the most

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of January at MIT, and one of the best times to be on campus. IHTFP ... equal to the height of Oliver Smoot ’62 (5 feet 7 inches), whose body was ... cousin to the Great Dome; sits above Lobby 7 Lobby 10 - First floor of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  they can insure the future peace of the world.” To achieve this ideal ... ’s commitment to diversity, but they cannot tell the stories of the international ... especially important to me to understand the experiences of the immigrant

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• 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…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... night, and the ton of missed work I had to deal with afterwards, but man

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  tuned me even more to the subtleties of what makes a good TA, though I ... -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not ... amount of knowledge on the subject they need to have in order to field your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... good along the way.  However, much of the time, students fail to connect ... to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  from owner to owner, like the couches, the round table, some of the ... Khan, who used to live in the room of bloggers Danny and Allan? Where are ... people. My quest to trace the past residents of my room began in early

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

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  legs and walk the length of the car. As I headed back to my seat, I ... of this place, so the reaction to closing the place we've called home ... around 1950, we began to see the beginning of real dorm identity take root

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  years of MIT before I actually decided to look at the entire course ... serve as the repository of courses that I likely won't get to fit into my ... : The History of Now[/annotation] 21H.001: How to Stage a Revolution

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a dimension of one's personal background to maximize the likelihood of admission ... college or university because they are likely to both take advantage of the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  . They use some of the water to flush the toilets. The rest spills down ... . They want to take a photo in The Alchemist. There’s an endless line of parents and tourists waiting to take photos in The Alchemist. A convoy of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  experience in. This is the time to do that sort of thing. Ask questions when ... primary responsibility is to learn. You’re at one of the best universities ... “no fuck-up is impossible to fix.” Remember, remember, the rule of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  follow the same path to MIT. Colored by the patina of life experience ... students hail from every corner of the globe: New Zealand to New York City ... note="I want to mention a huge thank you to all of my Advisors at The

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the ... name of the sender; it was vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place it ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  . I've thought about the experience of going to that show (with the guy ... from you too - in fact, that's part of the reason they chose to be ... college kids. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  . Afterwards, a group of us went down to embark on a long and cold journey to the ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015