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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  punchline is that to call myself gratuitously lucky would be understating the ... understanding from the fabric of the universe is like pretending to be a salmon ... One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the changes and preview the short answer prompts, a much larger group is likely ... applicants to find inventive new ways to complete the application both in ways

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  Is it already the seventh week of the semester? To be honest, I ... although MIT is indubitably hard, much of the difficulty is self ... in the differential equation, the system that is my life, and I am oh

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information ... sponsors the class, but it’s open to anyone in the MIT community and is ... in the center of the field. My team is all girls, so we're going to get

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  students throw their hat in the ring because they have nothing to lose! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  's OK, because i didn't have too much to do! plus, by this point in the ... this image is small, if you look in the bottom left corner you'll see a ... order to write down the poem on the paper i keep by my bed. here it is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... . Neighbours. He had retired to the town next to mine. I don't remember much from ... is to be yourself. Treat the interview as a conversation, and as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  projects too--the Design/Build/Fly team is working towards competition day in ... can learn it, and that the best way to learn it is to do it without ... it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... . Round Three: You can only use hand gestures. So, the idea is that in each ... guesses is one point, and at the end, the team with the most points wins

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  voice in the movement. Many are surprised to hear that the first ... that allowed the US to become the current world leader in higher ... Education: the idea behind this was (and still is) to completely transform an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  logic, math and probability inherent in the game. "Most people who write ... will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las ... episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... ;     The memorial unveiled today is, however, the most ... shot in the line of duty. Carved into the south-facing wall is an epitaph

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  HASS is the one I look forward to all Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So I ... week passes so quickly, and the weekend is over in a flash. I don't know ... , writing things down? That's what I do, day-to-day. I've pretty much got the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  admitted. The transfer process is very similar to the freshman process, in ... teacher to note the situation in his response/letter. Overall, this is not a ... the scores have not yet been received. Is this due to a delay in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  and try to work together to make everything a little better in the field ... pales in comparison to tasting it right off the production line - trust me ... .S. In response to Greg's comment about the server taking forever to post

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is really to come and talk to us in person, as iHouse is just too diverse and ... Festival! Although this is only one small entry in the extensive CPW listing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds ... breathe. Earlier today I got a haircut in the South End and I opted to ... warmer than expected and I got to soak in the beauty of the brownstones and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  always ends a run. But likely the most powerful tool in the game is the log ... comments. Logs When attempting to enter a log, the best strategy is to go in ... small game" -Cyan “GNOME GAME IS JUST LIKE JUGGLING IN THAT THE GNOME IS

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  call an Uber to get to the bus station, and get stuck in traffic. Rush hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... comfortable ride to Hartford. I start looking through the 18.02 pset that is due

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  ’ll finally be on the right track to succeed in my classes, I keep banging into ... you can't predict how a robot is going to look like by the end of the ... 's how it's been for me in the past. I have to accept that there are some

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022