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  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn ... only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... neighborhood kids. This pack of boys liked to tease the youngest one in the crowd ... .” So what’s in a name anyway? Are we making too much of the word nerd

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  loved the most. I can’t wait to see what the future holds in my other math ... theorems. Well, in the most MIT fashion, I can defiently say that I got more ... due to that class in particular. Going into 18.100, I saw the material

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  connect to my laptop, which is much easier on my eyes. However, running ... in the hall bathroom. It helps to have a little basket (one that you ... packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  arranged. The RAC is a resident in the dorm, chosen according to dorm policy ... helped me see things more clearly. MIT is unique in the incredible variety ... , is also the RAC, while in Random Hall the RAC is its own position and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  miss most about MIT (besides free printing at Athena stations) is the ... it to a concert. We saw the electronica band Ratatat in London. (Listen ... St. John's. Once at Cambridge, your college is probably the most

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  doing much of anything isn't nearly as bothering to me as it is to the ... like the most appealing option for others is just to join the cacophony ... easily study in my room, the space I specifically cultivated to be

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  . Dodecahedron near CambridgeSide Galleria Most people end up in the Lechmere Canal ... the North Point Park, which is a nice way to see the Leonard P. Zakim ... Park Located right off the Long Wharf, this park is an ideal place to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  . In the meantime, we are only reading the most complete applications. So ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  . Boston is cold in the winter. It truly is. I’m just starting to feel that ... because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... important. The curriculum is different in my country. I haven’t done AP

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  the semester, is 8.033 – relativity. And yet, sitting in lecture, I ... "]tensor[/annotation] is. The problem is that physics is hard. Really hard, and in a ... meant to understand this in the first place," and, honestly, I stand by

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  !! When you're in college, you'll really come to appreciate the things they ... and zhug,  a hot sauce that is used to flavor the hummus.     Mmmm ... It's good to finally be back blogging (: As usual, there was the end

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  the big deal is") to prostitutes ("They are so mean!"). Mostly, though ... , though not necessarily from film) to participate in the Michel Gondry ... causes all the tapes to be erased. Left to their own devices, the pair is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  into singles if they choose to stay in the dorms (about 50% of MIT guys ... of the dorm. The design is a pretty big downside to Burton ... out great for Marty's dad in Back to the Future, my main purpose behind

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  're taught to associate with the class. Most amphibians are born in the water ... Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread ... what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’ ... University). The term “punting’ in MIT lingo means to relax, chill

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  writing this blogpost is to reaffirm, in the strongest possible terms, my ... [annotation note='In addition to the main text of the post, if you see any text ... throughout the post, in case readers want to explore more context than we could

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  unsuspecting children would continue to buy Pokemon cards (the most expensive of ... famous blues club in Austin. Ry is scheduled to play the first one-hour set ... real world you should neglect in solving this problem: ² The earth is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  , however, the important thing to note is that for the past two years, I have ... most part up here in the North, or at least at MIT. And, for two ... kindly to, and that was “The Guys”—the 20-some-odd boys in my grade who

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025