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  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  MIT, but that's because there is so much diversity in the people, the ... it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  as a project was due to be turned in that day, as well as the lab work ... deprived butt that week. Those of you who choose to come here in the future ... There is much hullabaloo around campus here lately as everyone is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  concentration of excellence at schools like MIT is really unmatched in the large ... the ultra-elites is more conducive to staying motivated -- there aren ... rewards, so the whole "MIT is hard" thing sounded exciting to me, not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  to 6 boxes of storage in the dorm itself (usually in basements or suite ... the U-Haul in Central Square, which is about a 15-minute walk from my dorm. I think this location is the most convenient for students living on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  -grade oils. Anyway, the problem is that in addition to getting oil from the ... sweat glands. The duck-billed platypus has no nipples. Thus, in order to ... . In case you just tuned in, my job is to turn turkey carcasses into oil

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  memory results in a confused recollection of the entire group. this is why ... to prevent people from calcifying in the ways that they think. Aim to ... 22 to 28 will pass in the blink of an eye, and so on. thank you for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  . Maybe this is why internet culture in the US cares so much about random ... earlier this week is how obsessed the US is with capitalizing things. In ... theo if he was younger than most of the admissions blog readers. to which

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the ... super adorable shirt: But for the most part, our view of the rest of the ... was actually a cupcake. Practically all of the interns managed to roll

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  as the piano-conductor for the band; that is to say, I both play piano ... theatre is that, in my opinion, the real skill is recovering when things go ... piano was to fill a random spot for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  stayed mostly in the range of 60-75% cocoa, and had two insanely ... in Sideways, we worked hard to find unusual flavors in the chocolate ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  too scared to sleep in alone in the Dominican Republic. They were mine ... . According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a bedroom is primarily defined as ... insisted on having them up while i remained in the closet is a mystery only a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... first few days at MIT in the sea of faces and blur of names, hoping to ... , first years have the option to stay in their dorm or move to a different

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  (Pictures coming soon) One of the Google features I use the most is ... here at MIT. The way I managed to get this one is I emailed a lot of ... because learning is learning, and you'll get that in pretty much all UROPs

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  .) paper art is pretty. With that in mind, I started reaching out to ... -cut paper. 1/22/24 to 1/24/24 In the beginning of the week, I went to ... , I had to complete some in-person training. The first thing I learned

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country ... know I'm not the only Jerseyan to say this: Newark is one of the worst ... big thought, so get comfortable. The last science fair I went to was in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  line to the side, I asked the doorman about the differences in the queues ... von Trier’s most recent work in my inbox. I showed the doorman the ... : melancholiathemovie.com Without sharing too much about the film, Melancholia is &ldquo

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  to you. the most important aspect of a college is how well you fit in ... ’t prerequisites to success. in the end, you’ll be yourself wherever you go. mit is ... so loudly in the wee hours of morning that sleep is an impossibility

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well ... this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  because we were expecting rain but mostly to protect us from the bouncy ... -shirts (because blue is sneakier) and waited for the next game to start. Never ... much else, and I spent most of the second game exploring. Blue team still

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... lead and how much they contribute to our Air Force. In ROTC, during the ... and dirty in some jets and really get to know the enlisted side of the

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008