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• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  anywhere in Boston by T. 11. Like a plant, I need a certain amount of ... gets a big gold star from me. 15. Money doesn't grow on trees... and ... This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for ... This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  I all caught up.) So, it really doesn't feel like I've done a whole lot as a result, lending to my feeling that I haven't been here long. At ... students who aren't yet freshmen. A pretty logical moniker: "frosh" is short

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the ... about a week, and the process of selecting the Class of 2009 (including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Quincy Market in downtown Boston as a shoe-shine boy. Shoe shining wasn't a ... that, it’s a memorial. Writing something on the wall? You don’t do that ... a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  least I was somewhat consistent? Even if I couldn’t take a picture ... last year of eligibility for a ~special program~ my local library ran ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  Strongbad t-shirt,-- awesome! Now that's a website that will keep you in high ... -up" LBizzle, I most definitely have got to order a t-shirt as well; at first, I ... !, 2003 (this puzzle, instead of a word answer, has an image for an answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  There are currently a little over 2,500 blogs entries on this site. I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at ... physics. Lulu: Advice you've heard before and a story you haven't "Instead

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , last pset, last lecture, etc). I can’t help but feel a bit displaced ... and purposes I am a junior, a 2020. I will not be graduating until 2020 ... classmates are 2020. On the other hand I am a senior. My oldest friends walked

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... , Okay, I guess certain aspects aren’t that much different than how I was

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  In which my brother and I embarassingly parody a song (first one to recognize it gets some brownie points):  Edit: Evidently I am not so good at ... going, I can't possibly be the only one...

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  spelling. Today, a student who didn’t spellcheck their paper is labeled as ... I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul ... is life like after MIT? Same same and different. I’m still an engineer

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  Sometimes I feel like an alien because [annotation note="a fact that ... there's SO MUCH MEDIA OUT THERE and I don't mind sitting/driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  tracking system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait another week or ... the letter from Ms. Chu? And my transcript? Weren't they all sent before ... last question first. No, you're not in trouble if your materials haven't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  I know that you all hate us right now and I don't blame you. I would too. In fact I do. I know this doesn't make it any better, but we really didn't know. I don't hide things from you; I never have and I never will

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  . Students who have already graduated select the "I'm not currently attending
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  ? is it? but a second, more skeptic thought going, it can’t be, it can’t ... enjoy seeing the convergence of language (i don’t know if that is a real ... before me, had a shiny cube on the table at the front of class. i looked at

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023