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  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... will weigh in on it. Assuming you've made it that far, the senior staff ... correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no one

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... been involved in Greek life since my very first year at MIT. My freshman

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  In that moment, I felt that my conception of [Next House] finally ... happy, encouraging; they will reflect the growth I've felt in the corners ... been extremely difficult, in ways that I both could and could not foresee

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  , from the northeast to the southwest monsoon. Habagat brings in hot, humid ... beginning of the academic year, as the Philippine school year starts in June ... didn't have shade. In Cambridge, there are some rains that feel like a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9elE7Ij-c One night, in the middle of my time away from MIT, I watched Rocketman with two of my roommates. Out of seven people living in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  In the world of design, there's this idea of parametric design ... way to model a cube in 3D? Certainly, there's a very easy way to make a cube, as most 3D modeling softwares have buttons that'll do just that. In

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... 's standing only on thin air, he's negating. In improv, when you deny a ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  inevitably be done in the twenty-four hours before it's due. Procrastination, I must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my ... the time left over after the inevitable procrastination. Case in point

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of ... through their lovely writing. Anastassia's post, in particular, helped give ... be many more somethings in the near future, now that there's a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... Bemis House of the East Campus Alumni Houses. But that was all in the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and [annotation note="i mean...hopefully lol"]eventually emerge with a PhD in aerospace engineering sometime in the mid-2020s.[/annotation] I’m genuinely

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this ... , revolving around East Campus. Over one weekend during IAP, students compete in ... . By the end of the day, 2 East succeeded in making 2,925 cookies, a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  6. In this post, I reflect on previous Yultide posts, in a quasi ... the greatness of SHASS in other posts. Last semester, the awesome ... composed the draft right away in a stroke of inspiration—an occurrence so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This ... -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and ... decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... hadn’t seen in ages. It’s an interesting combination; the beginning and ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  What if you lived in a world that was entirely grayscale? Without any ... . Printers would only print in black and white. Face paint and makeup would simply be made in only dark, or light. There would only be black and white

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... discussing it.  Some people are better at being louder in meetings, at ... in design schools are expensive and computers are cheaper.” He

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  mandatory-attendance HASS class. The advantages? I got to sleep in later. I got to "save time" that would otherwise have been spent in class. I got to stay warm and cozy in my (over)heated room while it whistled and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007