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  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  member of the Theta Xi fraternity. Last Friday, with Rush winding down, we ... matters to you. To them, I say: please don't let the availability ... someone about them. The brothers of any fraternity who gave you a bid want

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  Over IAP, I joined the ranks of bloggers who have fallen into the ... anyone!) At the end of last semester, the [annotation note="the undergrad ... -- the banana lounge is actually an incomm project"]UA Incomm

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  ? =P So Momchil, here are my thoughts, short sweet, and to the point: Everything you just said is wrong. People are just people. The end. And now I ... the MIT Ambulance. EMTs must protect patient privacy, so we're never

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  Barbie five (5) times, almost always multiple times during the movie. Although the “I’m Just Ken” memes and bright pink were shoved down everyone’s throats enough for society to collectively forget about the movie after last

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that ... Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right ... semester."]2.S02[/annotation], and 21M.299. The last one is a world music

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  Even while I was excited by the thought of MIT, I spent many years ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future ... are central to the way MIT works. In the right environment (one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  in another country? And what if you’ve got other plans for the summer ... —which is a pretty common case for MIT students—then IAP is the perfect time to travel! (with the added benefit that you can escape January in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  , so I'm not actually publishing a paper. In all seriousness, in the past ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line with my life during the last two weeks--working and sleeping at MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college. Nevertheless, Big Cuz Q stepped in and has been providing some advice on the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Time flies here like I'd never fathomed -- before you know it, the day ... years here will feel like that, a mere blip on the radar. And while there's such an abundance of amazing things to do, both on campus and around the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Over the Memorial Day Weekend I packed the family into the car and made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... the ceiling in this neglected room, but it looked interesting, so I took ... worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  MIT is serious about research. The Institute is the birth place to the hologram, artificial intelligence, "pharmacy on a chip," stop-time photography, and holds the distinction as one of the greatest think tanks in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  something strange about our website. Specifically the fact that it isn't there ... such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now ... bad consequences for the entire Internet as we have come to know and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  ’m Sophia, the past head and creator of the Massachusetts Institute of ... thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of our club name. But we love the feel of 'mince.' It’s an action that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  on the SAT writing section debate, if there really is a debate, but ... the optional essays are considered optional in that they are not required, but if they can give more information, they can help you. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  January 2015 I saw a Reddit post about a guy's mother who ran the Goofy Challenge at Walt Disney World.  For those unaquainted, the Disney theme parks host a variety of runs throughout the year.  Many are themed

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the ... lot about my feelings and about experiencing MIT for the first time ... talking about the most fundamental aspect of college: classes. So I thought

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021