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• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  nights and early mornings to get everything done. In the midst of all this ... helps people who build web applications talk to each other in different ... months ago, Brian moved out of LoTaD to start a master's in Oxford, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  pens for bright kids to go four years reveling in how bright they are ... 's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good ... process. I've made some effort to keep up with current events in Admissions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  started, so I set out to make a great American delicacy: Sloppy Joes. Sam ... sandwich "barbecue", but I called it Sloppy Joe in front of the Europeans to ... food, I thought to myself, "Hey, the '10s are getting to campus just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper ... first rehearsal to load-in to the first tech to the last night. Just ask ... interviewed to be the Sound Designer for the Musical Theater Guild's (MTG

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  committee worked hard over the course of several days to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in ... extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this ... little-known fact that we in admissions get as excited about cool projects ... -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  sure to bring to MIT or to buy as soon as you get here. I conducted a ... outlets to any location in your room. For some reason the outlet overlords ... go a long way in helping you set up your room exactly how you want it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and ... in a non-competitive climate. This makes it weaker and easier to kill

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  all have the same amount of time and get to choose how we spend it. We ... Like all great creative people, from Claude Monet to Steve Jobs to ... have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... .g. TDC for 2015, 2014, and 2013). In recent years, in an attempt to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  pretty well in high school calc or physics, you may want to get the credit ... sunburn of the I-wonder-how-I-managed-to-NOT-get-skin-cancer variety. Well ... big mess while we were in the process of putting things away. We get a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks in The Waiting Room that many EA admits have been wondering how they

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to ... to each other. Remember how each rock has a force that points in one ... usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  were, and how best to get there via public transportation. Public transportation stuff Public transportation in Boston is not as great as it is in ... farmer's market in the city on weekend mornings. You can get great deals on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the ... 't worry! Me: ...great! TSA Agent: In some ways. Me: Great! Well, here are my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... or emails, it would be great if you could RSVP so that we can get a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  't wait to get back to MIT, especially considering that she took 6 classes ... to see what she's talking about--even though I live in a dorm with two ... along the river, and how the scenery changes from the Esplanade to MIT to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  again to the MassArt registration office to turn in your new form, get it ... registration office (and get greeted “Oh hello again.”) to turn in a copy of your ... , the excruciatingly detailed how-to-do-everything

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  to Alive and Kicking Lobsters in West Cambridge"]actual lobster ... with great views where we sat to eat our desserts. we also got massive ... my apartment to come chill on [annotation note="the lawn in front of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020