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• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  country. So, how would you judge/compare/evaluate applicants who had ... opprotunities? A generic answer is "Judging them in their 'contexts'", but how do ... 'm looking forward to hear from you." I've covered some of the question in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  lived in EC, and my experience likely would have been different had I been ... culture, it enabled it in many ways. I'm interested to see how things change ... 's interesting to think about how student community will change with it. In this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... really just in here to see how many of you will even read the post before ... ! Don't be as bad at it as I am. -If you do get in, don't get all self

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  would be writing this blog post to you. But that isn't how life works ... admitted to. And if I hadn't chosen MIT, I probably would have chosen the ... , that it was absolutely the correct decision. But who knows? Maybe I would

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  a picture below). So with that, I wanted to measure how long we would ... love using [annotation note=" I highly recommend learning how to use ... back to [annotation note= "I also recommend learning how to use Figma. It

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  in September. I asked her how MIT felt. For the first time, I didn ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp ... river was blinding. At this moment, you could've told me I was anywhere in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS and switch between English and Spanish, so I can now write with accent ... ...it's kind of pathetic, I suppose, that I just figured out how to do this. But

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  and there. And I. Am. In. Love. I've always had a fascination with ... bunch of dice to make decisions in their made up world. As a kid, I ... character creation. In fact, I used a lot of D&D resources to write a lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to use git—which in itself would have justified the summer. I learned a ... I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... lock in my major—meaning I could change direction if I didn’t enjoy my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  year i'll be back in Burton Conner, my freshman year dorm. my EC floor ... " came in handy... after brunch, i biked to [annotation note ... , i went shopping with my little since i had to buy new clothes for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... confusing mess of “Where do I start? How do I start? When will I have time to ... , because in the end, food is great. I like food, you like food. So let’s get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45 ... thought about how the ability works beneath the hood. I mean, it’s just ... , let’s talk about how the game handles rotations… or rather, how I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  ... 16 points. Ninety-six. That's right. =) See, I'm improving! In fact, I'm doing better in 3.091 too! Sort of. Just remember, it's all about ... . No joke. She brought in examples and everything. I'll be tasteful and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  enlightening. As I wrote back in February, I'm reading three heavy-duty books in ... , and am fairly confident that I knew what was going on in each book. I ... enough complaining. I am in a superb lit class that is tackling this book

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  , I went against my instincts and proceeded toward the signs. I would later find out I had headed in the wrong direction. An hour later, I would ... traumatizing,” I said in relief. “Just glad we found you,” Lee replied as we all

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... . i thought my teaching opportunity would come from TAing for a class i ... personal site and hackmit project, that i gradually got enough reps in to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  and turkey -- and if we had any vegetarians, I'm sure they'd buy tofu ... interested in making hydrogen powered supercars. And I was wondering if ... ...thanks! I love how you said the sample is skewed. Have you ever taken any

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  How is it already December? It feels like it was just a few days ago that I arrived on campus, and now there’s holiday decorations everywhere. And I have finals coming up, too? That’s wild. Anyway, it’s that time

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  was this weekend. As I was writing it, I realized how interesting my ... : Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed-down version of what alumni receive. I, along with 100,000+ other MIT grads

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020