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

  

  's still pretty far over. So how bad would it be?" A very common question. I ... interested in schools that i believe would prefer a strong background in the ... grade) to North Carolina. I am in a position to choose between two public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics ... Materials My first official Mechanical Engineering class. How can I hate and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  on,” I thought, “is that how liquids should behave in real life? Those ... were bad – hilariously bad in many cases. I vividly remember watching one ... videos were generated for free, so I didn't expect them to be that good in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  cars. I remember how proud I was after taking an Art History class in ... year, but didn't get in - which makes this doubly sweet. I'll be there ... this sounds, the reason I haven't posted in forever is because I have TOO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger ... stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  and Bova in North End) Go on a bike ride through Boston (i recommend ... I spent too much time in lab and missed dining hall hours and was v ... rewatching Taare Zameen Par with friends The last night I spent on campus in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  someone who hasn’t changed their Chipotle order in years, I appreciate how ... bc I got his name verbally) is an ABSOLUTE GEM!! His energy would brighten up my day immensely. I'd buy an ($8.00) sandwich from him just to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... was because I spent my summer with my friends. I don't really know how ... buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  Donalds). Also, I'm pretty sure they don't allow you to set off smoke signals in ... to ask directions, to the first person I saw in the midst of this ... time today I'd walked at least fifteen minutes in the complete wrong

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  from buying alcohol in off-licences and set a minimum price at which a ... discount vodka shots in the union bars of Britain, I was 2,000 miles away, building a robot. I was in the middle of “freshman orientation week” at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... German I in Germany program offered by MISTI!! Do you have any friends who ... every person in the class was like "PFFFF! Can I take German I again? That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Cambridgeside Galleria. I would suggest letting someone (a roommate, perhaps?) in ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... . Personally, I came in with a meager 27 units of credit (and didn't pass out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  young man fresh in college would drive 17 miles each way from his ... are wondering, the admissions blogger of whom I speak is me. In the ... about keeping a car in the city and commuting to work this summer :) I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  . That would be some story) Anyway, I just want to say this: Thank you for ... , here are some cool things I did last week! I was in London twice, once ... do so that I could take advantage of my day in London. So I decided to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  to this apartment in Cambridge, I've started to cook more, and I'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... indulgent :) Just sauté some spinach (I use frozen) in a pan, add 2-3 eggs

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  know you online and in person, and I have loved your memes and inside jokes. Now that I'm leaving the Institute, I feel confident that it's in ... by Admissions. In my freshman year 8.01 Physics I, my two groupmates

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  all these cool places, but I vowed that I would take some time during my ... simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... personal book challenge that I’ll blog about in a few weeks!) snacks, my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  call Big Feelings™, in the sense that I feel like many of the experiences ... art museums at all, and how much we have changed in the past three or ... comfort in knowing that, no matter how lost you are, you can always find the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a ... North America. Thursday Denver. Colorado Admitted Students Party and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006