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  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  , I can’t tell you how huge a fan I am of your work. I actually quoted ... . xkcd is “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” Its creator ... happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  you may know, I'm a football fanatic, and since there is no lockout ... if you feel you can make a compelling case for your inclusion among ... warm! I spent last week on vacation on a lake with my family, where I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  a lottery (which will be phased out); all other majors you can declare ... significant weight in the process. If you have something that is a significant ... earliest day i can fax a copy is the day they are released. Will they still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much ... money is just game mechanics–[annotation note="there’s definitely a ... suppose. You start as a young adult, and walk along the pathways of life

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  the treacherous requirements each semester spits at you, but there's a ... all the evils were released, there was hope. i think you'll find a lot ... i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that ... about you guys a lot" is a gross understatement. I'm sure in the coming ... from Stu Schmill. And here I am. The point is, we've been there - we all

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  country is most famous for – and so registering for 4S.10 was a no-brainer. Now, let me warn you that, although this post is a summary, it is far ... I reminisced about my prior year there (where I did the Cambridge

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  Annual Fall Fashion Free-For-All, an event where MIT undergraduates can ... free things. By the time we got there, there was a large mass of people ... . "There's a really cute skirt over there!" "The fuzzy socks are over there

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  understood. with a rigorous proof  While there is more than a grain of truth in ... intense in that they expect a lot of you or they can be really into the ... consists of 1-3 students and a supervisor that is either a graduate student

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of competition between ... fun? Is there a diverse set of student activities, or does everybody ... situation? Is there guaranteed housing, or are students booted out after a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  everything and everyone is self-made. That you can make a window out of ... at MIT. If there is something you want to do, there is always some way ... everything that matters is in a blind spot and you compare just the shallow

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  , you can read the resistance of a resistor by looking at the four colored ... bottle. Story behind this is that I dropped my H2GO 20.9oz asi51197 from a ... stickers on this one that I refuse to throw out. Apparently H2GO is a brand

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  that which is unquantifiable. I can pay a nanny to take care of my ... I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... can't pinpoint a single instance that propelled me to do this. But I was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  friend and I share them and can pset together. 21M.600 is also quite a ... in an actual YouTube educational video, as a host. Here a preview of ... Activities’ Midway. I have started feeding myself, which is a daunting task

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is ... requirements for a degree. So students, as you are exploring campuses in the ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  this new system.    March 11th, 2020 Current students We know there is a ... answer is no, you are not required to take AP exams for classes in which ... , has a separate policy requiring you to take the exams, we would ask you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice ... ? Senior spring is supposed to be the best semester of college, where we get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  in the world of the play. For example, there is a palpable mood ... as their titles would suggest. As you can imagine, stagecraft entails a ... available as well, including specialized ones where you can learn how to make

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first ... .  As you can see from my bio, I am not from Massachusetts. In fact, this is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  prom, is "Electrical Engineering and Computer Science", and 6.01 is a ... learned on Java. (for all you coders out there, let me go ahead and say Python>Java is TRUE) I love python, it's so easy to read and it makes a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010