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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  airport, but any other trips you take will not be free. There is a Charlie ... left (or somewhere nearby) is a map of the MBTA subway system. You ... you don’t have to go there. A charitable and durable bus took you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  group, there’s nowhere you can reliably find everyone. That is, except ... is fun, and REX is exciting, but REX can also be a bit of a stressful ... might have more conversation than a single thread can handle. Say you

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  you can pass their classes. Instead, a college is interested in ... extent, but it is possible that you (like many others) worry that you can ... puts their faith in you, they do so believing that there is potential in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  've told that story before. What I want to talk about, is a tiny detail on ... a transwoman, I've finally submitted the documents to change my legal ... part 1: My B. Song: Bright by Echosmith. part 1a: early action A

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  you are comfortable. Certain countries have more favorable or more ... happy in your location is a valid and important concern, it is equally critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  '09 is doing a UROP here at MIT. And that's all I know (or can ... - Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Where? NYC Details: I get to work on a ... . note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  is anything like mine, it's got a pretty simple design. There's a ... a ring for 1000 people can't be easy, and no one is ever going to be ... you've got to understand that the Brass Rat is a BIG DEAL here. Nearly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  CPW. There will be several of us, including a MIT professor, talking about why this can be a really good idea.) So you got into one of the ... to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  ].[/caption]A slightly more sophisticated scale is the Vickers hardness scale ... on MIT’s hardness? Is the measurement process simply too complex for a ... scale. Note that this is plotted on a log scale.[/caption] All numbers

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  you fail to field a team. Well, you can't ever waste money, ever ... is that you have a lot of Eastern European women who go "wa-PEE!" when ... and see if I responded. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  know that this is the place where I can grow, in all sorts of ways (in ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... of what each community has to offer in just three days, but you can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... as FIESTACON and is sure to be every bit as fun and productive and a ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  You know, it’s not every day that a person chooses to move to a ... year at MIT. But wait, don’t enter yet; you still have about a week ... your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  's patenting office (apparently this is a thing and they help you monetize your ... English words, I can describe things in a non-caveman-like way this year ... moments before disaster" /] I heard Anika had a great time cross-country

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  method is to look where I need to be the next day, map out a rough route ... have a confession; actually, it's more of a declaration: In-N-Out is not ... a lot of burger places, and it is not. Instead, In-N-Out is to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  should make sure you have time for it in the future. There is no one ... MIT is a very easy place to overload yourself since there's so many ... figure out what you want to do. This is extremely common and really there

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  where you can swap the two roots, which is a very simple symmetry. For ... , then your math is going to be fragile and prone to collapse. You can ... to use. There's even a quartic formula, which is even huger and

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  , the old series about the now rising juniors is worth a read. Back to ... for the blog." If you know Ellen, you know the best thing to do is to do ... dream of becoming a rocket scientist. "That is my dream -- to become a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  incredibly vague about who is a terrorist. Anyone who speaks up is threatened. This, of course, is only one blow in a long and sustained campaign ... , and deep, and systemic. I don’t know where a solution would even start

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  , there appeared a smudge of soft carpet, buttery lamplight, burnished wood ... bizarre statuettes, Alex does art in MIT's Media Lab. There was a coffee table in the basement, but I interpreted it as a boat, which is what my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010