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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  MIT yearbook Technique, who is a total pro as you're about to see. I ... more bunny finger puppets and a bunny book, and probably on me - you can ... Ralph Lauren, which for those who don't know is a complex shade of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  same song. Haha okay before you bash me on this...there's a story to ... these blasts from the past find you sometimes. I know it is stressful and ... just kidding about the rap. More like a 118-line poem. (below

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... again, only better, because now you have all your stuff here, can do laundry, and have a place to sleep. You'll actually be living here and will

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  ’d like to get there eventually from the answer is not a hut in the woods ... there and you're not even sure where they began nor where they'll end ... longer and collect more experiences before you can really understand your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  . and just make pretty pictures... Can you see which pieces we recreated ... ; there's lots of candy inside. The 2013s will probably schedule a pinata ... - GOOD LUCK TO ALL EA APPLICANTS!!! i can’t tell you not to worry, to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  memory. Set a reference frame there for now. What do you see? In one of my ... . If you can do that to just a handful of people, imagine what you can do ... observes one's surroundings. Even if you're circling the globe in a plane 20

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  you is putting the final details on a Computer Science Cake. You can ask ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... . In the end, you get a finished product that is just the way that you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  most is to read anything you can get your hands on -- if you have a broad ... also helps if you can read quickly -- there's a lot of reading in college ... ask you something...is it considrerd perfectly normal if a person goes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  My [annotation note="Global Teaching Labs, a program where students ... schools in foreign countries was that a lot of them were international ... questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  the stages of mitosis when all you can remember is 8th grade geometry ... place where you knew everything and everyone for a place where you know ... for you to eat this burrito without ketchup, and Angela, head ablaze, is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  bubble too much, and you stop to realize that there is a world out there ... are not being productive because you need a break. Even though there is ... . Taking a real, genuine, honest, break can recharge you and when you come

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  can get pretty intense. This is my family playing football a few ... !) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... new every day.) Macy's is a huge department store, the main branch of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  feminist you are, I'm sure that you can see that it can seem a little ... because you're a girl." I mean, that kind of attitude is pretty thoroughly ... just because I'm a girl. There's definitely a stigma about it- a guy can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to you. The reason I’m off campus is actually for a class that’s part of ... than intended before coming back to campus, I forget that there’s a world

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  backpack is the max reasonable load, especially if you don’t need to bring a ... can get a bit messy. Lastly, you’ll be moving a lot. Bring your most ... with your host. Do you need a sleeping surface? A pillow? A blanket? Is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  years—it seems to me that what you choose is a lot less important than ... it fully. I think where you end up is less important than that you ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  correct. basketball is a complicated sport and there are many exceptions to ... :  there are some basic principles at work here:  when a player is open on ... player on offense there is a defender somewhere in their vicinity modern

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  city, and a lot of it is made out of concrete. This does not mean you can ... building 8. At this point, you can take a jag left, then right, and find ... generalization. See, when you visit, there will be a lot of people roaming MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  students, so don't worry about being materialistic! Yes, you can do a UROP for payment (you can also do it for credit or as a volunteer). Campus ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something

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

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  where the wireless card detected a signal. From there it was only a matter ... told me in so many words, "You're a big kid now. You know if you can ... '11 said: A good entry into ID is doing Peace Corps after you graduate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008