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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  wedding receptions, there wasn't much of a discussion about where we would ... . Apparently the museum is a popular destination for MIT alums, because the ... all things, but it was probably the best day of my life. There are a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  , is like when you have 10 minutes before your parents come upstairs to ... prioritized what was being cleaned where (you could pretty much predict the ... speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... ’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you ... and landmarks and parks. Harvard Square is beautiful at night. You can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  . You're an elite. You can't help but pat yourself on the back a little ... more accurately, it can be a good thing. It gives you a chance to build ... : There may be a lot of them). You should strive to be a completely

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  (Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam ... you would much rather write a paper than do a problem set, you’re not ... say, I enjoyed the film marginally better. The book is a bit dry, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  about it now is by whether there is a reason (an actual one, not just a ... is wonderful, and can make you feel like you’re on top of the world ... applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  [/caption] There were a bunch of other booths too, like a booth where ... ’ll begin with a disclaimer. The experience I talk about here is how ... , this necessarily means that I can only capture a very small part of what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  FROSH: where do you live? ME: east campus! i love it a lot, actually ... told you about my a cappella group yet * * * FROSH: is this east campus ... 're definitely not a cult * * * ME: so where are you from FROSH: minnesota

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  tell you their interests, or their hobbies, or where they’re from, or ... . Sure, I can tell you his favorite video game, or what student groups he ... up to called the IMO, which you can think of as the Olympics for high

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  point where you can’t empathize with the difficulties they face, and I ... .01 abilities of everyone around you? …Yeah? After taking what I felt was a lot ... opened Pandora’s box of indecisive musings… of “wait a second, there are

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am ... Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for ... , my auntie wanted me to take a nap. She said, “if you don’t go to sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  different paths our lives can take. One of them was from a student whom we ... those trolls of MQuinn (I wonder if he is still around). I had told you ... like, "yeah sure, tell me your prob". I would tell you a recent example

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  . Everyone is involved with a million activities, which can be frustrating when you’re planning a meeting, but is generally amazing to witness. Additionally, no matter where you live or what your major is, MIT students can

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  is, it’s usually easy to locate where a specific room is. So once you know where the building numbers are, you can navigate your way around MIT ... . Building 50 is Walker, where you will probably take some exams, and Building 54

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... day is filled. Where is the time to catch up on material that you ... will keep you fed (and cheaply!) every day. If it's a friend, you can

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... says about her daily life at MIT. She loves that you can get a daily fix ... would be a lot more dull.” Do you have any nerdy interests? MIT is known

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  you're a member of the class of 2011 or 2015, your life is about to ... 's standing only on thin air, he's negating. In improv, when you deny a ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  make it have a height, and thus, the cube is born. You can also input ... , where you'll click and drag to make a planar [annotation note="hold shift ... is the same. Now, let's say you have 50 of these cubes in a model, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  , which have a list of each of the teams. Not only can you read all the ... day was again a blur. The round I remember most distinctly is New You ... course." Or: "I can see that the CharlieCard is for scale, but is there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... internationally, does not insist that you declare a major when you apply. This is a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008