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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  you can guess; however, there’s also a chance that the game ends before ... you against it: the game is actively designed to sow discord. There was ... You might have read Kathleen’s earlier blog posts (one, two) about a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  one is comfort. It's a feeling that you get when you believe things will ... knowledge that you won't experience it for a while. There's aching, and ... , is another feeling, one I don't have a word for. Five. There's some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  recommends a math course for you. Your advisor is also informed of this suggestion. It's through a system called MITx, which is like a big interactive ... .02[/annotation], [annotation note="Both classes in a semester plus January. If you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  ’s just an F until you fix it. Luckily, there is a third (more reasonable) option, that just involves a [annotation note="as much planning as you can ... .[/annotation] Here at MIT, there is a system in place called Excused Absences, or, an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  . This is improvisation: there is no script, no written notes - just blank ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... my solo, I emerged a tin ybit more confident. Here is something I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  ? Perhaps I can call that . . . wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do ... ’m quite dizzy with anticipation . . . Or is it the wind? There really is a ... isn't fiction: this is Earthrise, a view of the Earth rising from the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  apparatus is that if you spin a mother around in a circle with her head at the ... Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is ... birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  staff, which can be something you strive for (although that is still a ... “there are so many ways to be a spider”.[annotation note="adam told me ... every week where i was “forced” to dedicate the time to drawing, a hobby

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  tell me where the final clue lay. Can you figure it out with the ... building across, as though afraid to head there for a Biology Final it hadn ... like this. Person: Where are you from? Me: Nigeria, you? Person

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  ’s alright to be invested. If this is about where you will spend a good chunk ... . The contents of the letter went along the lines of, “You seem like a ... real glimmer of hope emerged. You do have a chance, I told myself. Penn

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always ... 's okay, you have a 50/50 chance. It's either a yes or a no." Oversimplified

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  productive! This is up to you. The code must be non-blocking so it can be ... webapp that customizes the alarm clock, where you can set the alarm clock ... app must undergo Facebook App Review. App Review is a process where

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  hallway to the Compton Lounge, where there is a seemingly unlimited supply ... you don’t like free food, you’ll love it here, too – there is also a lot ... .02 (Calculus), and MAS.110 (Media Design). You can Google each of my classes and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  it’s worth it, even when it feels unnatural. There is a value to faking ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate ... course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  .  Loneliness is a type of grief, maybe. I can’t help but imagine you as little ... you haven’t learned it yet.  There are a lot of things I can’t convince ... . I’m sure you have a lot of questions, but I can’t remember what they

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  multiples, the impact will be beyond what you can imagine. It is difficult, no ... and how they can donate blood. “I am O-, and donating blood is the first ... say with confidence that this is a peaceful and loving city. When I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  's a single historical source where you can read about these kinds of ... order from top to bottom, or you can stick to a single category and only ... example, Microscopy is 603, Chemical Laboratory is 241. There's a vague

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  ." I [annotation note="tEp is a co-ed fraternity that is very against ... 's window. I remember thinking that this can't be our last goodbye, but in a ... from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  MIT, about the world. There is so much more than you know, than any of ... them to. Poetry, prose. Prose, poetry. Sometimes I think there's not a ... 't make a whole lot of sense - my apologies. But my point is that it's taken

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  sense when you get stuck between the two. Neither college is, of course ... . And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers ... places again, including the sunny Boston skyline. Being a double agent can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015