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• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  , the same night that I had these three things to finish. On shift, I get ... . Of course, being the black cloud that I am (a term used to indicate ... so far out of hand. So is there a moral to this story? Yes. If I threw

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  's just say, at the bottom of everything was a turd. That would be me and ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... , done that" …and I would probably do it again, but only if in a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  . (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and ... be a competitive energy at MIT to be the most hardcore and not sleep ... case, reviews (as you will see...), etc. Apparently, there is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  . [annotation note="a club that provides weekly lessons and mentorship to local ... to learn this new cool thing.” -a good sleep schedule is the ... cover an Uber to the zoo. We had to take public transit there, and I was

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  that you can take, and my advice is to take the slightly harder version ... of your comfort zone, and it also is the perfect way for you to start ... introduction to MIT and the beautiful city that surrounds us. My experience

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... material are the same things that will convince a company like Microsoft or ... gone to MIT and gotten a job at the career fair! Also in attendance on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it ... myself without the energy to stand up anymore and fell asleep at a table in ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  in time to start warming up. The funny thing is that a “weekend off ... talking about the weekend BEFORE that, which happened to be a rare breed of ... Genetics test. In my book, that’s a win. This was turning out to be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  GIRs, still had a want to learn and be stimulated because that's just the ... and it is related to you." And that simple sentence has anchored me a ... rather, there is some spark of passion within me that makes me excited to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  that I could never be a good Jew in the case I decided to spontaneously ... top of that, you can’t use the same utensils to cook the two, either ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT professor Henry Jenkins on Star Wars fandom: Henry Jenkins is perhaps the most prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... mission to make the world a better place. We deferred 5,853 applicants ... it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to receive. Take a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  always, back to the grind it is. At least Zürich (and Switzerland) warmed ... back to spend some more time in Rome and the Vatican, headed to Florence ... embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  what I wanted and showing me that perhaps the grass is not always greener ... abode that is Random, on the cozy and questionably stained couches of Loop ... It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  There are many things in life that require you to have the ever ... Paper Menagerie and Other Stories: the namesake is the only short story to ... December. It was torturous, and the clock seemed to tick too fast and too

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  there. and there's a wider selection of food to order: the last time i ... bowls. it's a good story and warms the heart. but now it is time to warm ... good idea. the broth is slightly clear and has a coat of oil on top. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  QuestBridge applicants submit portfolios using the same system that ... . The deadline for QuestBridge applicants is November 1, and fee waivers ... required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  've fallen into the black hole that is Formula 1 and am so excited to finally ... internet that make me feel old. Here he is at the same library on the same ... from it. Find the lesson, whatever it may be for you, and use that to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  Conner, is closing for renovations soon, and I want to help maintain the ... lyrics to non-stop from hamilton in this post. nothing else just that"]A ... 'm trying to prepare him for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020