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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... -Orientation Several of you '14s are looking into FPOPs (Freshman Pre ... . For those of you who haven't applied already, I strongly recommend that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  't always have to do it for him 017. Most overused phrase on an instant ... bedtime? between midnight and 1AM usually 020. What time do you arise in the ... ? i like both, but usually coffee In the last month have you... 031

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  elementary-school cafeteria vibe. I don't get claustrophobic in an anxiety way, but I do get claustrophobic in an I'm-hot-asf-and-need-you-to ... draw for people who don't live in Maseeh to eat here. Staff: ⭐⭐ - Half

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of ... This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary ... prepared for the last three of those in just two hellish weeks of cramming ... ’t do that by yourself, look around your school or local community for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  to have tiny Santas). The recipe says to bake for an hour, but in ... Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... Cory R. '14, who were questing for employment, and Luisa B. '16, who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  a bit of a slap in the face for me, after having dreamed about going ... FOR CHAOS In the week before CPW, I made a list of interesting events to ... , of course, because it’s nearly impossible to plan events for an unknown

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  went to a Canadian school in Jamaica for a couple of years. Everyone ... outside. He flew in late last night (way after Raphael and I went to sleep ... fruit. At breakfast, we met Feyi (a young woman from San Francisco) and an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  good fit for me..it has a lot of opportunities that I very much wanted in ... looked around, it doesn't really count) in the three days I was there ... for you. I'm very glad that in MIT I found my right match. Another

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  the student center, for dinner during his all-night vigils in lab. And I ... UROP in building 66, so I can drop off that package for you in 56." noun ... any salmonella bacteria that might grow in it. Thus, you can actually

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  virus. Gastronomy seemed to be sacrificed in exchange for a sense of ... figures in the wider culinary world for inspiration. In particular, Thomas ... penetrate the fish as it slowly desiccates, resulting in an extremely

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  visited before, for the primary reason that it was a nice-looking park that ... app when I had a fun idea for an app; I play board games with my ... In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... we'd even be explorers in an unfamiliar land, scouting the territory ... improv companies online, and i looked at the pictures and read a bunch of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  sweetness in this, asking so plainly for a little more time. my 4W friends ... for this, no goodbye can be long enough. there is little solace in words ... what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  Jack Florey in hopes that the name might ring a bell for a few people ... intact for a day or two? If you read through stories in the hack gallery or ... I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  . In fact, I had to look at my blog posts to check that I’ve never ... with GPT-2-small, and waited for an hour or so. The first attempt was ... just want to get my life together. I don't know what I'm looking for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  with them in the beginning, and I am paying for that now. 😬 [carousel ... signed up for it. Apparently it was not. I have not turned in a single pset ... . In defeat, I looked at my phone and saw a message in a Cru group chat

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  's literally no way to tell. About an hour in, the ogs had to leave, but a ... , face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I ... war (or worse!!). This was all in order to reach my highest goal, my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  for two reasons; 1. I can sit in the grass and work and 2. I can get ... is perfect for reading. I really enjoy reading in general, so I spend a ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and ... might do in Course 1, civil engineering (see the Center for Transportation ... This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006