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• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  've heard before, but not a person I think I've met. I looked them up in the ... , so I dropped it for a while. With a spark of inspiration, I looked ... GRA. Formerly known [annotation note='The T is for Tutor. You can tell

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours ... the minute I sleep. It looks more like this: And food matters a lot too ... something that looks like: This is a bit complicated, so I’ll just draw the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... I really like about (1): the cables unplug for the earphones, making ... constantly. I can never seem to hold onto one for very long, though this is the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  shenanigans that I'll look back on fondly for the rest of my life. I'm excited ... talked about extensively on the blogs. Burton-Conner is known for being ... frustrating at times since no matter how hard the team fought for us, it seemed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  difficult for those who may not even realize the immense potential of ... in the best light possible for competitive college admissions. So as ... number of different coding projects for students to get exposure to the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the ... and current, for the lamp, are really weird. Even if you put a high ... temperature, for example. The voltage across the tube remains fixed, but now we

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  of 31 colleges and you could vote for yours. Whichever college had the ... . --------------------------------------------------------------- wow, looks like we killed the MIT node...akamai is shuffling the ... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------   For a short amount of time the website was back up with a "fix

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  fluffy crystals landed on my jumper. I looked up in confusion to see the ... recommend it. Thanks, Michelle Obama, for releasing this the same semester I ... stepping out of the haze of classes and exams and taking time to look at the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative ... will provide the best foundation for admission to how does one actually

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  casting agents for the next season of Game of Thrones and just happen to be looking for a Korean-American character who wasn't written into the books ... that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on ... let me shower. I’d heard a crow call in person for the first time. I ... looked beautiful. A typical day of this: I’d wake up in the back of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  begged the TA's for a regrade and they finally gave me a 60, subtracting ... . Then I worked intensely hard the next two nights for the next 6.005 pset ... . Soon after, test grades for 6.005 came out. I got a 78 on the test. That

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  . Math Competition X that I never made the cut off for. Oh and Math ... trouble and for the past three and a half years, I missed opportunities to ... better on? LOSS OF POTENTIAL. DISAPPOINTMENT. BAGGAGE. For the past three

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  common area for the night. However, common areas on campus and in labs are ... Random Hall. Software for playing Magic: The Gathering online for free ... , and doesn't hurt your pinky from pressing the control key for everything

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in the works, but I might need another Yultide for motivation to finish ... . Also in this post, I showed my face for the first time without hiding

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  finally... (10) If you're ever lost in Boston, just look towards the water ... Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at ... , I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... orientation for the class of 2015, in late August. You can see why these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  lists. The app asks students for their basic information: test scores ... customized equations for about 1,500 schools that it developed using the ... ask for complete strangers on the Internet to assess their likelihood of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  all the classes are good classes. Look for good mentors! This can be ... time in the quiet company of your own mind. Look for new music. Read a ... schedule for spontaneous things. Don’t overcommit at the beginning. It

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

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

  

  of the things that the Splash directors were looking for were ... , the legend, has taught for Splash. And this will be yet another post ... Splash is to explain both its scale and the classes. For one, Splash is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019