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  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  't know the exact words that they stand for, I usually know what entities ... to learn, and it's a bit like being dumped straight into the deep end. GTL? IFC? ADT? On top of the new place names and numbered courses, it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  so please forgive me for the countless mistakes I make… I still have so ... figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing it in Chinese and writing English subtitles (I have a new respect for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action ... check your decision on the 15th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with ... will receive a decision on the 15th, you should visit decisions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  whatever). Put them all in a pot except for the potatoes, cook for two minutes without broth, add the potatoes, and cook five more minutes without ... minutes or so until the potatoes are soft. Whisk together three tablespoons

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  talking about the massive quantities of free stuff (water bottles, shirts ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This ... justify getting more, especially when there's no chance of me working for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it ... from the affected areas: you've probably seen the message elsewhere on My

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  shift in priorities, but I found myself yearning for the familiar ... hunger that has propelled me for so long, the naive ambition that led me to ... "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  about every teaching award that MIT gives (including the Baker Award for ... former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer ... fact, I think the one time we actually had vocal interaction was when I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... just sitting there, trying to ignore the incessant Beach Boys music they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  and an instant good deed for the planet.  How it works is that participating stores list surplus meals, you use the app to reserve and pay for ... most ⅓ of the retail price — i.e. if you pay $4 for a TGTG meal, the food

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  with little time to learn the material and finish the psets for my other ... before starting the psets for the other classes, I rushed learning all the ... . Freshmen...I know things are sucky for you right now, but embrace it. At the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called the office, she probably picked up the phone and connected you to the ... beaver gisel made for jessica ch'ng when she left the office (pc jessica

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  the fantastic roller coaster and fort for themselves.  Everything felt ... This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the ... from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different part of the Internet - though culturally close and easily accessible via ... ; now, 9 days later, it has filtered through the rest of the Internet back

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  shock for this reason. I'm the kind of person who is used to saying yes to ... ... but I've been really hosed these past 2 weeks. -Freeze- For those of you unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  cannon, the Fleming Cannon (belonging to Fleming House, naturally). They fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this ... Building. There was a pretty plaque to go with the cannon. As you can see

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More quick answers Finaid questions, etc.

  

  for financial aid will receive a financial aid package. The financial ... Answers to some more of the common questions... ------------------------------------- What's up with the financial aid deadline? All financial aid forms should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss ... There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne ... serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  . They told him AFTER he was admitted. Let me emphatically state for the ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005