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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  'it’s-outside-of-my-control’ separation from the issue, in my mind it ... Benedictine hostel, the college was refounded in 1542. C.S. Lewis studied here, T.S. Eliot a Fellow. First stop: the Porter’s Lodge. Imagine a small

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  .com. “Today, it’s complicated.” The film screening was followed by a discussion ... said. “You never know what’s gonna happen.” He told me his story, or part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  James Lovell. From Wikipedia, here is Anders’s and Borman’s conversation as Anders took the photo: Specimens 6966, 796F75, and 68617665: That’s ... the Empire’s mass produced star fighters. Specimen 696E

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

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  said. “My mommy loves me.” Then I watched an episode of America’s Next Top Model and felt better. America’s Next Top Model makes everything ... , “you’ve always been a little crazy. It’s only recently that you’ve become

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle ... decide whether or not they’d like to live in a fraternity. It’s also a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire separate post about why it’s rewarding. This isn’t that post. I’ve had a lot ... women.” “Okay.” “Now it’s about fifteen percent.” “Yes?” “Well," he

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  : save people’s names with how you met them and how you relationally know them. Example: “Sherlock Holmes, John’s Roommate.” This will improve your ... every single day. Not to mention it’s a pretty good incentive to actually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  . That’s how fast it went. November. I looked up from my p-sets, exams and ... the end, the sky was falling in, and next would come Angel Gabriel’s ... hear Elie Wiesel’s Night is a ninth-grade reading piece, but I had no

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  I was reading through my old blog posts and realized that it’s been a ... feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... . However, I am now on the varsity fencing team, and that’s arguably cooler

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of ... topic was Dijkstra’s algorithm for finding shortest paths, my second topic ... , and my third topic was Hilbert’s third problem, which we’ll get to know

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  forget things sometimes. The information is all in his pensieve(s), anyway ... TOO!!!!!"s and one very embarrassing (WHY DID I SAY THIS???) "OH MY GOD

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I’m in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading right now, but I thought I’d take a quick break to tell you a little…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  I’ve been working on my grad school apps lately, when I’m not busy with other stuff. I bet that a lot of you are working on college applications, including your…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  don't need to have every single component. Spice Blends, S oregano ... seasoning, S seasonings, S1: selected from a blend above bouillon, S2: chicken, vegetable, beef pastes, S3: tomato paste, curry paste, miso

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your ... working on any of them, and it’s already around 9:45 PM. If you’re like me ... past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  equations. They don’t look familiar. You try to find your professor’s office ... that you can drop out now. But you know it’s not true. You can’t leave ... help take down a hack. It’s back the next morning. It wasn’t ready to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
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  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  throw things out the window because we think it’s funny, and we’re still ... and then put back together again”, it’s never about a school. it’s about ... find and so gratifying when it’s finally grasped that it makes you feel

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  ’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it ... special arts program for his junior year. It’s because writing is hard ... . Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it’s

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , since my boyfriend’s Dell recently toppled off a desk in building 56. It ... computer was my dad’s old Dell, which ran Windows XP. The system gets slower ... follows me everywhere. It’s pretty. It’s light. It might even be beautiful

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  because that’s… that’s just kind of the feeling that goes along with this ... properly later, but here’s a roundabout way of getting there. Dear Seven-Year-Old Ana, Hello! It’s me~ Hm, actually, maybe I should introduce myself. Let’s

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021