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• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  subconscious. CPW, while certainly not farfetched, is a heavily time ... , let me leave you with a general observation: MIT is home to some ... those people together on the same campus is the perfect recipe for a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  reading and for being a great audience. This isn't to say that this is ... , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I ... helpful for you this year, no matter how things turn out for you. I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  yesterday or the day after tomorrow? Is born even appropriate?” How will a ... understand MIT and how much the course taught you, I need you to answer the ... MIT is likely to face, come 2113? 6)Over a 1000 freshmen will be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... staying warm on a budget is that it's all about layering. Not only does this ... apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #Buy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  is the Siemens Research Competition. MIT is a University Partner for Siemens, which means that we 'host' a (virtual) regional event and provide ... wanted to share a PSA! Sorry I haven't blogged much over the last few weeks

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything! Really taught me how to actually make most anything. Expect to spend a lot ... , and how I look at the world. 6.172 taught me a lot of technical things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  story follows him learning how to use his power in a low stakes opening ... grow so much during these months at home. I’d have a job, I’d make lots ... himself, and is still figuring out how to be not only Superman, but also

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the ... just too much of a standard to live up to. I had a friend of my ... considered a close friend pretty much said that my admission didn't count

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  that every MIT degree is made equal, whether that means a 5.0 GPA or a 3 ... it is. I found myself scrambling to take extra STEM classes or force a ... talk with her, to which she gave me a pep talk about how I need to stop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... you get used to how awesome Firefox is, you can never go back to IE ... didn't think was possible. Plus it has AcidSearch, which is a more easily

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  note="A silent study space open 24 hours that is never empty during the ... "]CSAIL.[/annotation] Your group is trying to submit a paper to some fancy research conference ...  thought is, wait a second… I’m becoming a fish.  Your appendages are becoming

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  how they think I’ve changed over the last year and a half. I think I ... was a much better look. 9. I hung out with my younger sister! My sister is a student at Northeastern University in Boston. When I moved to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  replacement. I kept the old battery as a souvenir of how much I’ve used it for ... writing something much more important like a thesis instead of a blog. “I ... , it’s a lot harder to pack an explosion back into its shell than it is

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  . Another perk is that MIT students have free admission! The first exhibit I ... saw a bull fight there and it actually made me nauseous, to the point ... that one of the bulls rebelled and broke the neck of a matador, but that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  before, but this is a writing classic. It's 99 retellings of the same story. Also good is 99 Ways to Tell a Story. Some of us were travelling together ... on a quest to become a hero" story. The art is vibrant and imaginative

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  , [annotation note="hello cami here. this is? a different kind of blog. ranty blog ... . i was angry, trust me i was. but now all i feel is sad. a tinge of ... jokingly believes that you do check in on me, seeing just how much i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  note='this is me speaking to myself lmfao']let’s calm down a little bit[/annotation] and establish clear definitions a show tune is a song from a musical a musical is a type of theater production that blends music, dance

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  with saying a piece is pretty -- but I've always wished that I could say ... a piece distinct.) 21M.235 ("Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800") is ... but made me a much happier human being. Buildings looked familiar! They

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  , which had a population of 544 in the 2010 census. This is about the size ... having a total blast. I tried to estimate how many towns like it there were ... zero perspective on just how vast the program really is. There are SO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  -earth.' " Yes, this is pretty much how Junot speaks during class. We then shifted ... heavyweights--Richard Russo, Philip Roth--Díaz is a good bet to run away with the ... Ysabel de Leon Assistant to Professor Diaz Um, how hot is it to have your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007