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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  ever a Bad Idea. Bad Ideas is a weekend festival thrown by East Campus ... like wings, I do not like spicy. A one-pound plate of wings was placed in ... took the name of the weekend much more seriously. There was a Bad Ideas

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week ... regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse ... think of it as a stepping stone. 18. Take risks. 50. This is the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... I've been doing a lot of thinking about lives lately, in multiple ... person is left. This creates all sorts of interesting mind games in which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  ideas are as fluid as electrons in an E-­field, motivating me to learn how ... and develop interests with, enthusiasms pool together in a common ... feel and create my own freedom in how I change." Well, somehow I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to ... did feel joyful. I could have been in a lot of different places when the ... even at a time of social distancing and fear, humanity is real:  MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  machines. CONS: As the subtitle suggests, the gym is a little… scrappy in ... ="102804" image2="102805" /] B: McCormick a tiny baby in the sky GOOD: The view is ... : The gym is set up with free weights, a weight machine, a treadmill, and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  as a result, coming in with no research experience or major math ... , no matter how much there was (I really enjoyed, for example, doing ... about how "elegant" a math proof was, or how "neat and interesting" the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  year in next week's Tech issue, which I also think is a really good read. Another interesting thing about this issue is how a lot of the events and ... 't overstate how important I think housing is in making CPW work. During our

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  2.009 presentations were December 11th. Theme: WILD! 2.009 is a MechE capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my story of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  score number. Let me tell you how I ended up here. As a senior in high ... told them about how media has played such a huge role in shaping who I am ... spelling and grammar stuff. I could totally write a much less sappy ‘how to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  current project is a visual illusion to display in LEDs on a geodesic dome ... ? Don’t stay in a relationship that is giving you more stress than comfort ... ladder. Maybe I’ll do a master’s on the side to check my pulse? In my free

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  recommends a math course for you. Your advisor is also informed of this suggestion. It's through a system called MITx, which is like a big interactive textbook a lot of Psets are done through. I did well in Calc BC in high

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure that it is not simply a function of age, but rather a fundamental difference in perspective relating to what applying to college is supposed to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... up with, even in the absence of much else, and I’m sure being ... with how hard, how crazily hard it is, to break into the global

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  is about you, because as of RIGHT NOW, you only have this much time ... I was back in the day, or my younger brother is right now, or like ... your brother is only a year younger than you, but if you reference your

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  article is a good overview of the history of women in MIT. This catalog ... numeral for a long while. The numbers in this catalog are pretty much today ... undergraduates now have free rein to take whatever classes they want in a semester

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself ... ’s mostly been caused by my having too much work on weekends, which is a ... function is It’s like a differentiable function, but in the complex plane

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  propelled by a sort of fanaticism much in the way that marathon runners are ... (remember, this is a kid who didn't know what an Allen key was or how to ... The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  ’s kind of like plodding uphill knee-deep in mud on a hot humid day. Who ... like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some ... ’s been months now without a new post. Where to begin again? But here is

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

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  ." The cycle of hobbies is almost a guarantee in my life. A hobby I know I ... deeper. I was losing interest in much of my work from a dangerous excuse I ... going to! I'll start with a picture. It is 2014, and an embarrassment to

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014