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  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  who knows Lilly is going to do a longer interview of her with lots of good questions like "how did you get so fresh?" and "what is knowledge ... ! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  I had no work today I wish I had no work i'm afraid i'm in a grass-is ... 't there. that desire for motivation is placed in a footnote, drowned out by ... in bed, wanting to take a nap even if i feel well-rested. i've started

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  : your admissions decision does not in any way reflect your worth. A ... them, anticipating the decision with you. A special kind of anxiety is ... :  "Success is to be measured not so much by the positions that one has

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  . The long term goal is to be able to correctly fill in a blank map of MIT ... ’m a likely Course 6-3 (that’s computer science in MITese), but I don ... . Sidequest 7: *serious* Beat Imposter’s Syndrome. This is definitely A Thing. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  's endeavor. "A lot of kids in middle school think, oh, high school is going to ... underclassmen wanting to apply at a top university is to get involved in high ... site. Melina is the first in her family to go to a four-year college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  through too much. i decided to go to mental health’s walk-in hours. i found ... the hallway leading to the mental health and counseling wing. there is a ... , after giving a campus tour in the morning, i take a five-hour nap in bed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  in style since then. In any case, you can see that there is a huge list ... department. Within IS&T there are people in charge of running Athena (the ... web space (anything with mit.edu in it), plus tons more stuff. Within IS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  's the way life is. The real world is so much bigger than what you know now ... : being in college will be a wonderful experience, no matter what university ... discover a whole new territory. Make your mark in whatever way you can - on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  free software like gnuradio), you can have a working FM radio in about an ... degrees F. Mix the sugars, vanilla, eggs, and applesauce in a big bowl ... doing a bunch of fancy signal processing using analog electronics. in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time ... , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... follows the same schedule, here is a look back on last Friday. 8:37 - My

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  time we think we might try cutting down on how much butter is used. We ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks ... some on top and melted it in the oven. It was a really yummy meal and we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  ,700-$2,100 for a single. -Boston is reallllly nice in the summer! The winter ... are a couple considerations to keep in mind when deciding whether to stay in Boston over the summer: -The UROP summer 2006 stipend is $4

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  information in order to make a decision, but there is no substitute for ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... 10. There were a number of things that went through my mind in that

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  . That, in general, is a good strategy. Follow the cool people and make ... visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event ... . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ... such a break from how i’ve been viewing the world. how is it possible

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  amazed at just how much of a difference that kind of commitment makes ... This started off being a comment in snively's entry. Then it branched ... that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  interaction that is at the core of much true creativity -- and thus in the great ... was considering colleges a decade ago, I had this same concern. So how ... before I came to MIT, but now, I don't have much of a problem telling

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  This is a (long) post detailing the week in which both MIT and ... value in a detailed account of the exodus from MIT from the perspective of ... . Reality had just set in, hard. Next I called Kidist A. '22. Then I called

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where ... will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project