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  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  ’s your orientation, in the literal sense. This is what the campus looks ... . There’s main campus, which is the pentagon in the center; most activities ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I said I'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and don't remember how I said I ... cracking. 1. Why and how I became an admissions blogger In eighth grade, I ... because I liked to read the blogs. A few years later, I spent a summer in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college ... or two—this is always better than being a burrito in your bed, although being a burrito in your bed is not a bad choice as well. 4) believe that

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  can draw a banana. In all respects, I can act like someone who is ... used the name to drive the demon out. The process is a whole story in ... pulling down the mental lever of how much I liked myself, and in the worst

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  is a village in Kaffa, SNNPR, Ethiopia. I went there several times ... . Muti also has a water problem. All the water in Muti is delivered through ... our family history, which is still sitting in my Google Drive somewhere

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  years and how MIT could be a stepping stone in that direction. And while I ... tendencies (although admittedly, this is a work in progress); work with high ... much one can grow and discover new passions in such a dynamic environment

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  about Spinning Arts, a tailless cat I met in Wales, how I injection molded ... molding was littered with a lot of "um I don't know how to say this in ... everyone else"]pods[/annotation] were a thing. My podmates and I cried in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  ! Everyone loves a free concert. In conclusion, WMBR is awesome. If nothing ... basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the ... fact, one of the shows (Pipeline) plays only local music and brings in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  seen a demonstration of how easy it is to wire up an incandescent bulb ... 's so much resistance in the lamp. If the lamp is on, it goes through the ... conductivity of the plasma column in the tube. So a higher voltage is needed to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  the main filter is: Can I see myself doing this as a career in the ... fucking clue. I think I really didn't like how much physics was in ... Back in October of 2019, just about a month into my fall semester, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  opportunity is really a blessing in disguise. The hard thing is, the blessing ... - "College is a business. MIT admissions do not determine your success in life ... believe that wherever you find yourself in the fall is a place you can make

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  confident in declaring that Burton 1 is the best floor in Burton-Conner. Maybe ... not only is it your birthday, but you also just took your 18.01A final ... most popular floors in Burton-Conner floor rush (which is similar to dorm

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  across the country!). I’ve participated in HackMIT, which is a large ... Claire S. '25 is a Computation & Cognition (6-9) major from ... : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... . It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  tightly-knit my floor culture is and how wonderful it felt to be a part of ... lot of things have changed since that time—so much is in flux right now ... campus to maintain a certain capacity. To give you an idea of how up in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post ... dashed. Now, I’m stuck in a limbo of trying to figure out [annotation note ... line of progress from point A to B. In some angles, it looks like an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  HTML file attached to it. An html file that, when opened in a browser ... (not even my family in Oregon) could access it. Then, magically, a day or ... looked like this: We had gone from 300,000 to 2.4 million in less than a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of us. One of my favorite places in the world is the gold hill under the ... hours just before midnight. Beacon Hill is very quiet for a neighborhood

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  I’d offer a list of 10 things that I love about MIT (in no particular order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the ... . Everyone is involved with a million activities, which can be frustrating when

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008