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  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  start. But however scary that may sound, this is not a post about how stressed I am, or how much work MIT is, or how to handle it, because I ... to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided ... learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for ... take a break from the constant movement of recruitment travel and sit in

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence ... , major in Biological Engineering. I kind of wanted the vibe of a less-is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  —similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid ... weekend in Vermont is the culmination of that—a chance to hang out with my ... person. But this isn’t a blog about how to write a college essay. If you

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  top of it. I didn’t realize how much plates play a factor in how ... ’ve probably seen the show and know how it is. I wish I could call this a ... so much more in such a layered manner. There are so many scenes and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  evolution, in much the same way a person goes through the Kubler-Ross model of ... -year students, the Midway is a spectacle for the senses. In my first Midway I put ... more interested in. And the feeling of jumping ship is often like: if I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in ... a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  the actual country-continent relationship, there is a ton of overlap in ... ... ^^;) A group photo from ASA Senior night Despite how involved I was in so ... classmates too, even with a much greater difference in age. Like seeing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  ’m bored”), or why it is you’re interested in a particular area of research ... you're willing to learn, than it is to show off how much you already ... Harvard, and have no idea what a UROP even is." My response, in sum

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  education from MIT is like… Witty quips living in a state of dreaming ... free money. —Robo-CJ being sold a watch by some sketchy dude in an alley ... in the foot and complaining loudly to everybody how much it hurts but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  D student in the MIT Software Design Group. It's about How Buildings Learn, a ... influenced how I designed Hydrant, a rewrite of Firehose. Firehose is a ... make up for a lack of maintainers. This is where SIPB comes in. As

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  corridor in the world, the Infinite is occasionally treated as a highway ... it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - speaking in MITese. But what else would you expect from a school where

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  wanted to go is terrifying. Worse yet, think how much more traumatic ... . Sleepyti.me tells you when and how much to sleep so that you feel rested in ... The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers

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

  

  classmates is a good place to start. Staying in your comfort zone is easy, but ... person-who-is-successful-in-a-direction-you-would-like-to-be. Endear ... learn is yours to decide. Take your estimate of how much time you think

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

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  Microsoft Suite"]I already know how to use a computer >:([/annotation] is ... is the top school in my district, and gives a lot of college credits ... [/annotation] It is my lifetime goal to try a corndog For the first time in my life

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  matter how much work you put into it. In the process, you learn about what ... Campus preview weekend (CPW) at MIT is just what it sounds like—a ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  on, so I'm not sure how reliable of a spot it is anymore. last year, it ... 3rd, I didn't see much there). there's a lounge on the second floor ... everyone thinks this is a niche spot, but half of campus has worked here. fun

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  everything in between! Here is a diagram to slightly better (but definitely not ... course 6. And in the yellow means it is unclear. With a glance at the graph ... in our major (since CMS is so much smaller than course 6), and also

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  , and why this post is in the same series. Because this is a "Mystery Hunt ... this year's Hunt logistics, compare it to how a movie is developed and ... affects how Mystery Hunts look in practice. It also wouldn't be a Mystery

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023