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  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  what's right in front of us. There are doh! shots on the range, where you ... classes phys ed classes at MIT (the others are pistol and intermediate pistol). They are mostly taught by Coach Mike Conti, who has served in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  the night before paper, projects, or psets are due (otherwise known as ... irresponsible” activities in lieu of studying are the best. That 1am burger adventure, or the midnight McDonald’s outing (burgers are really a theme here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other applicants still under consideration are wondering if they have to choose ... them into college, but instead based on values and interests that are

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  I recently saw a comic where a professor says "This is not the type ... alarms, I reluctantly got up and made a cup of tea. (I bought a 100-pack of ... 're going to make that flight." Thought myself, Challenge accepted... I made

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  group, we pulled week-long mixing sessions where I rotated on 4-5 hours of ... decisions are set. Nineteen staff readers. For many students (admitted or not ... , and hypothesizing where you'll live and who you'll hang out with. (We

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  contributions that international students made to MIT as outstanding friends ... of the students from this post are from the Middle East and two are ... year—adjustment was hard. Fortunately, MIT faculty made accommodations

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  layout is that the streets are 60ft wide (about a dozen running crosstown are 100ft wide), and the blocks (running uptown-downtown) are about 200 ... already been made, and my being anxious about them wasn't going to change

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  of my junior year, and I am twenty. There are so many stories I want ... memories to be made, new stories to be told, and new friends with whom to ... , there are more people around now than there have been in past years, and there

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  suggestions are biased?More to the point of that pressing topic on some of your ... made me eat a really terrible burrito against my will (or something ... nothing mind-blowing. But ultimately, all that made me think about was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  of personality test. Humans are inherently adaptable and fluid, which ... horoscopes, which is, “Horoscopes are pretty stupid but they’re fun because you ... less: Western Zodiac: Many of you are familiar with the western zodiac

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  where students mostly do things other than school, like externships and ... distanced REX.  An interview and a few weeks later, the committee members are ... means that, similar to CPW, we are flying completely and entirely blind

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  supposed to, and there are even some people that already *know* how to ski or ... . Whatever. Okay - this is the part where we get into the cheesy, reflective ... , but just in case I run out). HOWEVER, (and this is where my advice goes

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Incidentally, there are a lot of great concerts happening in Boston this week, so ... into the person I am now. Now, without further ado, here are 17 things I ... out of that situation immediately.” 3. My friends are amazing! And

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  I'm really not that intelligent, and that there are many others who are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... have are videogames and Reddit. No extracurriculars at all. Hell, I don

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  different from most other universities where you register several weeks or ... will likely be. There are some classes that are always very popular and ... two of the classes that I originally submitted are still on the list. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... to) Gee, my classes are boring   At MIT, fortunately, that's not ... , since both Sam and Mike are fairly accomplished smiths, and then we all

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  Algorithms, whose prereqs are 6.042 and 6.006, both classes I have pretty ... . I didn’t procrastacook. I made all my food on sunday and have just ... already anyway and are just worried about me.  But if I stopped to say, no

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  . When I was taking 6.01, there was one day where I was hosed beyond belief ... are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  clubbing, queer stand-up comedy, and my new hobby. These are the kinds of ... ). Event reporting posts are nice, because they give me an excuse opportunity ... about life or research. Most of the pictures for the upcoming posts are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  /mobile UI is triggered by the width of your browser). The annotations are ... are typically released by the end of June, and the Court usually ... these dates — and copies of opinions, once they are posted — at SCOTUSblog

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023