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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  largely looked like me. A lot of us are poor, black, and had lost any long ... genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African ... country in Africa they are actually from. None of us knew what it means to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  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

  

  Admissions officer. CONGRATS LILLY YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. WE ALL

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  , still relevant in 2016 A.D.). Here are some of the collected screenshots ... to the 24 courses now), choices were hard. Here are some words of ... it be distinctly understood that we are not learning to be plumbers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  deal of interesting and insightful anecdotes to share. Here are some

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  with rosemary are wonderful. 2:30 → A hall member and I discuss whether ... psets and exams! The frosh are hosed this week. GIRs have entered exam season. The half-semester classes are over. Wow, we are halfway to winter

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  -- you will notice that these animals are allowed to freely roam the campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 22. And as usual, we are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  beaver. The beaver not only typifies the Tech [student], but his habits are ... , and industry. His habits are nocturnal. He does his best work in the ... : *Photos are from the respective websites of the Ring Committees. Older Brass

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  . However, unlike most midterm presentations, which are usually reluctant ... 's presentations on Nikola Tesla and Deception, which are stunning and well worth ... (automagically?) display an image of that card.   GIFs are underrated here. I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  really helps me get through each week Here are some pictures of cats I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  , we are very excited about the students we have admitted, and often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  Wonderful Internet Friends! There are literally (literally!) a dozen blog posts I wish I could write for you right now but I can’t, at least not for at least another week. I want to talk to you, especially since

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  what it means to be a pie, and all pies are merely shadows of its perfect ... are going to end up getting a slice of that beautiful pie and taste ... , all of the hopes overflowing from your heart and mind are geared towards

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  given to the male viewers/fans (whether they are straight, gay, bisexual ... duplicated otherwise. Here are the t-shirt and hankerchief after painting ... costume: Bandannas are super comfortable. As a habitual hat

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... on homework anymore - psets are essential for learning concepts and ... others, PDFs are easily obtainable online, not that I'd condone illegal

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  privilege to be surrounded by the people who are the happiest to be there ... that anyone's should when you mention astronomy. "What stars are you ... ! Those are the disco balls in space." My turn to be totally astonished. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you ... you pset? Are you keeping on top of deadlines? To me, Archit was always ... comes first Yeah, academics are important at MIT, but quality friendships

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  good seats are extremely coveted and the only way you can guarantee ... . Still no leg room. Still bound to have neighbors who are out to ruin ... All three of these seats are absolutely beautiful and they have quite a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012