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

  

  and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one of the funniest things ever. I lol'd and lol'd, and then Melis wrote a wrap up entry that showed the end result of MIT's poll-bombing. Fast

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  day than I do—if you’re an athlete on just anyone on a high-calorie diet ... windows than friends.'" (I highly recommend reading his full comment below ... FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  , I took part in my first hackathon- The Assistive Technologies ... help improve someone's life. I've always felt that most hackathons are ... . However, our team of Mechanical Engineers and I had the opportunity to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  I still remember when I first stepped into the arrivals hall at Tel ... unremarkable Monday morning. I had just come off a pair of flights totalling twelve hours and spanning a full calendar day. I was more than 9

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  bad – "GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE," The Narcissist Cookbook I know I usually ... left me more keenly aware of situations where I may feel trapped and have ... rolling waves of panic I had on the flight back to Boston). Thinking about

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  a class so I ended up doing the same thing for all the other classes I ... 14: To be continued... I'll see yall in May/June for the end of this ... So about a week and a half ago I handed in my last final in Johnson

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  For those of you curious about life after MIT, I recently wrote this blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback ... graduation). --------- A couple weeks ago, my friend pointed out that I had

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  I’m home in Pennsylvania for three weeks, for the second time this summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  college career, I’m spending my summer working in [annotation note ... around the city. The one I frequent the most is called Barton Springs. It ... enough that I have to hype myself up to jump in. The initial plunge is an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  First, questions answered: 1. Many people wondered aloud how I was capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  topics I need to cover before the end of the month, like asking one of my ... initial goals). I'm going to try and end strong and broaden the scope of ... disciplined and make consistent content. I'm going to use it to motivate myself

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  channel was one of the reasons I loved biology back in high school)   ... plan an update to this post sometime in the future, I highly encourage ... from those communities, I've put together this blog that details a non

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... excitement and bubbliness, there's insecurity in comments like "I…have NO idea why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga ... Engineering) have a discussion with our chancellor Eric Grimson, I packed up my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  (I started this post wayyyyy back in January. Ask any blogger who's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to post it. I fail at life, I know.) I woke up on Wednesday morning at 11

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
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  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  At the start of each semester, I typically join Facebook Messenger ... of their assignments. I'll be taking a gap year this year, so I unfortunately won't be using Interstellar, but I look forward to using it next

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of my math major. (The second one, which I’m taking this semester, is 18 ... -sets; sometimes there are not. At the end of the semester we write in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever ... between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009