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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  just want to see the end result. That, and I'd prefer to not be arrested ... should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at MIT a lot, which is natural; I talk about it in my biography after all

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  During election week, among all the chaos, I got the opportunity to ... of this week, I am officially a published researcher! WOOOOOOOO!!!!! I'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  likelihood of acceptance. I'm sure the AdmissionSplash people are only trying ... the college admissions process. I spend a lot of time on College ... admission. So last summer, I posted a thread on CC entitled Reminder: No one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  million things you can’t control. You can’t control where you went to high ... nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from ... context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  Pao, Pad Kraprow, etc. "]pakaprow.[/annotation]I love it so much that it ... freshman year, it was literally the only dish I cooked. I made it 7 times, which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  , who mentioned it in an email to me: I saw the car after it had been pulled up the side of the dorm where I lived during my sophomore year. It was later lowered and set on fire (I think) on the grass between the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  you sail against the direction of the wind?" joseph, claire and i sat and traded glances. silence stretched among us as i thought about the question. "can you?" i asked. "the short answer," john replied, "is that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  One. Time is not real, because the other day I woke up at ten in the morning and slept at midnight and yet I felt like I didn't do anything. Time is not real, because I can sit in front of my text editor for an hour

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  , how I ended up talking to Elizabeth about helping out with some other ... I think I've accidentally begun a quest to be involved with ALL THE ... about plant metabolomes. So, as a MIT+K12 Videos Fellow, I've been

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  . whenever i hear variations on the theme of “i was torn into a million pieces ... reevaluate your confidence and your dreams, and through that, you end up ... us for more. reality check–at the moment, i’m 10 hours away from a 2

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... both symbolize the end of things, but autumn has always been my favorite ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  (I always end up falling asleep) closes at 6 PM on weekdays, closed ... since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time working on campus. or rather, I feel guilty whenever I work in my bed since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  Grand Poobah and which preceded Stephen Colbert’s super PAC army). I met ... -located housing, students would end up interacting, an activity which would no ... outlet to a telephone line, a highly unusual move. Finally, there is much

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a decade after I was a student here, but one of them is ✨delight✨ at seeing ... , driven by passion, and a feat made possible by community. In fact, when I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for ... (cofounded by Cecil Green '24) Kendall Square (w/ 130 high-tech tenants ... Genentech Refined oil iWalk bioprosthetics Big Dog HP, cofounded

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  Financial District, to the right at the Boston end of the bridge. Beacon Hill ... facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on ... stores). 2. I absolutely hate doorknobs. Here is the Longfellow Bridge

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  A few weeks ago, I called three friends, AudreyRose ‘21, Nikayah ‘19 ... -affiliated individuals.  During her senior year of high school, AudreyRose, who lives in ... Side of Fraternities because I would not have described it any better

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy ... would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  friends that they met over CPW!! I wish I met more people over cpw :( N: Whenever I went to events it felt like EVERYONE already knew each other, but ... community for everyone! K: If you're thinking about going to MIT (which I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... was the first technical communications class I took at MIT, and it has ... thinking that you're writing a report I would like to share with you an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015