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• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  , come visit me. They're probably the closest people I had to best friends ... been my friend for the past thirteen years, came and spent the weekend at ... wouldn't know) and stood up for each other when we needed to. He was the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  community meshes with your sense of self the best and is the most fun to be ... to feel overbearing. Were the events fun? Yeah, for sure. Were the ... Interfraternity Council, or IFC, which acts as their collective government for the

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  very fun. We saw lots of building and paint on walls that was very "wow ... great game for the mind and body and I want to do it more. [carousel ... was that they would get "Brained on a rock" (This is not changed for Up

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... spiral notebook. My 5.13 TA apparently does this whole atomic role-playing ... lot of fun :) Luckily, sophomore year's not all work and sleep loss. A

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  .00, 6.009, and 6.031 for. And was it worth it? Definitely! In this class ... happens in the this Michael Jackson Music Video)! Coding is now fun ... pages of the comic here, but sign up for their newsletter to get the full

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  , not only through what they literally write (i.e. "For fun I like to ... blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. The only prize for the winning team is the honor of writing the next year's Hunt. For some history ... some puzzles for yourself, you can check out the archives, or you can try

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  the best! And shoutout to you too for reading my first blog post! I ... tell me that they had waited for me to leave for class, printed and taped ... surreptitious smile. He walked out, almost for no reason. I ignored him and began

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... this for grad school applications.) Learning me a Haskell for great good. Learning to cook.  Learning to swim, for real. (I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  Hey folks. I've been busy, which still isn't a good excuse for not ... was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is ... application to Cataldo EMS, a private ambulance service for which many MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  someone for, "thanks" is a good option. Otherwise, "best" is pretty good and ... moderated mailing list, for everything from clarifying COVID policies to ... issues. It's not always a fun job, although I would like to think I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  - 1,100,000 = prize money for the Men's/Women's tournament winner - 4 ... and fortunately we did! He played Paradorn Srichaphan, a 26 year ... end, Andy won 7-6, 6-2 (and he later beat James Blake for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  college admissions essay was supposed to present all the best sides of me ... very far removed from the circus that was college applications for me and likely for others. Therefore, I feel a sense of duty in debunking my own

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT's most ... Monday. There are six teams -- Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, and Pink ... the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  Yesterday's tie was red, and my subcommittee was McGregor (also MIT ... fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  is a masterpiece. If you have the Internet for it, I strongly encourage ... mathematical surfaces. A cabled LOTR sweater my mom knit for me, as evidence of ... for my art and not let it get subsumed by schoolwork and psets. This

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  , or all four for the "haunted house" effect. What's best is you can ... sleep for a variety of reasons. Dr. Popular is the most skittish ... and the administration) have asked for people to tell them before

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... . (Sidenote, for reference: "normal" courseload is 48 units, and one unit is ... developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006