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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  bonds. We do our best anyways, with fun social events and casual hangouts ... a fight"]topology of sandwiches[/annotation]or playing Geoguessr. For ... list. The email asks for applications for the Next House[annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  still) I was alone in my room with my dog on my bed. I had her there for ... (talking about the best time for sending some email) had mentioned earlier ... to write any long essays, so I was all for that. Then my best friend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  Preview for not being representative of the fun side of MIT. "There were no ... pretty fun. Digging for all of the dates was more difficult than expected ... weekend CPW's origins are rooted in a program for prospective women and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  cook-off didn’t [annotation note="which is probably for the best, at ... vision for the red and blue sauces in the last dessert was for the motion ... Beware! There will be many spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say ... household was hard. For a while it was fine (up to around middle school ... school best friend’s hair and hold his hand. Innocent thoughts turned to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will ... must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my MIT career, I dropped a course. There were a variety of reasons for

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the ... Curious Incidence of a Dog in the Nighttime (one of my favorite books and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  call it Waiting for the Train. Like Waiting for Godot. And in the play ... read ‘most southern’ until CJ made fun of me for not knowing words ... Harvard, as opposed to, I don’t know, red for MIT? Alan: The Green Line E

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  campus for their first year. But, maybe you're thinking about it anyway, or just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop ... living [annotation note="for the record, whenever i refer to off

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  that everything I did for HSSP was fun, or enjoyable, or made me feel ... . Splash, for example, happens for one weekend every November, and it's aimed ... anything. Just check the course catalog for Splash 2019, with classes like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  again decided to stay for the night—I was having too much fun here, and I ... This post has spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT Mystery Hunt 2022, which are unmarked. This post has spoilers for some puzzles

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

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  ! Approximately weekly "game theory"-ish games for Next to play Paolo why? I ... , I can't really stop you? I think it's more fun to play individually ... Gamemasters~ for the fun of it. We then set up our first form game, [annotation

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could best predict my chances for March. I’m going to tell you now what I wish ... keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  ="107775" image5="107776" /] I made this book, “Conversations for Beginners,” for ... for Beginners," it attempts to parody, pick apart, and find comfort in ... Morningside Academy for Design']blanket quilting workshop[/annotation], and now

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really ... online submission date was November 1. Shortly before then, something

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... ] Toscanini’s is one of Boston’s best ice cream stores. We managed to get five ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  , boots, and EXTRA PANTS. Regardless of how many people make fun of you for ... healthier, better-tasting and cheaper. AND LOADS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ... . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  stoichiometry problems and math problems... they're fun for me, but I don't have ... applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... excited for MIT, but I am having some second thoughts. Concerning my peers

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  : it's sheer folly to study for a MIT exam like that. Anyways, the 50 ... , especially. I don't actually have a plan for this, haha, so I will just draft ... for two degrees, took five classes for five semesters, four for two, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  discussed alternative methods for deactivation like: playing your ESP32 ... much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving ... Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020