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• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  've never really understood why but at MIT there's a sense of honor that ... life at MIT so much better. And for a lot of you these steps will look ... a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  (This is the second half of the Art of East Campus series. The first part can be found here!) My first and lasting impression of the standard ... camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  years ago my Pi Day was filled with lots of screaming of excited ... all the fun things that you sort of forget about when you're taking ... of Disease and Health in Society) and watch a pretty intriguing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  . Awesome music at ZBT's Battle of the Bands at 8pm Saturday, with special ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  of things at MIT. Classes. Psets. Exams. Eventually, you'll learn the ... participated more in recitation and made sure to ask questions, and at the end of ... that you can finish strong even if you struggle at first. Moral of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... much longer. Time doesn’t flow at its normal rate when everything around ... greater independence. I’m a big fan of data. It can reduce complicated

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  hallway! People keep hair bleach and a variety of colors close at hand, and ... form of peer pressure is not at all bad. Everyone at MIT has a passion of ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... fun. Almost all of the below pics were taken at the MTB party. And ... to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT Museum ... status. One must at times wonder whether the price of some of these changes ... While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that ... principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  . Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ... psychology and political science. At MIT, she founded the MIT branch of Camp ... Carolina], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and casually glance at the first letters. You know, just in the spirit of things. : ) ... Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  crowns. Estimation, who was great at estimating the amount of pizza she ... selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with your time than you realize! One of the things that I have learned about

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010