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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... open book and open notes. And it does help, sort of; I think you'd be at ... Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  of things to make you feel better. cj: snark later! at least introduce ... content warning: extended discussion of anxiety, depression, suicide ... 's part of the job description. if he doesn't do it, then he's not doing his

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new ... Wednesdays are pretty awesome. My Friday is pretty the opposite of awesome. Oh

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  summer i hit my ceiling of the amount of things i can work on at once that ... little less than a month into living alone, that I woke up at five in the ... the fare to the driver. Thirty minutes later, I was at school, thirty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  the plastic-shelled handlebar (?) at the cart-pusher end of the grocery ... capable of speeding along four-lane traffic at 35 mph. We're in the middle ... method of not-going-at-25-mph-anymore requires performance of “the s

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  on the blogs, sharing tidbits of our lives at MIT and hearing from you ... Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT.  Which means that for a few of your friendly neighborhood bloggers, it’s also our last

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  pictures and videos from one of the events. [annotation note="ive been mentoring for them for most of my time at mit and have really loved it ... event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston ... can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... I actually spend days of my senior year passing out the latest issue

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... a picture for you. Various areas of Building 6's basement are under ... , except it was late at night, and the sign was clearly no longer applicable

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  actually gorgeous yesterday, except for the 10 minutes at the proposed ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or ... decisions come out at 1:59 PM, they more than likely will be released ~12

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  manatees. (You have to kind of tilt your head at something like a 270 degree ... of Kyoto Station at sunset. With full bellies and seven years of good ... up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve, most of my First East floormates disappeared, their tiny suitcases ... prospect of four days of academic freedom exhilarated, and our evening

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  with New England geese. Street-side pakoras with bowls of easy ... fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where the laughter of children playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  design at MIT. In fact–today’s the day of Gala 2025: April 27th! Setup ... ) is hard at work setting up the runway with a border of iridescent ... doors open at 5! This'll be the last update of tonight—I'll be back after

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  pieces of outerwear had been fine at home, they don't cut it here. There ... . 2. You actually need study skills at MIT. Okay, so this is kind of a ... instance. At the beginning of the semester, I dutifully sat at my desk in my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  . Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish ... at 10. We got out like half an hour early so I just sat on a random bench in building 4 until my next class which was 6.005 at 11. Um. We

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  many, if not all, of my dear friends make fun of me for and something ... -handed while announcing that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2029 will be released next Tuesday, 12/17/2024, at 6:28 PM ET.  https

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST who are you

  

  As the committee meets for the final week of the Early Action cycle ... , 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST.   To check you decision on the 17th ... process, please email mymitpassword [at] mit [dot] edu with your full

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  chooses a major at the end of freshman year.* *n.b. Actually, you need not ... choose at the end of their freshman year. Also, changing majors is ... Management Science at the end of my junior junior year. How do students choose

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005