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• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction ... said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest suicide rate. No, MIT students don't work all the time. No, MIT doesn

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... .']classes.[/annotation] Despite the fact that it remained higher than the course load that the ... more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  ; [warning: contains spoilers for the cartoon show adventure time] lessons ... written by Pendleton Ward that follows Finn the Human and Jake the Dog and ... monsters. I don't really have the words to describe what this show means to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months between me and the person I was when I stood there last and I had nothing to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  -off because shaking off the mentality of 'if it's not on my resume then it's not worth pursuing' has been really difficult. i feel like the college ... ."]sweet?[/annotation]Freshman year came and went faster than I could process, and by the time sophomore

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  counts, because my IAP was… very packed. I knew from the beginning that I ... anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I ... Classical Mechanics Study for the biology and chemistry ASE’s Go out into

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  , my suitemate and I had gotten into the habit of it. We ... "]wake up at 7am,[/annotation]and head down into the cramped gym in the basement of Senior Haus every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Very few of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  the city, so i've had to rely heavily on the wheels of other entities, both private and publicly funded. here are some of the trips that i have ... longer because of the world renowned LA traffic, but it's a pretty reliable

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  Introducing the world's first-ever* joint MIT admissions blog post ... becoming an MIT admissions blogger: you must be scared of the dark. Bold, courageous students need not apply. Last night, after the requisite parties

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  off because of the negative audience reaction to her. I think if you watched the show from first airing you'd notice how she didn't fit in and everyone hated her. Now the sad part was Libby dying, but I hear she had

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? All the giant robot fighting clips in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are really just clips from some unrelated Japanese show. The ... season of the Japanese show and have to switch to a new season of the show

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  ?" Well, you see, of the 11 undergrad dorms, only one, McCormick, is all female (and then there are the five sororities and the Women's Independent Living Group). With most of the options being coed, the powers that be need

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  for Early Action because the post office is messed up currently. I can get the materials postmarked for November first but I am not sure if ... have to send them again they will be postmarked past the deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  I've compiled the best of them here. Enjoy! "If the roots are imaginary, then the dots in the applet will be blue." (Draws dots in orange on board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... 'll write a blog post about all the things I made this semester." So I got up ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  -whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... personal enthusiasm levels inversely proportional to the temperature, though ... pretend that temperatures like that don’t exist. Anyways. The point of all

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... programs with companies and labs all over the world, or teaching programs ... POST HERE), who's another blogger! We’re both working in the Dexterous

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  openings, film screenings… the list goes on! [annotation note="MIT School of ... ="MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning"]DUSP[/annotation], and the ... addition to more large-scale happenings at the List Center for the Arts, the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the ... perfection. If you think about it, the CPU inside your computer is basically

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention Span Documentary. Abby '20 has blogged about this class in the past, but ... off with the same things as Abby said: I've always wanted to make cool

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022