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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  this year. Q. I'm not a super-genius. Can I still survive at MIT? A ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the College Confidential message boards), I've noticed an abundance of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  application, which I barely remember anymore - occurred via a link in the blog comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... professors that I have something to offer... when in fact I'm not sure I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  , they're mailing regular decisions out tomorrow! I can feel you shivering ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high ... . Anyway, she didn't really say anything, when I walked in, but merely thrust

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven ... . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  rice to get the consistency you see in risotto) 1/3 can of beef stock (in ... My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and basically three finals stand between between me and the summer! (i have them

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed ... check if Lupe was in his office. I went to the fourth floor of building 14

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  volts - he blogged about it in one of his entries, but I can't find it cuz ... - sorry I can't find a public domain pic that I can post). In very much the ... playing in the background to keep from falling asleep), I completed my epic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  ! (Also, I clearly couldn't bear to put anything in the F tier lol. That ... love languages, and I tested into Spanish 4 because of my AP scores in ... .  Differential Equations (18.03) → Rank C Chill class in terms of grading, but I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  with Prajna and Jyotsna and since I can't talk about that in moderation ... activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I ... I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  introduction--unless of course you've never heard of him, in which case I'll just ... which case I'll probably be too embarrassed to blog about it. In other not-lecture-related news, I moved into Senior Haus (much more on this in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that SaveTFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of ... Newtonian fluid). I was in the middle of calculating the kLa when I grew

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... then, in that very moment, that I had zero clue as to what to expect. I  had never listened to the Hamilton soundtrack in its entirety. I knew as

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... ability and built-in memory. I know, because we have tested it and retested

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  EC and I walked back to MacGregor, where I pecked at work in my room ... .004 and my UROP code. I spent a lot of time in MacGregor last weekend ... study break for the potential GRTs. I can’t wait to play poker and meet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months ... lawn perfect for napping on, or my friends late at night, but I can enjoy ... gentle reminder to myself. I've been deliriously happy at this school, in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  , you all came to mean more than i can say. i graduated in summer 2013 ... in a few weeks, or in a few years, I hope that you can do that too." i ... into a unified person i could recognize in the mirror. as i grad student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  idea that the fish in my bucket are the ones I want, and I can't get ... from something I still don't understand in the Media Lab, is coming back ... in attendance. I was in the room with the entire admissions Illuminati

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  good for that, though I've only eaten at Lobdell once or twice in the ... more students to attend), and in that spirit, I must say that MIT is not ... two schools. You can't go wrong with your choice! To help, I've asked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger ... stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010