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• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  that I took here. I learned a ton about the manufacturing process in a ... ...  but more on that later! This blog isn't about the lesson I learned this year or my feelings.... no, it's about my favorite class that I took this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode ... we can. Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... which category he falls into?), which premieres tomorrow night. Also in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... .) > Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor are telling me I should double major in Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room ... sometimes in lecture, new concepts can perform astounding backflips right over ... and I decided to throw an unsanctioned study break in our floor lounge

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  laughter] But how can it be deep, we're only in two dimensions. [pause again ... ++? I'm scared. Then again, there's no way this can be as hard as junior ... A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of ... wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Most of the media I consume explores food in ... this culture, you can easily lose your grounding. In short, how we treat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my ... three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  ’t a single set in the whole board - though I hope you had a merry chase ... force this in Python pretty easily." Jeff: "Are you sure? I don’t think it ... Find a Set: Set is a visual card game. "Sets" in Set consist of 3

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... that would make! Always moving forward. I must find someone who can ... get a job in the NFL.' He's a computer programmer who's saying, 'I need

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  First and foremost: I am an EC, and EC's don't make admissions decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it ... Institute (or how it was thirty years ago; in our internet age you might know

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  are patiently waiting, please check out the FAQs below in case I can get ... in your MyMIT tracker. AHHHH I CAN’T CHECK THE STATUS OF MY ... QB applicants in general over here. AHHHH I DID MY INTERVIEW BUT IT

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  us the theatre would be pink, I imagined a muted pink that blends in ... . (Unfortunately, this included a cupuaçu dessert pizza, but I suppose you can’t win ... them in Portuguese, I initially thought she was comparing them to the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  planned for later in the year! Hmmm, I think I'm going to need a bigger ... I've been working with video since CPW wrapped up, generally ... putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my Mac

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  past pizza sins I've suffered there, but I suppose I can no longer say ... -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater, as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  'll also seem more 1337 if you can rattle everything off in numeric form ... after work. Time not at work is usually spent sleeping. I write in the ... of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  check now to make sure you can log in smoothly. If you need to reset your ... when I'm not overflowing with creativity, I've found that being sincere ... checklist, which will now be turned off. In order to reduce any extra stress

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007