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  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be built onto its north and south walls, and a matching parallel would be built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  't swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well in ... about in the college process, but leave in the theoretical domain. I ... into class with that single objective, but I came out wiser in other ways

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  ’re not using it. One evening I was chilling with some friends in the ... . Sometimes I leave my laptop alone (in its waterproof sleeve) on a table in a ... .com, so you use the right words in your essays and Facebook posts. I like to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  hometown in Alabama during the second week. I was staying in Georgia with my ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  .112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - speaking in MITese. But what else would you expect from a school where

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and ... sure to keep you warm in the winter, because here is something I knew but didn't really understand at your age: BOSTON IS COLD. I would also

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  I have worked at MIT since 2009, and lived less than a mile away, in Central Square, since 2013. I love living here in a way that I never thought I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  possibility. Often, I would walk along the same street, music tucked in my ears ... elite higher education. In The New Republic, he wrote, “I taught many ... moment’s notice.” In retrospect, it’s a cynical take—in college, I’ve had

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  that dream in the sky that I think I wanted more than other dreams in the ... essay is like, I share mine with you. You'll learn more about me in the ... where I am now. :D) Living in the graffiti-adorned projects of the Lower

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  that I would love to talk about in future blog posts! All in all ... a disease, in my mind I think of the mechanisms of infection ... though! In Cambridge, I also fell in love with the history and beautiful

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  dedicate to my writing than I really would have liked, which is one of the ... . Because in the end, I truly believe that MIT is what it is today because of ... . Even so, my audience, on this blog, is far larger than I would have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  enough. Then in 2009 I graduated and was never heard from again. Until now! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... that I didn't belong here.  In my second semester, I struggled a lot with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  didn’t buy it. Would be so good on my plate of Cheerios right now, but I ... , despite its cream-filled protests, was chucked into a refrigerator, in which ... probably figured, "Hmm, definitely not mine. I’m lactose-intolerant."" Other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  in structural engineering. I’ve taken many classes where we’ve pondered ... structures is farther up my alley than telling you what’s in them. I’m sure ... in-depth look at Boston’s bridges, I’m sorry, but you’re in the wrong

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  I live in East Campus, on the third floor of the west parallel, which we call floorpi. And on floorpi, I live in room H306, which looks like ... extremely nice room and i’m very glad that i live in it. Not only could I name

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
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  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  . At most institutions, campus construction would be mentioned in the ... wood in the walls. Few institutions would even bother to share these ... in its north and south walls, to allow for expansion of the dorm. Today

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... point in keeping that rejected feeling alive. That and I really don't like ... 'm in my third year here at MIT, and I've grown up a lot. One of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  ] 2013 In 2013, I made a Twitter account. I cut my hair, and started buying ... , most true to me posts I could find, taken for what they are (in addition to present-day commentary of what i can remember)—metaphorical pages in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  about it. Where I am and where I want to be. Sometimes things happen in ... own, I thought this would be it. I’d have my own life, pursue my hobbies ... . I often find myself trying to find an optimal solution, when in fact

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  would come away inspired. I felt like I genuinely learned useful skills in ... based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... first, I was a little surprised that great teaching would outrank

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020