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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  ="aligncenter" width="1504"] I intend to set the record for "most complicated graph in an ... into our Athena locker. Many communities in MIT have an Athena locker ... floorpi for a semester, before moving to Epsilon Theta, an [annotation note

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  about it in your application. And for the rest of you poets, dancers ... University in Tempe, AZ. I visited here for the first time this summer, and I ... The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various ... talk about merit in the admissions process, what we really mean, for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  timelapse video of the sunset, thoughts on being in a creative slump, an ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  exploration. Armed with an all-powerful MBTA Pass (with unlimited trips for a ... the park in a glorious architectural mix are an AMC movie theatre, a ... a coffee at the Thinking Cup, an adorable coffee shop for the tired

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  internships. Get an offer for an internship. Get another offer for an ... elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  what the right fit felt like until I visited MIT in April for CPW. Long ... being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies for everyone, but in the end you can't imagine yourself anywhere else

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  the kitchen, now in an even more Russian way, toasting the lives we ... . For five years that room was home. In August it will be someone else’s. ... city above. Ia, Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn! Photos attached. Then, for 6.815, we

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it ... . Failure is inherent in risk, and risk is necessary for success. Applying to ... know you’ve put in a lot. Here is my deep life advice, for the next week

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  ’re looking for a UROP in the first place (I trust it’s something other than “I ... , waiting for an explanation of who I was and what I was doing there. I said ... subject for the lab, and during a break in the procedure, asked the woman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  an extra division for your notebooks and things. I’ve seen people stow ... dignity. A waterproof laptop sleeve for your laptop to hide in when you ... common area for the night. However, common areas on campus and in labs are

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

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  put up with me, and it would be an even bigger miracle for a full ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... Know I Learned in Kindergarten," which has become a standard for coming

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  sat down in an office in MIT Admissions. “For the spring admissions ... work needed for this year, Chris had another producer in mind--Cowboy L ... asking around about rooms in Simmons, she let us use her room for filming

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... . If you do well in school, you will be smart and prepared for an MIT ... to a thousand-person MIT revival in an Atlanta auditorium. Whenever I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  Gregor has mostly singles, so its actual cost for an average freshman is higher ... suitemates is certainly an important factor to consider. I love living in a ... , think about the living arrangement in the dorms carefully. For example

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will ... must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my ... -sleep around 1am, I set every alarm in my room to an arbitrary time between 2

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  judge you for doing it. Dance. Try out for a sport. Audition for an a ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... getting paid $10 an hour to go to lecture. I taught SAT Prep for ESP, which ... 've helped out in admissions. And I wasn't even looking for these jobs--I just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used as an adjective: smash¬∑ing Pronunciation: Ààsma

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  , for society, for the environment. Behind every robot is an underlying ... kitch, lots of skits and picture drawing for my taste, I have learned an ... have) into perspective and help you define what you want to do in an ever

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011