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  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  general? “Hmm… right now, a river's output is measured in cubic meters per ... . xkcd is “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” Its creator ... Con: must visit Harvard Just kidding! Harvard is actually a very cool

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... eating in my dorm, this usually is enough food to last a week. I typically ... on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  ’t be the only thing—seeing a movie in a theater is more immersive, and I ... Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I ... , to me, existed as a series of songs someone had compiled in a You

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere on campus – and a few places off campus – the money is deducted from ... halls will offer continental breakfast, something which is a rare find on

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  commitments - in addition to blogging. Not to mention I had just joined a ... figuring that out. But I certainly knew a lot more in the spring than I did in the fall. My point is, your first semester is pretty much the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... a particular place. In the end, though, they let me choose the best

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  dialogue for each episode is taken from a series of real-life podcast interviews. in the third episode, darryl, the interviewee, is an ex-convict who ... says things like: “The reason that meditation is so important in magic

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  went to Veggie Galaxy for brunch. Veggie Galaxy is a traditional American ... [/annotation]), but it is actually very decent on the inside. My order: A vegan ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  office is looking in a transfer applicant. Thanks." To answer this, I ... term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... ) - Reread lots of books that I haven't read in a long time - Attended my dad

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  ) but it still reminded me about how much innovation there is in an essentially millennia-old technology. MIT is in on the concrete re ... , the time-dependent deformation that occurs in concrete when it is

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  , accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that ... decided someone important was in the restaurant. We did eat at a relatively

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  in her dress, you marvel at how green the material of her outfit is ... really interesting in your class—say, that penguins engage in a form of ... it is not the laying down of sublime rhymes in time that makes your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  destination. Someone is walking down the pavement, hands probably snuggled in ... stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the ... was almost there. A few minutes later, he’s in a much brighter place, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  couple of months in New England, somebody told me I had a Southern accent ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... ". I promise I'm not making this up. In the South, "coke" isn't just a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  obligations always tended to cross paths. And yes, now MIT is in a different ... is there a more desirable middle ground? (Keep in mind that I lack the ... in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned ... way back, I stumbled across a park.     In the park, I ... later. This fort--now a park filled with fluffy dogs--is the last

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  . This may sound like we simply fall back into a well-worn rut, but in fact MIT is quite remarkable in its constant pedagogical experiments and ... also is remarkably active in exploring innovations to classroom

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  posts when I was an actual undergrad blogger. That is probably a sub-optimal thing. But now I’m back, with a little less self promotion, to join in ... well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005