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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... pretty cavalier attitude—it's just wings. I like wings. It can't be that ... like wings, I do not like spicy. A one-pound plate of wings was placed in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  expired. I’d bought too many pairs in anticipation for college. {First ... I ever pset-partied in} The hardest thing you will do in college is ... dropped Analysis after 3 all-nighters. In October, I sought a reasonable

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  . Reaccs I didn't send that many messages in most of these chats. However, I ... much between chats. I was a lot more active in some chats than others ... felt about the class. For example, I had a ton of negative reacts in 6

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  ! --------------------------------------------------------------- It's not just the MIT node... I'm in Ohio and I'm getting the same ... scripts] Now. . . here's the amazing part. I can't access VSPink ... , actually, here's the backstory, then the story. Back in July 2006 there was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy ... their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... Friday I turned in my last problem set ever at MIT. So the other day I was ... all those excellent chart-formatting skills I learned in 10.26: Chemical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  Rhino, the software I'm most familiar with, you can use the Box command ... . Lastly, array this cube in a 25x25 array, and you're done. As you can ... of a Spice Theorem I've been following, with a little help from, in my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  evolutions, but in the moment I mostly don't think about this stuff consciously. I haven't posted in a while. Too long. It's been one of the semesters. MIT has taught me a lot of things about community. I was in a small high

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, this semester, and you can ... should probably do all your figures in Microsoft paint. Sure you can plan ... your problem-solving. In the past three months, I have written more

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  they don't graduate. In fact, I can't think of a single one off the top ... 'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be ... I should have gotten B's in several other classes as well, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  -bloggers and MIT ex-pats, I live a stone's throw away in Cambridge's Central ... food that comes in a brown paper bag: Brazilian cheese bread. I'll leave ... better. First and foremost, I'm incredibly happy with the people in my life

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  were you, and what were you up to? Gaurab: I lived most of my life in ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... strong interest in and love for economics. Janet: Before I decided to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  ’s eye, in front of which I unfortunately can’t make out my sights, even ... very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7 ... our instincts and working with our breath. In rifle this IAP, I learned

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... ’ll do some data mining and see if I can find updated numbers. Now, anyone ... . “Otherwise I’d go in a heartbeat.” Hang on. I paused. Christopher Nolan makes

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that ... , less frustrating, and more fun. But I don't know that many people in the ... in the dorms. I think that's probably something that varies dorm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  me and said I had a package awaiting me in the secretary’s office. I ... it to Penn within days of their mail. I also sent in my SAT scores and ... find out the status of my application. In that time, I joined College

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  again in the evening. I like oatmeal. You can add walnuts and bananas and ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... I was at least three times. I live in the university dorms which are

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  this. They can't do it for all of the reasons I mentioned in the CC ... , not even me, can give you an accurate chance at MIT! What I said then ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  motto in the Avengers: Civil War movie :P) Chris and I had a couple more ... used in the video, photographed by fellow student Chheangkea I. '17 Now ... where I UROP in real life and Chris was once a research assistant. I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017