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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can ... fend for themselves in the scary world of the Python shell. But so far, I ... .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the Titans, and they only moved there when I was 11. In the past, I've only passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  group of friends, I swear! Alternatively, mansplain manipulate man…ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... campus to help with this, luxuriating in the joys of free Starlink wifi

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  , laughing and having fun that I can’t help but smile and be thankful for so many blessings that God has given us. Even in the midst of MIT, I kinda ... stuffing than I care to count. Personally, this is also my favorite night of

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past ... 'm too far gone in that direction to turn back. Of course, then I had to ... flamingo. In the end, I named it rusty, after one of my favorite bands, Rusty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  that I would normally never do. He was one of the top chess players in ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I ... first notes of "Love Me More" drifted in, Mitski stepped out, and the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  sat in a chair. We worked through one of the practice tests. I drew ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing ... called "hyperfine splitting", for the reason (as best as I can tell) that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... . Phew. Okay. Now to launch into specifics. I live in MacGregor (I think ... they can find out in a minute or so, before they pass you off to another

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I ... figured that I'd let you know what I'm taking this term, since some of you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  out areas of highlight. Then I go back in with the charcoal to deepen ... one painting, it can still work in another. I've been drawing for most of my life. I have the privilege of having taken studio art classes in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... as males tend to do in an affectionate manner. (I tried to reciprocate ... "Kim", who apparently won lots of money and an "academic biography in Who

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  ). And then we played host! In the course of 24 hours, our visitor got a ... -R: Jeanne, Jeanne's prefrosh) Which in turn really makes me wish I'd visited ... time to visit. And if you really can't make it, no worries. I lived

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... As you begin your MIT application and other college applications, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  . Unfortunately, this was the best picture I took of him: The curly thing in the ... Mary" and "YMCA"--well, CCR are kind of rooted in American folk rock, I ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  - Fundamentals of Ecology i.e. everything I've ever wanted in a biology class here ... episodes of Gross Science (you can even see me in the credits in a couple ... people or how to chameleon in various social situations. I have a lot of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself ... that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible ... , some of what ends up being said is tongue-in-cheek, but the implications

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  ever take a class that inspires one of these lists? things I could ... ! fanfic. in other words, I was incredibly unpopular in middle school ... and confusing, a deadly combination. in fact, I was so stressed about

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  any of you guys know whether I can send my mid-year report (since it ... AP's are not the only way in which to challenge oneself. (I can ... greater understanding of science than what my grades show. In all sciences I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More ... of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what ... , Wednesday 23 April and has a picture of a knight on a horse. I was with

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when MIT bought the Riverbank Court Hotel from the City of Cambridge). There ... we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010