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  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  ongoing event in rolling text". Apparently this used to be something that ... group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... . Gloria: I was actually awake since much earlier in the morning, but due to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  're competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in ... wanted to major in, and, hey, if one of the professors in the department

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... , become mini-experts in everything from 3D printing to bowling mechanics. If ... time of reflection. It’s easy to become lost in the fact that we only

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  . Are you required to take 2 or 4? Is the CI-M required (for, say, Biological Engineering) or just a suggestion as a way to fill the CI ... in your mouth and start to screw with your teeth so you have to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was ... UROP, the profs are definitely wiling to hear you out and help you in any ... . In addition to generally helping out the lecturers and other course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I ... and said something to the effect of "you know, we're in the mountains ... .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  '10: Hi. I’m Minh. You can call me Minnie, or Minhsie, or any version of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous ... doing something with Courses 18 - Mathematics or 7 - Biology. Melis and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of ... of the crowd. Does that ever happen to you? [Class mumbles in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is ... whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ’t happen in real life. to fix this, we can connect the grid points using ... the east and set in the west. i looked up at the sun; time to chase the ... . villagers seem to occupy this weird space in-between the soulless mobs and the

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the ... , taking 5.111/5.112 in the fall frees you up to take 5.12 in the spring ... major in biology or in any other department which requires a lot of bio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy ... A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an internship in Spain this summer, and I am super psyched. (I still have to send ... excited. =P In more personal news, my acting class is finally starting to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  just to feel like he had to impress his interviewer.  In fact, I told him that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to act in a false way during their interview.  Additionally, to appear in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... myself, and I managed to catch myself up in my classes. I made a huge ... 't pretty or cute enough to be one or the other. But the fact that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  that in engineering, it's not that difficult to design individual ... fun blog). In a nutshell, I've been working with my team to try and ... , to just 4 parts, one moving, all in the same plane. And the thing works

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably ... make living work without having to eat instant ramen every day in the ... ="If you live in a dorm with a dining hall, you are required to pay for a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to ... or forget to check Google Tasks, as I am wont to do: "Feed Kristina ... gentleman despite lacking milk or cream to test it on. And then, because I am

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  into the pi day verse 3/14/22 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  [annotation note="please be nice to them"]Grant,⁠ or someone from our admissions ... to comfort movies and shows or start something new. reading is also ... available online Monday, March 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2022