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• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  best known for his contribution to the Human Genome Project, teaches 7 ... down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap ... the low, low price of $19.95 wasn’t enough to convince me that those

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  friends, in the order they asked. Scretious Scretious is… I guess the best ... . They are the best part of late night snack runs. It is no surprise then ... Rush tickets, which are half the lowest set ticket price for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students ... graduation. For most of my time at the Institute, I fully believed them, using ... one more all-nighter. The problem is, being a recent graduate myself, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  report is slightly different from your transcript. The grade report is for ... ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic ... school, namely, the ABCDF system, except with a few additions. Below is a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  my head. "MIT's music program is like the fugacity of water in a water ... fall off the back of the truck or something--for about half of the list ... remainders of three books that I've always been looking for, and that the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  price range for a field camera with decent movements. The bellows alone ... in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... ) for around the cost of just the bellows. So I spent the rest of the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  my weekend checklist and began searching my mind for the best way to ... At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my life. Saturday. I'm helping Mikey prepare for the closing show. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  others perceive it. Speaking is almost the direct opposite, and having to ... course I want to write. But that’s not why. I don’t know what the why is. I ... than that. What I do know is that I never really intended for it to be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  serve as a force for the betterment of society. The key for Thresher is ... more than 50 years ago. What I love about CAPI (as it's called) is the ... of print for decades, but for our new website, the College Board agreed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  another quality stapler in the office for me to use, so all is well in the ... reading day, which, for our office, is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the "reading season." A reading day is a day that we admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to ... Pad to the MIT iPad, and then factory reset and lend my personal iPad to my mom for the school year while I used the nicer MIT-provided iPad. Every

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  the best. unfortunately it is not at mit. Harvard is old and ... this is actually the best. Feels warm 'n' fuzzy.   Okay that is it ... a study is being conducted on main campus (worst → best) 1. Your 9am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  standard deviation of 14. The range for an A is 72-96 (nobody got a 100), B ... ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... around the time you were born) is told that the most important thing he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane. the toilet got clogged and the gripping plot is slowly revealed over the ... . we changed gates for the 4th time and the flight is still delayed. in

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  cheap! Make sure to use the freezer- it is your best friend. I do this ... packages over the summer and IAP Advocated for a low-cost student ... -term food insecurity Been a voice for the 10% of students that have lacked

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks ... kitchen to make some food before hopping on the computer for what little ... for free so I figured  that was the perfect path to my cubicle. It was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  better way for you to feel welcome and pick the perfect-est living space ... Library, the second largest in the country. Purchase tickets for performers like the Blue Man Group at 1/2 the price through Student Rush or MITAC

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  are moving in different directions. The incompleteness is uncomfortable ... while. I think for the most part, my freshman year was spent dismantling the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  ’s the email I pored over for so long. [caption id="attachment_107005 ... for the time being. Unfortunately, the rain washed our creation away ... FOREVER Tape is notable for being sticky. Josh decided to put this

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  construction and event planning. It is used for such things as the base of a sign ... going back to school after a long absence. It is hard -- not the level of ... deadlines and actually feeling compelled to put forth the effort for paper

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005