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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  environment where upperclassmen could teach freshmen, who would then teach the ... a red cape, [who] played the communist "Internationale" to the delight ... shifts in play between the years and decades of East Campus residents, and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  I've been doing a lot of thinking about lives lately, in multiple senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or ... environment that will utilize your analytical problem skills and critical

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  commitment? – I thought I’d explain what Greek life at MIT is like, especially ... recruitment! [caption id="attachment_102269" align="aligncenter" width="350 ... ), FAQs, and more. Definitely check it out!   [caption id

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  . - HIM: "You know, that 7.20 test was hard! I hope the curve isn't too ... dozens of hours that we spend preparing for a test really stretches or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  am trying to get Adam to stop studying for his 16.06 test and start

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the Peano axioms. Someone wants to know if this will be on the test. The ... Federation national anthem is playing. It sounds strangely like the CCCP ... the brick exterior as a test. The building reacts, obviously hurt by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  -campus environments. The MIT Black Students’ Union was recently featured in The Tech ... realized so many of the people I’d met were both very much like me and ... something I’d never heard of before. This wasn’t just about race or color

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  I’d offer a list of 10 things that I love about MIT (in no particular ... as a “listener.” You can play a fun game by going to the subject ... / play hard mentality Sometimes, I’ve had so much work to do that it made

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a ... ’re playing with your upper limits. A lot of people don’t rejected at all; they’re playing it safe.” So be proud of yourself for facing those terrifying upper

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  you make dragons! [caption id="attachment_84086" align ... . Then I bent the other side over and punched a tab. [caption id ... works with a moderate amount of effort. [caption id="attachment_84088

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  Essentials Athena (n.) - The MIT campus-wide, Unix-based computing environment ... , playing Rock Band, or blogging; often contrasted with tool (v.) (2) To skip

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  seriously. In particular, I wish I’d had that attitude against the dragon that ... being completely honest about what I’d been doing since I sent my ... STEM related activity I’d ever done was join the Math Team because they

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  . Like one great big group test where we work to help one another, the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  , for society, for the environment. Behind every robot is an underlying purpose and need. While the liberal arts environment on IHP involves some ... environment and it has been immensely beneficial for me to understand the ‘other

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  [caption id="attachment_40164" align="aligncenter" width="720 ... failures are gifts that will lead to successes down the road. [caption id ... play with categorization, text alignment, fonts, and colors. Figure 3

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  opposite me, resting on his elbow and playing Words With Friends. He ... ; it had the advantage of feeling like a friend I'd grown up with. If the ... I said I'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and don't remember how I said I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  and Barcelona (where I’d worked on an internship), biology and a host of ... statement I’d made. Which leads us to… The Longest 4 hours of my life. The ... got to chat with one another and play a mean game of “Go Fish” while the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  't solely use this test to measure how "good" your essay is! That is something ... mundane test scores, GPA, and lists of activities. Why not capitalize on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  , knowing I'd be going down another history research rabbit hole. [caption id ... presentations. [caption id="attachment_64952" align="aligncenter" width="1085 ... separate programs in 1986. [caption id="attachment_64953" align

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  —the Vermont Pond Hockey Championship. I’ve been playing hockey since I was about ... best friends playing a sport that has given me so much. The joy isn ... -out line. From pop music, anime, cargo shorts, bowl cuts, and playing

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021