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  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  Mac and how does it fit into an MIT-style life? Are you liking it so far ... the world. (No, not really. I hate it, though.) MIT does have a varsity ... (Yeah, okay, that was a really bad title. I GET IT. Not everyone can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  write a novel about how much it changed my life and how precious all of ... , please! How do I life? Hope your road is a long one. ... all about my life not that long ago. In fact, the time between my last

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in ... that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless ... : I very much liked how they integrated string instruments into their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  permanently posted on the blogs freaked me out. It still does freak me out, a ... I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be ... break the hiatus the next week. It just never happened. [annotation note

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  -night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it's late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day ... figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  small vase -- you can see how much glass is left at the bottom of it ... class for the second time: it's standard practice for people to repeat this class twice before moving to intermediate classes because it covers

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  whatever weird ideas popped into his head. It's only sixty pages long, but ... -favorite book now; it's terribly long and compendious in its description of ... think it would be viewed as strange if your person and Maria dated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  a merino headband under my headscarf. It does an excellent job of ... typically will wear thermals, a long shirt, a sweater and then my jacket. It ... It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  'd include the proof by induction but it's long, tedious, and involves calculus so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... assesses the answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  employer for the same job since my first year of high school, does it affect ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... point where it is clear that they are 'qualified' and could succeed as far

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really ... )[/caption] I am not the ice girl with long white hair. The cold bothers me. The ... . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  miles under the speed limit. I don't know if it's a culture thing or if the police are extremely strict or what, but it was VERY different from ... most part) been extremely helpful. It's like my new best friend. I even

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  to me all week. Just supposing it doesn't happen, how does that affect ... . Can you provide me with some more info? such as how does it compare to ... time. How long should I wait to receive confirmation that my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  remembered all the high schoolers who sent me these long emails about how they ... wanted to escape. I find it really funny how everything worked out like ... describe the fear i feel. i remember how hard it was being alone in my senior

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  surprisingly long time to research and put together; I hope you all enjoy it ... , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... students, but it’s still great, would highly recommend) How to do Laundry

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  . Where does it hurt? Primarily, I think I’ve lost my sense of conviction ... -meant, but it can be tiring after a long day, and I sometimes wonder if my ... classes.  This isn’t an admission of defeat (no matter how much it feels

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  yourself, does this dilute the challenge of the test? Well, no, because they ... don't think you get how cool this is... A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!! Of ... order to increase its kinematic viscosity enough to flow at the required

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  main gripe is how slow it is, especially at the beginning. It always ... not enough that I keep playing it. This is a long game. You could play ... . It's quite theme-light, and more number-go-uppy than my description

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  does not provide linens, pillows, or bath or hand towels. MIT *does ... long network cable. (Your RCC [residential computing consultant -- an ... certainly print your stuff in any Athena cluster for free, it's sure nice to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  (almost) anything: it's a semester-long crash course on making for those who ... everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017