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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  Facilities stared at it in awe, not quite sure what to think. How, erm, how ... just want to see the end result. That, and I'd prefer to not be arrested ... doesn't really like it when students break the law. How to become a hacker

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  to choose your own normal. 2. You get to choose how involved you want ... First, questions answered: 1. Many people wondered aloud how I was capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  that's not the case. You tend to only notice the large groups, but the ... , but don't worry! We're here to help. And you may be wondering who WE ... ; Without further ado:   16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  bus. And along the route, when I'm not doing my best to avoid double ... ever been before. Coming to terms with the fact that this would be my reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  decide whether or not they’d like to live in a fraternity. It’s also a ... quick to introduce and connect with each other, so not only do you get to ... you don’t realize how refreshing it is to leave until you actually do

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  behind thesis-ing (as a 2A major, I’m not actually required to do one ... it came to that. But since I did not apply to grad school this fall (I ... especially like how the book reflects some of my own feelings back to me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  to catch one's breath. One's chest might hurt from not breathing ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your ... remember not to touch someone in distress if you do not know them well

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  welcoming "How are you doing today sir?" to his deeper and brotherly "wassgood ... during the times of slavery, only to realize they could not understand the ... you should speak if you want to be respected. This is how you should

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  you. I know you also feel tired.  It’s difficult for me to know how I ... it was time to respond to the letter you wrote to me. I’m not eighteen ... ’re not dating her anymore. It’s strange to me now the things that you think

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  , not to mention in what form and when. True to form, however, Admissions ... ,[annotation note="in particular, I had missed mine to play in a pit orchestra"]not ... time zones. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to best approach

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get ... on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT ... knowing how to swim. —anonymous learning to swim from a swimming pool. "You

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  academic workflow to pieces. It's a tough blow to absorb to not be able to ... guarantee one thing:   You're going to be crushed   Now before ... here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  sometimes worry I get way too excited to see underclassmen compared to how ... communities to love, and how quickly I have found the love returned. In DPhiE we ... undergrad. Similar to when I left my family in Denver, I didn't realize how

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to ... . I tell her this, and she says, “You have to be curious. If not, things ... needlepoint portraits of people’s dogs!  She then goes on to say, “But I’m not

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  (click to enlarge): You'll also notice that the Lewis report calls not ... resources and fear of blowback from students and alumni. That's not to say ... people with the technical know-how or the artistic abilities to bring them

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  figure out how to organize all that information, or even determine the ... will provide the best foundation for admission to how does one actually ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  Thinking of living off campus? Maybe not, maybe you just want to read ... -campus from this point on, i'll mostly be referring to living in not mit ... on what you're looking for. But first, where do we begin? How to Get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  buying lottery tickets are not way stations on the road to pursuing your ... in my math class—how to compute a probability density function, for ... Sometimes I went to recruiting events just to remember why I avoided

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  school can support those who may not have easy access to the numerous ... tempting, trying to overload yourself by doing ALL of these things may not be ... , but also how to approach the structure of the AP tests themselves

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025