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• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  to get a certain achievement. but im also not great at this game ... ' win rates.) As for how this applies to real life… well, whatever, I'm not going to lecture on the value of losing.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  coursework. Not only did I get to create an awesome package design, but I made ... wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  the expense of my social life/sanity? Also, how much do students tend to ... ' culture (again no offense, that is just not how I am). what are people ... by generations of students trying to decide whether or not to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  . I think, in amassing these colors, I was figuring out how to be ... appliances. This poem is impossible to divorce from its color. I genuinely don’t have the words to explain it, but this poem has such a power to evoke

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  my experiences enough to come up with some deep analysis of my semester ... with the world differently than I used to. Things I used to enjoy kinda suck (like sitting on a beach all day). Things that used to suck are

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  was a little kid. That's not to say I accepted it, of course. When my ... ratio was insane, which was sort of impressive, but that's not to say I ... say, not as I do. This was a stupid way to pick a high school, and would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  figuring out how to move better, but it’s not a priority for me at the moment ... do i feel things when i listen to other peoples’ performances but not ... ’s not an exaggeration to say that they’re the only logistically competent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  visual feats. Not to mention their inventions can be applied to medicine ... ? Not enough at all? Maybe it is time for proud MIT nerds to reclaim the ... to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  is practical or not for a robot to walk on three legs? Ultimately, it ... ", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was ... tripods to invade Earth. Ebert concludes, at the end of his two-star review

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  how to switch sections from afternoons to evenings because it conflicted ... sadness by not responding to anyone for a week and playing a LOT of ... pset document during 8.01L and I had to struggle not to laugh because my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  By Omar Abudayyeh '12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on an iTouch or to dedicate myself to MIT for four years weeks before CPW, I am cool enough to now say, “I am enrolled at MIT!” In fact, I just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for middle class families. (Let's not forget, though, that by far the most ... team challenge (school spirit??) seemed to be straight out of "The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  papers and desperately look for excuses to not start studying. A quick ... is how I prefer to do it. Go through all of the notes and summarize ... Disclaimer: This blog post is fairly specific to Computer Scientists

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  the situation and urging them to vote, but this effort did not bring ... 're obviously not trying hard enough to cheat," lamented a dismayed blogger ... 's Doonesbury FAQ: The previous Straw Poll invited readers to choose among three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  cleaning was going, but we weren't sure how to get inside MacGregor to check ... . In this blog you'll find two things: (1) my introduction to Washlava and (2) an analysis showing how MIT students felt about Washlava based

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  [/annotation] even when you fold it in half. To appreciate just how cursed this ... wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  who used to be in our shoes so many years ago!  I just kept thinking how ... because everyone who has ever tried to finish the mural has not graduated ... alumni that have lived on my hall, going all the way back to the MIT class

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  : My friends and I were among the first to arrive at Milan; not being ... Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am ... the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... aren't nearly hot enough." "I agree. What do you say to refining the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... […][/annotation] To: frens <3   Oh, take this veil from off my eyes My ... ’ve been meaning to share: Domestication Life has been weirdly easy. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024