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  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  happiness and success and life purpose, but that’s, like, not in NP.) MIT won ... , terrifying expanse of adult life stretched before me. There are no longer any

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  First of all, can you believe the blogs are 10 years old? That’s insane. Equal in insanity magnitude is I became a blogger in 2008, which feels an odd mix…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  given me a glimpse into the life of a liberal arts student, a life very

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

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  In the time I’ve been at MIT, we’ve had some interesting characters pass through the ‘tute – Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga have all made appearances during my time…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  I read a recent NY Times piece, dealing with multiracial students and the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with great interest. In my role as the Director…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  people usually meet on IRC (chat) before IRL (in real life), so their Unix ... things you probably have difficulty imagining your online life without

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts of sporting events, some of which I had never seen before. I saw lacrosse, water…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I’ve had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a decade after I was a student here, but one of them is ✨delight✨ at seeing new generations…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  intro Gloria: Contrary to popular belief, MIT students actually do exercise! We lift, run, dance and generally touch grass. One feature of MIT student life is that every dorm comes equipped with its own gym, which

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to ... past 2 years. During every season of MIT life, different situations ... communion. It’s a part of life we all have to partake in anyways, so we might

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  there is more to life than just classes; learning happens everywhere ... impacts on life at MIT. As students, we can literally be in the room where

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols. Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki. But it’s more than just…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  or 8 “Hmm. In my personal life, I can see myself as Type 2. I think ... in my professional life, I most strongly identify with Type 8. I got ... ’s stupid”  “I promise I’m more agreeable in real life”   Jack

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  A lot of socializing at MIT happens on the dorm mailing lists. One of my favorite mailing lists is Burton-Conner’s, not because of the content of the mailing list (I’ve…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  2011.   And change his life did. After five years of hacking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  : MIT Gothic. I think it paints a very concrete picture of life at MIT ... ’t recognize. You sigh and pull around to another lot. Residential Life starts ... agreeing to be dined on. Residential Life doesn’t specify what will be doing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  real life; I spent most of my time online, where I could pretend ... life spun totally out of my control. And I had no idea how to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  Head over to /r/confession and you’ll find this post lurking near the top.  Since Reddit tends to cycle through content pretty routinely, I’ll reproduce the post here: I’m a senior…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  life out here has comprised of coexisting as teacher and student. On the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  's from then on." Well, correct me if I'm wrong but life doesn't usually ... major. I don't believe in the policy that you have to suffer in life

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007