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• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... raining dandruff?” And then I saw the sheets of snow on the ground, the ... , exploring restaurants with my friends, seeing movies at the Loews Theater near

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... – that the finite often comes clamping down on ideas of infinity – researchers fold to academic pressures and compromise on the quality of their

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  , and among the halls and entries in those dorms. With such living group ... rest of West Campus, all the West Campus dorms are on Amherst Alley, also ... place for green space; its denizens instead enjoy the outdoors on their

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  inheritance research on peas, and then asked the class why Thomas Hunt Morgan ... professors wrote a paper on the history of light bulb jokes, and how their ... fake antique industry in Egypt (where she used to live), and in order to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  You may think you have a pretty good grip on what type of person you ... strong work ethic on top. Simple enough, I figured it summed me up pretty ... every part of my application starting on August 1st I didn't start filling

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  . We evaluate everything based on the US system. For example, students who score 6's and 7's on their A-levels are (respectively) 94 and 93 ... . One of the questions on the app. asks, "What do you do for fun?" and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  vanished to college, taking on new spheres of life. I grew to resent staying ... occasionally at my high school, which was a walking distance from where I lived ... on rocks all day. My cooking skills diversified somewhat, extending

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  room and leaving a few posters on the wall. I was going to college. I ... good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people ... . What a bad idea.) Living in Baker availed me the opportunity to be in

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  from experiments, and i could just focus on doing things. this past week ... on them. but they're small, and it's very easy to mess things up ... last task minutes before midnight on friday. now, i'm reeling from the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  didn't spend writing i spent eating dinner with friends! on tuesday night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth ... couldn't yet describe when I first visited at age thirteen on a family vacation. "Welcome to New York" wasn't my favorite song on 1989, but maybe

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  about 6.033, being with a community of friends i lived with and saw daily ... …"]media[/annotation], brushing up on [annotation note="i'll most likely be working with node ... people act different. the HOV lane is often on the right. streets are more

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in ... Secret Santa gift exchange. Each resident spends ~$20-$30 on some number of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  -10°C (okay, I know I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts so I can take the ... really grateful. For everything. After having lived abroad for 7 years ... could try on panniers, which are undergarments worn in the 18th century

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  that passionate New Zealand Rugby team, and well, we live on Burton 1 ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... (like crew or sport taekwondo) are completely open to walk-ons and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  to be honest, it was because I live around the corner and had been ... about last year’s production based on Alan Lightman’s Einstein ... a public talk outlined on a blackboard, and an exchange with a female

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  predator could possibly prey on the cicada without also evolving into a 17 ... I'm living Köln or Bonn as much as I want. Even though it pays for ... preserved the sheets from the night he was born, or had a live Beethoven

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  ! So awesome! On that note, what does everyone think of the new season ... essay should I just submit it on paper? Avril said: elizabeth - The MIT ... on paper. Um...I have never heard of such a thing. 505 words is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  : • a very good quality paper with random lines of text that we typed on ... on the top of the memory mushroom when Anastassia gave it to us! 2) Five Rubber Ducks that we got from the living group ET during last year

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them. 2. Arturo asked about Mexican food on and near campus (also about more ... ). Anna's Taqueria is the only Mexican restaurant on campus, but everybody

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006