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  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  Caution: this post is probably NSFW. Two Decembers ago, when I was ... around here. This post is a photographic journey through the gingerbread ... ("The" is essential), organized a second gingerbread decorating party

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... -to-take-on-the-world prefrosh, is now a slightly jaded, very depressed upperclassmen. It did

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it's spring ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  There have been plenty of posts about MIT's career fairs, mostly ... is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to ... important takeaway for any prefrosh reading this is to please not worry about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  'll experience the MIT lifestyle firsthand. There will be too many things to do at ... you and anyone else will have a similar experience is 1 in a bajillion ... myself at snively [at] mit [dot] edu -- ask-paul [at] mit [dot] edu

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has ... video is wearing an MIT sweatshirt. :-) Only a few more days remain ... bar that Matt discovered which is so pro-red-sox that it's almost like

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... dark chocolate, which apparently is less than 55% cocoa -- wimpy! We ... concentrated (85% and 99%) pieces. Organization is key. Like the characters

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  As they said in the old, more hardkore days of MIT, you all might ... . That name is Harvard. Harvard has another feature, known as a wide variety of humanities classes.  Don’t get me wrong, MIT has its share of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  fact that MIT is a place of innumerable opportunities. Looking back, I am ... Happy New Year, everyone! As much as I loved the MIT gym, I don’t want my last entry on the MIT Admissions website to be about the Z Center

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  -I). MIT also has over 30 club sport offerings. Lacrosse is D-III, while ... spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and ... successful student athlete at MIT requires. Personally, I wouldn't trade my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  lived on has its own wiki. And an IRC channel. "MIT is the closest you can ... know red tape (bureaucracy) won't get in my way at MIT. This school is ... one happy profile out of many different ones at MIT. All I want is for

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  MIT is right for them.  That's hard for me to say, because there's no ... instance). Conclusion? MIT is wonderful.  If you still don't believe me, I ... is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  have also enjoyed my time doing it. MIT is about having fun, I still hold ... you). The next useless bit of MIT memorabilia is a poster drawn by ... After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  set theory work is the subject of logic. Rough MIT equivalent: 18 ... community at MIT, and I don't often talk to other MIT students about the stuff I'm studying. A lot of people, even at MIT, don't really

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  office, is emphatically not to admit the "best students" to MIT, but rather ... following quote:   One of the most important things about college is its role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  MIT is an amazing place and having the chance to discuss what, to me ... . While MIT is a special place for me, the school you ultimately attend will ... Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  mountain) which is wiping me out even further. MIT has a Snowriders group ... rapidly dwindling supply of cash. What is an MIT student to do? Work! This ... visit from the MIT police before our party's ultimate demise). I write to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  around. For example. But this entry is about languages. Unfortunately, MIT ... Center is a familiar place to all who study language at MIT. Right outside ... be wondering about MIT's language department, considering that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego ... about the MIT cycling team here. As thirty travel-weary MIT cyclists

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  ] Excuse me, you have something in your teeth. As you may know, MIT students ... .  Like most stereotypes, this is not wholly accurate.  For example, I ... the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013