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  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  that MIT is about 50% Asian. 11:30: I met Mace (short for MeiHsin), the ... campus, and you realize that MIT is infinitely more than the sum of its ... MIT is like. *In a safe, police-approved way. The plastic cow, for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  down my to-do list. But here it finally is! Hey everybody! I'm Lady Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... is the best? Campus might have a general consensus. But tbh there

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture ... picture you mention- the girl painting is April, my roommate. The guy sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  . Also, since the Hayden library is for the MIT community, there’s a much ... Though it may be difficult to believe, sometimes MIT students like to ... much more frequently before the chaotic workload that is college, and a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  "WHAT MUST I DO TO BE ACCEPTED TO MIT???" The answer is: "NOT ASK ... about. I know that all this is easy for me to say, because I'M AT MIT ... that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Class of 2022 that is doing her masters at MIT for Manufacturing, was ... [annotation note="Welcome, everyone!"]ようこそ、みなさん！[/annotation] It is ... , Mission 1, may have unfortunately [annotation note="This is a very nice word

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  MIT is different. Here there's not just too many things; there are many ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... One of the things that MIT teaches you really well (among many others

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  , Catherine D'Ignazio, is even a professor at MIT! Oh god I'm old.  Earlier ... about who she is, what she's doing, and how people at/aspiring to MIT can ... One of the strange things about being 10,000 years old is that, while

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  from Taibei around the MIT campus. Every one of these encounters is ... language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... connect with my colleagues. To be able to understand why it is they thought

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  to make food. Which is why I’m really really glad that MIT doesn’t make ... ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... weather - only inadequate clothing." Sure, cold weather is cold (duh), and ... staying warm on a budget is that it's all about layering. Not only does this

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  flaws. MIT is only a 15 minute walk across the Harvard bridge and the ... like to do sometimes when no one is watching) since winter break so to ... bill is a monthly flat rate, we have the luxury of leaving the fans on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

    Christina T., Me, Erica D., and Jen L. representing MIT in ... Italy over IAP. In October, I applied to MIT's Global Teaching Labs ... .           3. However little time there is, use it. For example, in learning a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the ... MIT, aside from Boston, I've lived (stayed for >= four weeks) in Madrid, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Through the madness of MIT, savoring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  gain this experience is through first-hand training, of course, and MIT ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] As some of you might already know, the MIT ... blend together and influence one another. First, there is the love plot of

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  If you didn't already think that this past weekend at MIT was jam ... in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual ... courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can ... 's pause here and answer the initial question After graduating from MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT ... , which led them on a goose chase through the halls of MIT and down into ... it was made from Legos and is referred to as the Space Waffle, and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  character in the picture is a modification of the 'Masked Rider' who was ... him you can click on this link. "The female character in the picture is ... name is Xing Cai and a full profile of her character is available from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... must not leave MIT without being able to robustly code something and 1 ... Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012