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  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  be AWESOME. What I expect to happen is that MIT will invent time travel ... quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... made of glass this term. I'm leaving MIT! It's totally sad. I just walk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel ... . Wear silly hats on Halloween. Realize Halloween is only once a year. Wear ... 't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  to Alan and Vincent for reading drafts. This post is dedicated to MIT Facilities, the people who keep MIT running. In 2014, Walter Isaacson ... is to replace something so large, in both time and money. If I had to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  to the blogs, so I don't feel bad. Life away from MIT is great; the ... projects with some of the most unlikely people. It's not MIT, but it is great ... , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels ... bid to the D3 NCAA tournament, which is the national tournament. We ... -0. We ended our season with a record of 21-2-1, and we tied MIT soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  my priority, and I'm much happier now. MIT is confusing in many more ... MIT has brought its own set of failures. It's hard not to get hung up on my mistakes, but if high school taught me anything, it is that these

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... same way. I've written before about how the class is selected, but I ... . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  't make this stuff up. It is against all the rules of absurdity (which I ... is if I'd maybe dropped through a trapdoor in the ceiling onto his head ... the multiple contusions have healed.) Matt is not actually my TA, but I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like ... -wizard tournament that is MIT. You all have worked so hard up to this point, finding ... nervous prefrosh. I hope you like it! If you're curious, here is the Ze

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application ... little of the confusion is actually about racial identity and identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a

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

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... standing in. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate. Technically, this is ... that if you’re bad at something at MIT, there will always be somewhere

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  some trolleys here and there. MIT is pretty centrally located for a lot ... between your street and Broadway. You know the way to MIT is left, but you ... finally reach Massachusetts Avenue. MIT is just to your left, so you turn

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Friday(!), giving an address on clean energy. As prestigious as MIT is, and ... visit the weekend before. MIT went into scramble mode, which is always fun ... MIT homepage, in three or four different blog entries, all over the news

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am ... Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for ... speaking Shanghainese, and now I remember that moment in English, which is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  helps me and what doesn’t. MIT is a mentally taxing place, but I’m finally ... ’ve been thinking a lot about how I’ve changed during my time at MIT, and I ... have learned this past year: 1. What machine learning is And what it

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  note="It's one of those fox, chicken, bag of corn problems. Dog 1 is old ... barking if Dog 1 or 2 starts barking. Dog 4 is a puppy that cannot be left ... she is no longer the puppy of the house and hisses (like a cat) at Dog 4

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  : Daniel S., Akshaj K., Vivek B., and Guang C. I'm guessing the name is inspired by "Stellar," which is MIT's platform for learning management. On ... MIT have cool names: Kerberos, Athena, and now Interstellar! Though

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  Before I started working at MIT, I had never driven on the ... happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... . ----- After 5+ years at MIT Admissions, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of mileage

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  is reasonably safe to do so, meaning any day during which the rain hasn ... little exercise. It's a timesaver, too, since my morning workout is wrapped up within my morning commute. Biking is also usually faster than any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018. "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021