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  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  one is permitted to touch it until exactly 6:30pm. 7:06pm: The first draft of the article of the night – on McCormick transfers – is finished ... interim at looked at another article in progress. Okay, this is still a long

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  In 1965, the U.S. government awarded George (MIT Class of ~1923) and Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is ... apparatus is that if you spin a mother around in a circle with her head at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  is proof enough that MIT students have enough time in their lives to ... with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is ... I was late (what else is new), but then I got distracted by Benson L

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  , we consider two flavors. The more common form is exploratory hacking, which is also the older one: there's never been a point at which people were unwilling to climb onto the rooftops. On October 6, 1916, MIT

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  that MIT is hard. It’s not just the workload. There’s this feeling that ... a challenge. MIT is paradise. I cry sometimes. I love it here. My only ... about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• 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 ... . But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we made it halfway through MIT, which is no small feat! Ring Premiere is

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

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  One of MIT's oldest student groups is the Assassins Guild. We're the ... ="aligncenter" width="525"] can you guess where it is[/caption] It's like doing the MIT ... desert storm. And one of the Guild's oldest traditions is the ten-day game

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  From the moment I became an MIT Admissions Blogger, I knew I'd write ... limbo of deferral. This entry is for the deferred. This entry is my story ... MIT Application went live. As many of you know, last year's application

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  filled with memories too large to contain any of us. It is the end of my junior year, and I am twenty. There is something frighteningly final about ... changed from "what happens now?" to "what happens next?" and there is so, so

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  . Decision fatigue is a term from the behavioral psychology literature. It ... Saturday night, at all.  It is not something I had ever experienced before I ... lots of decisions quickly and well is going to decrease. There's no way

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  of it is that I failed. MIT Test #1: failed. Of all the possible ... normal physics class in every way. From the outside, it is just MIT physics ... taking the time to learn the "long" way. After all, MIT is a marathon, not

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  “Why is There No Water”. This was a long, arduous process, seriously ... posts + this podcast). But finally, against many odds, the well is ... announcing this positive development (such MIT lol). Targeted Issues and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  . Now, I shudder to think of life before MIT, condemned to four years of ... , being abroad is my comfort zone. Since then, I have travelled to around ... , a l√° 30 Days) – so this is essentially a dream come true. This

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  crossword puzzles, seeing high school friends, and missing MIT. I had intended to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family ... month of January on a finance internship in New York City. Both MIT and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we ... us because of the prestige of MIT and doesn't actually know what this institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ... and everything nice! My favorite dish in the whole wide world is ... brighten your day. So, what is this dish? Pakaprow is a spicy Thai basil meat stir fry. The sensation of cooking it is always such a riot. Spicy

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  . (The retention rate at MIT is something like 97%, in case you were ... To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... readers, I obviously mean just my mom, and today is my mom's birthday, so

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is ... people were better than me.  By the time I got to MIT, I didn’t have the ... moment I joined the MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group to see everyone

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  at night This is Not a Picture || VEDA #2 – #askMIT, career fairs, Big ... VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the You ... just giving snapshots into MIT life. For the first couple days (or at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  show for the MIT community. In 2021, even former MIT president Rafael ... excuse is that I forgot to sign up in the previous years. But that isn ... , especially when I’m under pressure. Getting jumpscared in front of friends is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024