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  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. '26
  • 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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  , dapped up my brother, and walked out. Dapping is the unspoken form of our ... 't then you don't. It is as simple as that. I remember back in school the ... . Knowing these languages is what makes us who we are and is what connects us

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be ... window, ampiyas, and the action is umaanggi. Where I'm from, the dry

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Best Advice I Ever Got Take it or leave it.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a ... has also been suggested that this difference in performance is in some ... objective science. And statistically speaking, he’s right. It is true that

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  . Now, I know that sounds confusing, but think of a cube. What is the best ... make it have a height, and thus, the cube is born. You can also input ... is the same. Now, let's say you have 50 of these cubes in a model, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  I graduated from MIT in 2011. Upon graduating, and while living alone ... life. For those unfamiliar, cross stitching is basically textile pixel ... work hard enough at it. I love crafts and making things. See MIT Mech

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  .” It all sounds so funny because MIT is one of those places where a lot ... senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  . Now it’s your turn. Here is where Random Hall is: If you’re an MIT ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the ... barbeque and prizes for billiards and is mixing ice cream for the LN2 events

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
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  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  The week after my semester at MIT ended, I was accompanied by this ... with how hard, how crazily hard it is, to break into the global ... , and an increased sense of affection for what is mechanically no more

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  is to "trust oneself completely to", and that when I committed to MIT I ... taken from Your Last First Day in There Is No Antimemetics Division. There ... 's your chance. (There are five parts in the series; Your Last First Day is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  will need to hear it more than others. My name is Chel. I left MIT ... outside of MIT is large, full of adventure and opportunity, so campus and ... is my eighth Reg Day, although I only count seven of them. It’s also

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014