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  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT ... Hamentashen. One is a sweet and versatile triangular dessert, the other is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  : During a typical Hunt, HQ is holed up in MIT’s Bush Room (10-105), right ... note="Alan: there is so much good MIT history content"]MIT history ... ."][/annotation]was the 41st annual MIT Mystery Hunt and my third time participating. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  to yap has taken hold, and I shall oblige it, because orientation is ... Residence Exploration (REX!!), where they'll explore MIT’s many different ... is fun, and REX is exciting, but REX can also be a bit of a stressful

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  today to confirm that I have lost my powers. MIT is infamous for humbling ... "first midterm" and how hard MIT is definitely psyched me out for this test ... MIT is that even in the middle of all the psets and midterms, I will

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  is still wild to me that i'm a grad student at MIT, that i've been ... at mit. in that same vein, there is this sense of awe at "wow, i cannot ... advice for your mit app. that one is not a recommendation.] it's been fun

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  Writing blog posts is hard, but writing lists is easy. So here’s a ... classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... never thought I would be coming to MIT to chop stuff. But during REX, for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  , and try things you're not sure you'll like; MIT is all about new ... I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT ... -cream events than I really should! But despite how much of MIT I soaked in, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , unabashed law and policy geek. Before I began working at MIT, I was a Research ... James Grimmelmann of New York Law School. Grimmelmann is flat-out one of ... is an illuminating insight into an otherwise tired subject; his

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  Disclaimer: I'm sorry if this post is a little incoherent. Narcotics ... themselves inside my mouth, and I remember thinking "wow, this is fascinating ... SPRING BREAK. This is a nice introduction to what I have going on this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  This post contains spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT ... . Which is everything, including all the dry details that'll be boring to ... looks like it won't be interesting. Most of what I'll be writing about is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  ’re dead. Sometimes you’ve got to let things take over your life. HackMIT is ... live some life at MIT without putting all of it online, so it all worked ... also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  ’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT ... musical theater. So what is it? Maybe it’s the writing, this undercurrent ... musicals have this structure where Act I is relatively normal and Act II

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  .) I’m mildly obsessed with the internet. Actually, mildly is putting it ... internet. Things changed when I got to MIT. Instead of being plugged into the wall in order to get slow internet, all I have to do is turn on my

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  . The cheapest hot item is a Cup of Noodles, which is free at MIT if you ... in the Bay Area, and I’ve been doing research (a.k.a. UROPing) at MIT ... curb, but we knock over a fire hydrant. Oof. Everybody on the bus is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston ... , and it is both an ode to the nostalgia of that first year of back and ... "]after graduating MIT,[/annotation] and songs I once knew and then rediscovered and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  it is at MIT. I cried if I didn't understand things. Got frustrated and ... came into MIT. Didn't know what an online assessment was, didn't know ... 'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  ] Blahaj is the unofficially official mascot of MIT Sport Taekwondo. But ... Internet trans community, and tireless member of the MIT community, Blahaj is ... the discussion is on media that I don’t personally consume (ex. family

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  summer. One thing I've noticed this summer is the presence of what I will ... spiraling, smaller thoughts and feelings. Here is my best attempt to describe ... to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... immortalize them on the internet. So, what's it like when 4 MIT students visit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  MIT: REGRESSIONS is a feature-length documentary created by Luke Igel ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... the institutions we have today is monumental in viewing MIT with more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022