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  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  we should be majoring in. Currently, we are majoring in Course 21E, or ... humanities field is CMS, or Comparative Media Studies (which is a really broad ... offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  DASH, Puzzled Pint, or BAPHL, and centered around the Mystery Hunt. With ... online hunts such as teammate or Silph have cropped up, with a huge growth ... sort of theme wrapped around it, or sending a themed invitation to teams

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  exception of one or two family trips to Las Vegas. So, when I went to the east ... stopped. Train going. Silence. Train coming.... https://youtu.be/1kyWYYSAy50 ... (as a first year or otherwise)? Or when, if nothing else, you're ready

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a week from 2021 adMITs, and I got into MIT three years and one week ago ... mail! or Everybody loved her and she led a saintly perfect life and she

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  engineers everywhere that the cameras on my 2014 smartphone and my 7th grade ... it to you to decide whether that's a subtle or profound change. This ... the MIT bubble. People flock to San Francisco or stay in Cambridge and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  relatively distant future: our story instead concerns Monday, June 1, 1925 ... charged with the job of finding the ne'er-do-wells. The next day ... dormitories and ten or a dozen men piled out, carrying something heavy. Scarcely

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

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Italy (which means I had a hard time getting myself to go every day) but ... . I came home every day for lunch with the family, napped, ran, read, and prepared the lessons for the next day. Some days the routine varied

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  best friends walk down Killian Court and out of my day-to-day life. All ... : I read something online that said, “There are 30,000 days in your life ... buttons. Every day we’re writing a few more words of a story. And when you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  Every time I check my email (incredibly, only once every few days) I am reminded that I am not at MIT. I am away from the buzz that defines ... added Chile!), but study abroad is its own unique experience. So go talk

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or ... typically include: “old,” “male,” or “crusty.” Their answers sometimes include “cold-hearted,” “robotic,” or “judgmental.” Not only do they think that we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  full answer. Most of these days when people ask me how an exam or a pset ... social event per day. Notable events include: “organize my life - 1.5 hours,” “figure out my life - 1.5 hours,” an all day event entitled “think of

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  ,[/annotation] but it was telling us two key things: 1. we can get free art from mit ... center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  : extraordinarily impressive or effective; a smashing performance     ... the answer before returning it to idle, listlessly day dream about the future or work through some crazy hypothetical situation and shunt your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  gracefully swept (or brutally pummeled, depending on what day of the week it ... Peters. -- I spent the rest of the day wandering around. I got the key to ... . -- Two Busy Weeks, part 1 I soon found out that time raced at MIT, as

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... procrastinate if you haven't submitted a Regular Action application by January 1st ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  trophies and science olympiad medals, none of which I have or have ever had ... Friday. I had an icky week. I had four exams in four days, one of which ... with my professor - and sent the elevator back to 1. When the doors

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

    In two days, I will be officially graduating this place. I ... 's as if we're choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very interesting ... , community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  work or results. The definition of the MIT experience, however, is not ... things to do from 8am to 1am, all jam-packed into about seventy-five hours ... objectivity or was it she? Sometimes pre-frosh ask how hard MIT actually is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  MIT? “Every day you hear something unbelievable,” President Kornbluth ... is one of the greatest issues of our day has led her to pioneer the ... missions, such as “Building and Adapting Healthy, Resilient Cities” or

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  next day. 1. The most important one. Whatever the situation – you ... ’t work, or is inefficient. Maybe you spend a lot of time doing problems you ... you spend your time, or you won't do any better. Trust me. I have the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011