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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  my parents or friends. Things like "I just got back from my 5 ... .) - See tool (v.) punt (v.) - (1) To slack off, e.g. by checking Facebook ... equal to the height of Oliver Smoot ’62 (5 feet 7 inches), whose body was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  hanging on anymore. I also realized that it was REALLY COLD. Like, -5°C cold ... uninstalled Instagram and Facebook- a good idea, except for the fact that I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  most basic purpose: adding and removing assignments. However, I probably ... high some bars were in the early morning (2AM-5AM). Figure 5: Confusion

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  classes: Math: [annotation note="Calculus 1 (5 on AP Calc AB/BC equivalent ... size? Amazing! Not only was everyone on equal footing when we approached ... "]5 classes this semester[/annotation] so I took the L and switched to 6

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  . That’s why I’m adding it as a separate factor from convenience. A friend ... people from nearby dorms have reported getting too comfortable waking up 5

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  received: 7 Second/final round interviews received: 5 (waiting to hear back ... similar breakdown on Facebook of a girl who applied to 70+ companies and ... breakdown, but for the colleges I applied to. Colleges applied to: 5

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  hundreds of teams, with sizes anywhere from one to a hundred, work to solve ... , the writers of the 2022 Hunt, but I'm more familiar with the 2021 and 2023 story goals because of the wrap-up slides."]2021 and 2023

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  case it would be pressuring. Then they gave me a baby-sized stuffed ... notification that he'd somehow tagged me in a congratulatory Facebook post

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  already had about 5,000,000 votes, meaning they had obviously run a script ... your voting rate over 5 minutes: Start: 1,288,966 Finish: 1,344,741 = 11 ... " that prevented script voting. Essentially, they just added a cookie that

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  would be taking next term at MIT. So, I added a trendline in the form of a ... and watched more old episodes of Captain Planet (5 AM weekdays on UPN ... Thursday night I actually had two problem sets to do, but they only grade 5

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

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  my bed after waking up, scrolling through my Facebook feed, and then ... evening. I was placed in Baker 5. I went down the hall and asked where everyone else was—also Baker 5. It was nice to hear that our request to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  that happened last September. Firestorm’s tagline was “n classes in 5n ... , sana, means healthy. Adding mal- gives it the opposite meaning, malsana, or sick. Adding -ulo turns it to a person, malsanulo, someone who is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  -minded. Perhaps that means adding a college to your list that you initially didn ... strong because you've proofread them 5 times and that your college list is

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

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  server, and if it matches the 5–7–5 pattern of a haiku, it reposts the ... , some people just started writing everything in haiku: Since adding ... format for a haiku. Most of its poems are 2 to 5 lines long, and each line

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  conversation we had. U’s size, and lack thereof, was considered one of the ... particularly refers to personal ads about missed connections: You were on your ... jersey. That’s it. Coffee or a drink? Missed connection ads are popular

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  [carousel image1="69106" image2="69105" image3="69104" image4="69103" image5="69102" image6="69101" image7="69100" image8="69099" /] ... ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  I heard over and over again from mouths of all shapes and sizes was ... brilliant and I'm not dumb. And with 5 classes I didn't have much. Psets ... the CCD images that I (yes, that's right, me) took (w/ my partner) using

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  ambitions), become a lawyer (wrong), and be married with kids within 5 ... , and they will appear. 5. Senior Year: Focus There is so much to ... a Master’s my 5th year, combining my Thesis work and additional

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or ... means easy. The hard part is over (for now). A lot of adMITs will throw

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  are, so the Z's facilities are by far the most used. [carousel image1="102817" image2="102818" /] Wang Fitness Center Located in [annotation note='not to ... ']East Campus[/annotation] and grad housing.   [carousel image1

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024