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

  

  old blog posts, and then used gpt-2-simple to retrain it on a bunch of ... HaikuBot. HaikuBot counts the syllables in each message sent to the ... birth to a son blah refrigerator blah blah i think i will have to write in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in ... and available in its original form here.  I won't attempt to dilute his ... , meaning that I was able to start math "a year" ahead in differential

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... sorority life in general. Be prepared for some long days! You will talk to ... , someone else in the house is, too. It’s also way more fun to do work around

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the ... different tables to choose from Cons outlets in weird areas can be loud ... ="87077" /] note that I'm limited in my ability to document other study spots in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  snowboard and don't even need to take lessons and in the ice skating PE class ... at it. *In fact, while Snively opted to play with snow indoors because ... used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  weekend to be over. Back in 2011, my host’s neighbor was an aerospace engineering major. Given my interest in the major I was curious to hear about ... 's possible and common to be so deep in piles of work that you will NOT be able

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the ... on Hamsika's blog about the Boston Globe special feature on MIT and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  home on 2 am trips to Wal-Mart through empty dark streets in my pick ... holes. Get ready to get lost in the sauce with the Sauce Boss! 13 ... :47 Your Wibbly Wobbly Guide to Time Travel What happens in your future if

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  . When it comes to baseball I'm a converted sabremetrician. In the natural world, I believe in the scientific method, which is to say I believe in ... considered in a complex ecology of decisionmaking? To some degree, yes; that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  "things alums do in their free time." In late 2011 I taught myself to cross ... I graduated from MIT in 2011. Upon graduating, and while living alone in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and

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

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... ideas, which were then converted to kits and assembled by students in an ... is heading in. We're forced to explain our progress so far without

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that ... as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  40 minutes just in case it starts to burn down. [carousel image1 ... over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start ... , not to mention in what form and when. True to form, however, Admissions ... activities in Zoom rooms. It's a lot of fun, and getting to meet and talk to so

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  to two hundred responses in close to three days. So I say this to you ... you. If you do that, you're guaranteed to discover the blessing in ... to have applied in the first place. Sometimes it doesn't work out, but

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  -year student to take five 12-unit classes in the spring; however, there is also ... wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo ... and discovery subjects in the past. To facilitate student engagement, we

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  MIT students - but we all go to MIT. Being in touch with friends with ... on track to great things in the astronomy world. I think that coming to ... , and I haven't spoken to him in two years, but that adventure will always

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  have) into perspective and help you define what you want to do in an ever ... the campus surrounding 77 Mass Ave, but instead immersed in the ... to the realization that I had undertaken more than just an

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  choose which dorms to live in. You live with people and you make memes ... /mysteryhunt. The community used to be based on large-scale in-person events such as ... in participation compared to years past. It's the golden era of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022