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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  Money, a game show developed by Tom Scott. I was very excited and messaged ... started watching this show called money on nebula and its very like game ... like big money fewer people and communication between them also i want

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  : There are two starting corners and then three slots along each wall. The ... each slot, and try to score closer to the number than the opposing robot ... and to have a rotating turret that dispensed balls over the slot and

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  sky. And so my college application season began. My interview was at the Cosi at 13th Street and 6th Avenue with a young recent graduate ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be ... (also not true) and I just can’t even think back to the feeling of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  difficulties trying to save money for the SAT and TOEFL exams. At last, I have ... worries, take the January TOEFL and feel free to let us know somewhere in ... department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  better in physical world classes over online classes), and I hear that this ... ), exploring New York, and generally adventuring. Becoming a Real Person ... bs online. It’s a different life in the real world, but orders of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  lines. Means there’s free food. Exhibit patience and you’ll get treats: ice cream, grilled cheese, and raspberry lemonade. Free food never fails ... suits replace the sweatpants+baggy tee combos and everyone clutches a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  strangers; stay in touch either in person (come visit us!) or online (please drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi). As you begin your college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  lemma, the cone lemma, and Bricard’s condition. Afterward we will apply ... lexicographically smallest real solution x to Ax = 0, x ≥ 1 and that if the ... lexicographically smallest real solution x to Ax ≥ b, x ≥ 1 and that if A and b are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  to split them into study conditions, run the study, and evaluate their ... It’s Good: Player Preferences for Real-Time and Turn-Based Combat ... materials with, and teach them to real actual kids! We wrote a truly slapping

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  -so-exciting lives of your friends offline or online, and that only amplifies when all ... wanted to study in college, and all of a sudden it was all very REAL. I ... against major news platforms and don’t want to belittle stories that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize ... company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  , you can go to the library and check out textbooks for free. If, on the ... Context and Anna's Being "Qualified" For MIT, as well as conversations (good and bad) that I've had with people on CollegeConfidential and elsewhere

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty ... January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring ... ! These classes are limited-enrollment and available by special lottery only

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  . Spring HSSP is a long-term program, open to middle schoolers and high ... its weekly meetings into online ones, and we had discussions through ... a balance of grade levels and topics, but otherwise, the only real

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  school and academia are not free of this problem either. the “ivory tower ... I am starting this post on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and today, it ... half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  it easy to slot all of the appropriate pieces into place and simply ... new generations of MIT students carry on traditions and make them their ... , driven by passion, and a feat made possible by community. In fact, when I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  cut fitted slots and holes into iron using only hand tools. chisel work ... .096: Architectural Ironwork, a class which not only counts as both 2-A credit and HASS credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  real life; I spent most of my time online, where I could pretend ... of depression and extremely brief mentions of suicide and self ... struggling to do so in a way that’s pretty and poetic, that will stick in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  tests under timed conditions. The GRE is a marathon and measures your ... and worked with me for a long time. If you have a health condition (an ... —here are the things that did Do research and/or work to discover why you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018