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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... - speaking in MITese. But what else would you expect from a school where ... group (n.) - Generic term for "where you live," encompassing all of MIT

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

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

  

  forge. Generally you more often get burned not by red-hot pieces, which ... iron look like play dough. You can squash a workpiece in seconds when it ... when you make the end of a bar thin and pointy. rivets are like double

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  talk about his first semester, and what he experienced. Sure, you can ... first, choosing where I would go to college was simply a matter of getting ... , seeing where they lead, and then choosing after you know what will happen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  float in and out of your list of movies to watch, but you never quite get ... you would much rather write a paper than do a problem set, you’re not alone here :) ) Before I had friends, I had books. For those of you who

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  during our short, two-week trip in the winter (you simply can’t miss one ... running water (such as a river or spring). You can clean up the site (often ... phrases “once I’ve got money” or “once I have time”. I can assure you that I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  different paths our lives can take. One of them was from a student whom we ... unedited (except for where I removed personally identifiable information at his request) below. Hi Chris, I wonder if you remember me. I had

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  .) [caption id="attachment_79062" align="aligncenter" width="600"] where are you ... again, in wide-eyed wonder that I get to choose which classes I can take ... emotional growth? Can you list "became more emotionally mature" in a resume

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  ="aligncenter" width="2304"] You can see the cream area where the wooden city backdrop ... GRA. Formerly known [annotation note='The T is for Tutor. You can tell ... ="attachment_74338" align="aligncenter" width="2304"] You can see that the wooden

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  -shirts (which you can't really see because we all had multiple layers on because ... to ring sales, and purchased our rings! I can't wait to get mine at ... . Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... our applications. It’s not anything I can explain – you just know when ... deluding yourself. So please stop harassing Matt; you’re not going to get the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  ’t entirely true. For one, I get spooked easily. Whenever I entertained the idea ... , especially when I’m under pressure. Getting jumpscared in front of friends is ... we can make it out of Next Haunt alive. Andi This was also my first

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  ) asks, “When's the latest I can get my article to you?", to which I respond, “When's the earliest you can get it to me?" Ultimately, we agree on ... guide you through the laborious process: 6:19pm: I arrive at the Tech

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  capsule. You can view the whole collection here: http ... . '17.) I can only hope that you do read through parts of the site, and ... Memorial Housing for long.) You'll find that my dorm's been making head

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going ... statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to ... I will take all the help I can get. it's a ~journey~ best trekked with ... , but you can substitute any protein here. Chicken breast, diced tofu

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  science or engineering. Then you get some who don't care so much about ... extremes. At the science extreme, you get brillant people who live in the ... 't really know how to apply knowledge. At the engineering extreme, you get the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  said, "don’t you think you had a leg up getting into MIT because you ... ; usually you don’t get old men saying things like this to your face. Usually ... , but it’s not always simple. Sure, sometimes you can come back with a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  HOW HOW HOW can I make this bigger/smaller/faster/better?". You still ... recommendation would be to get a UROP or two and see what you're more interested in ... DID YOU KNOW? Polish mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot's last name

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  approachable.  The labs tie-in the week’s lessons well, and you can see how each ... learned about the domain over the semester. It's amazing how much you can ... ) Prof. Egozy is amazing and you get to create cool things like your own

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020