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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  of the mail/website, you can get an idea for the "vibe" of each college ... connect you to resources or people that can. Some of those people can be ... culture first-hand. If you can, come to campus for a visit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  reading room, you can see how the desks are tucked away and private (that ... noise then you are shunned and scorned forever. The only way I can really ... 's Barker. If you ever need an excellent place to nap, you now know where to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get ... movement of trains across the railroad. You can find some pretty ... If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... me the hardest time was: "NDECOINI" Let's see if you can figure it out

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  -sleeved shirt and long underwear; you can get these for cheap at Target. That was ... 're colorful, warm, layer well, and are reasonably priced. You can get 'em for ... . Ideally you'll have both. You can get really nice wool coats from J

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  you submit this list to MIT, where a computer puts everyone in a dorm ... temporary room. Don't get too comfortable in your temp room; you'll almost ... , there's an Adjustment Lottery. In the lottery, you can decide to stay in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  you know where you can have a good laugh if you're having a bad day.) I ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... can jump in a pool whenever it gets too hot. Plus it's a pretty cool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  , and I'll be off to Hartford, Connecticut. You can view the entire ... special publications and materials you can pick up as well. The meeting ... answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  school, where I could put some marginal effort into classes and get good ... colleges, but culture is really a tangible thing that you can compare. So ... buildings are always open. You can easily find an open classroom for students

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  commercial that ran during football season titled "You make the call." The idea was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and ... selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... like them and they like you, you probably end up getting a bid to join ... much top secret). - You can't live in your fraternity during your

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  be insufficient in order to get where you need. With my research, it ... , you have to agree with the professor's solution in order to get the A ... college, you can do fine taking no risks. For me, taking risks at the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  . You see, one of the things I want most to get out of freshman year is to ... now been put in a retirement home where it can consult a therapist twice ... This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  some puzzles for yourself, you can check out the archives, or you can try ... can get up for an early morning (4am!) puzzle. This Hunt rocks, so far ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45 ... [/annotation] asked me over Discord one day, “how many unique [orientations] can you ... of enemies in seconds. And the fact that you can build functional

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  longer and collect more experiences before you can really understand your ... there and you're not even sure where they began nor where they'll end ... where to live and who to spend time with and career choices and so on. i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... you can't always have internet. Figure out transportation. Well you ... affordable laundry facilities where you find to live but in case you don

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  are developing, and see where their students can use additional ... they consider signing up. If you're not an American any-of-these, you can ... rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides data to the schools where the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  sweat, you can still submit a blog entry without prior warning. Please ... . Happy writing! Remember, make sure you get it to us within a week after ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  particularly useful. In biology at least, a masters degree won't really get you any better jobs than you would get with a bachelor's degree (that is ... Triton, where I am hanging out after my UCSF interview, waiting for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006