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  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  ! 101. EARN YOUR MIT DEGREE(S)! Biology AND History! :D Been there ... since my freshman year, and I just asked Grace to take a photo of her list ... , considering that I never went out of my way to do anything and most of the list

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  the various opportunities and supports MIT has to offer. And there ... , on Tuesday, the international students and FPOPs will come.[annotation note= "And then some of them will leave again! To everyone heading to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  Auburn Street when a state trooper pulled them over for not displaying a ... headlights, no rearview mirror, overly tinted windows and no windshield wipers ... friend and SEVT member Ben Glass '07 had somewhat of an explanation:  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  ;Accept your room offer in one of the student houses and wire the required ... reading the blogs and offers some solid advice, thanks. :)   ... —a combination of "autonomy," "self-reliance," and "

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  has developed for itself a spirit and a culture that no university can ... Institution - MIT is so rife with culture and inside references that only alumni ... almost four years ago, and interestingly enough, I am the last guy that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  United States and the largest university library and largest private ... On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, when the sun has not yet heated the ... have PHIL 179, Race and Social Justice. I traverse the Yard on Mondays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  at places that supposedly offer a diverse and challenging working ... "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill" their victim by finding them spoonless off the floor and tagging them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  are also from lots of different states and ethnic backgrounds. Once, the ... 7:45 AM. The alarm goes off and I hit the snooze bar. My first class this semester started at 11 AM every day (and I've been on an extended

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  for two degrees, took five classes for five semesters, four for two, and ... no to. 5) Keep busy. MIT has so much to offer, and if you stay busy and ... engineering degrees). 2) I've never built anything at MIT (most engineering

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  laser cut acrylic parts, high degree of fit and finish, and working ... presenters – “excitement,” “magic” and &ldquo ... a live band, an audience of 3300, and an overall class budget of a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again ... , before my phone rang and jerked me out of my stupor. A friend was in the area and asked if I wanted to get dinner. Rejoicing that once again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  classes at a (very good) (but not as stimulating) university, and the two ... 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 / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  MIT students do on Friday nights, The Stuff of MIT Legend, and Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline. If you’d rather not spend hours ... spring of 2013 I graduated and got a permanent job offer from Echogen

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ’m simultaneously not bound to other responsibilities, and in a mental state to want ... It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at ... of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  through.” And DACA does not offer protection to everyone. He echoed Sofia ... A month and a half ago, a 450-seat lecture hall at MIT filled with people, and those peopled filled with eagerness, then silence, then

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  where students mostly do things other than school, like externships and ... , and after a few days, I get an interview. A day or two after that, I get placed on the committee, and from there it is off to the races. Planning

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , the creator of the show, who gave us permission and offered us some ... theory”-esque challenges run by anonymous gamemasters and $749 in prizes ... , for I was one of the gamemasters and have more content to share :D For

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

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  often just to stay fresh on current admissions policies and procedures, and typically when I sit through one I'll live blog about it. So here ... them and use them for signing in now) with Mac keyboards (thank goodness

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg50mdODFM of course, steven universe is a cartoon show and the lyrics ... i've been thinking about pi day and decisions lately and the song ... should post just the audio or the full music video, and decided the video

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019