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• 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

  

  .) There are three basic layers: (1) baselayer, (2) midlayer, (3) outerwear ... easy! (2) Midlayers Thin, merino wool sweaters are the best.  They

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

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Writing (or TOEFL). We also require 2 SAT Subject Tests (one in math, one in ... recognize that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  up some sportsball support! 2) Lil B A couple weeks ago, there was an ... write, 30 minutes to film, and 2 hours to edit (ish). Andrea would also

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  board? (2.78) How many cards can you have without having any sets ... as a 4-element array of integers between 0 and 2, inclusively, where

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  application online by Wednesday, August 27th at 2:00 am. FYRE, like the initial ... bathroom, plus one 2-person suite), and a lot of times people end up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  friends and I rented a car and drove the ~2 hours to Cape Cod. It was cold ... much stuff? HOW?) and went hiking in the White Mountains, a ~2h45m drive

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  ) - we're casting for season 2! Check out the details here (I'm looking at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of ... many an undecided one, especially between Course 2 and Course 16. Course

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  at MIT, 2.006 or Thermal Fluids II (think turbines, compressors, and ... derived any joy from: 2.008, AKA yo-yos! Another part of the problem was

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  the same office as my MIT sponsor, a Course 2 alumni. I had never been ... life (and there's nothing wrong with that!) 2. Learn how they learn

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  at 4am. I submitted my very last application at 2am, couldn't fall ... visiting her home in Ecuador for the first time in 2 years. She hasn't told

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  many things together. 2. Don't forget to bring your glasses My ... -of-tactics decisions. 2) If your classmate is doing worse than you are, you might get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister ... . Everything is more dramatic at 2 in the morning. The scanner in CopyTech was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  notes), 2) direct quotes, and 3) my own comments. (3) can range from ... mathematician, he means that he took 2 years to get a Ph.D. in pure theoretical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  perfectly at ease with social interaction!" Me 2: "Ah-ah-ah, don't be getting ... peasy." Me 2: "Alright, hot shot, let's see it. How about that guy

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... , here's the tabletop expo floor, on the 2nd floor of the student center

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  , every TA for this class was amazing)). 2. Try to go to recitation, it ... can be understaffed. 2. Find OH a few days before the pset is due and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  , with a long flowing white beard), (2) mechanical engineering has replaced ... research UROP at the Koch Institute and taking 2.00B (Toy Product Design), I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on ... 's something epic, really cool." On working as a hedge fund analyst: "At 2 PM on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  and engaging opportunity that will help you have a successful 2nd ... HASS classes fill two requirements: 1. MIT communication credits 2

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013