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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  experiences, and (2) we’re susceptible to fucking up, too. Collect advice, but ... as the semesters pass. Try not to end up with many more than 1 or 2 if ... , etc. Dominos delivers until 2AM. Learn how to cook. Cooking isn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  September 2nd The round tables are blue, yellow, and green this year ... % of undergrads graduate within four years[1], 93% within six[2]. That ... averages for all four-year postsecondary insitutions (of 39% and 59.2

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the world record for deportations in this country—over 2 million, just ... incarcerations, over 2 million also. And that’s a black and Latino issue ... - Trailer - 2-2014 from 50EGGS on Vimeo.

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... , and enjoyed building things. 2. I was not very good at building things ... alum who now works for Google on Project Ara (a modular cell phone), (2

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  to be a part of, and I have never regretted the decision. 2. Freshman ... , Year 2: You Can Always Learn and Improve This is a tricky lesson to ... read Mindset by Carol Dweck (nearly 2 years after I was originally

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  . 2. Be Prepared. You shouldn't be stressed out about the interview, but ... ). Anyhow, some interesting tidbits from my interviews: 2. I had the MIT ... favorite interview question #2: "What animal best portrays your personality

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  . [carousel image1="59693" image2="59692" image3="59694" /] I've realized, now ... NJsSxmyTnfYi2?si=gyFbnk9oTaCNFsKRxVFeGw[/embed]

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  kind works best for me. 9 am classes? Maybe not (see point 2 above). But ... floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  Believed That I Was Not Good Enough. Didn’t finish that video lecture in 2x ... forgets it. That is why it lasts forever. - Tao Te Ching, 2

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  . My sleep schedule, I feel, is about 2 hours later than normal working

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  thought to speak. I checked my phone. 2 minutes left. Not yet. I was ... deprived wasteland in my head. I checked my laptop again. 2 minutes. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  , friends), 2) The UROP website, 3) Department websites, 4) Department doors ... you in the right direction. 2. The UROP website Professors, post docs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  -sleep around 1am, I set every alarm in my room to an arbitrary time between 2 ... that issue was fairly light, I had to stick around until 2am. Sigh. After

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  is performed by MITSO, and obtain an Erdos number of 2, all of this in ... reason. Don't skip all your 2.007 labs to go tanning on the esplanade, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  watch the video of the kickoff here. The ceremonies begin around 2 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOKqITBPo2w The wedding was ... beginning of the hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfLRJ2hgoxk The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  open your email. Hillary Clinton is offering you free food in 2-105. You ... . The website contains only a clock counting down. 2 minutes remain. Liz S ... . Lauren F. ‘17 You are a course 2. You go to 2.002 lecture and mechanical

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  (it's at Maseeh, about an 8-10 minute walk away), and my phone is at 2 ... the way to Maseeh.[/caption] Location: Maseeh Hall 1.02 - 2.28 pm: The ... out early to get to my 2.30 pm class on time. Location: Building 24 2

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  You’ve done it. You’ve hit submit. Now what? You might imagine that your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  friends at 2am. Do a burger run at 1am. Drink a milkshake at midnight. But ... it. Also, do laundry more than 2.5 times a semester. It’s easy to ... in the best of ways. “Don't make fun of prefrosh. That was you like 2

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  1 is civil and environmental engineering ME: course 2 is mechanical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017