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• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  ="specifically the Google one it’s so bright and happy!"]Minesweeper[/annotation] in ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  projects too--the Design/Build/Fly team is working towards competition day in ... field. But in a lot of cases, that sort of attitude is self-fulfilling; a ... , I applied for an undergraduate research position in the Media Lab. As

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  Australia found this site by Googling the phrase "what happens when you ... . Schuh, an associate professor of metallurgy in the department of materials ... undergrad in chemical engineering and I have a question that none of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  by vibes. I avoid listings IN ALL CAPS because they seem [annotation ... laundry list of things going on in my life that can possibly make me tired ... .  It’s a nice view. Concrete strip malls and multilane highways in the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  . This means that I've been studying in smaller, but more frequent and ... quiet evenings, perfect for studying in peace). Budget out more time than ... friends, etc. Gives me things to look forward to, in between studying and a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within ... semester classes, so I quickly ran out of room there (and maybe in a couple

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  theory and methods in the social sciences. My first real Harvard class ... In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... this! Classes CMS.701 Current Debates in Media taught by Ed Schiappa

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was ... , that's almost as much time as I spent in class in high school! Hopefully

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  registration day. Step 1: Look up "mass art course listing" on google, and trust ... website, and email him expressing interest in the class. Step 4: Find the ... form. Step 10: Give in said form to the registration office in Mass

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  friends: [annotation note='in MoSCoW method hehe, learned this through a ... worry not: there are no Wicked spoilers in this blog Last Friday, I ... film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  started working in the Sabeti lab at the Broad, my thesis lab. This is the lab I most wanted to work in and least expected to take me, the lab ... figures I idolized, the lab whose PI I awkwardly Googled thinking someday I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example, much of our work in 6.2050 relied on hardware simulators that magically work; in 6.S965, we spent the first two weeks discussing how they work

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  methodic math and CS problems I get in my psets. It's also incredibly useful ... place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it wasn't really something I expected to continue in earnest in college

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... traffic laws. My grandma lives in Vancouver, Washington, about an hour drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... . It didn't look that bad on Google Maps after all! Since I didn't want ... it back from our 6 hour trip in one piece with the Roomba! This past

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also ... morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the ... flaws in the designs. Someone else, perhaps as sleepless as yourself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  , 2019. Google tells me the length of my hiatus: [annotation note ... think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  platform, Chinese proceeds exactly in the same way as it did when it was in-person. but the simple fact that i'm in my room and not in a classroom ... ="this seems like a lot, but i read 150 books in my junior year of high school

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  , and 53 seconds away. But who’s counting? In the mean time we stayed in ... underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... restaurant in Boston? Cambridge? Nah, my parents wanted Maseeh Dining. I didn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  a fancy restaurant in Republic Square, Yerevan, after I and some other [annotation note="A program that sends MIT students to work/teach/study in other ... Dilijan, a neighboring city in Armenia. I thought about how I would rate

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024