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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  unlawful amount of fun playing on the beach, going to an Israeli concert, and ... clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. If you’ve never seen it, then REMEDY THAT. ;) And while

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  natural, where you can focus your efforts on achieving instead of diverting ... room and see if we could find pieces of ourselves reflected back at us ... for those pieces of your current self and the pieces of who you want to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  -end. Front-end focuses on the parts of the website that you see, and back ... and only focus on one of them, I can’t. It’s too painful. Not only that ... on sending and receiving a list of "events". Puzzles, like math, also

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  explicitly marked otherwise. Any opinions expressed are our own, and are not meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate ... students and will keep them on track for graduation.” After the first year

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  hours of sleep and a nutritious breakfast on our testing days. Test prep ... threat impaired both the rate and accuracy of their work, as they spent on ... -analysis found that on average, men outperform women in a cluster of tests related

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  , and made quite a bit of extra cash on the side. A few years into ... copious amounts of work. Some hobbies didn’t stick (trampoline dodgeball and skating are two notable ones) but some DID stick … and with an abundance of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... Messenger. I work for an hour, and then I’m lying on bed scrolling through my ... dips or bursts of energy throughout a given day. And there are more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  opposite me, resting on his elbow and playing Words With Friends. He ... ." There are a bunch of different things I could (should) touch on. Why ... when it came time to apply to college, MIT was naturally on the list, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  's going on with both of these majors. For the edification of frosh and ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... 's about all I remember. Battle on, Mandelbrot. My friend and labmate Steph

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I wrote this on my first day of classes this past Tuesday, and ... are in any way spectacular or a "genius" of some sort, and aren't sure ... brushing my teeth and washing my face, throwing on clothes, fussing with my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  first-days of classes and reading through new syllabi, I also frantically ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... .[/annotation] Then, you see the O on your transcript, thinking nothing of it, until you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  and Barcelona (where I’d worked on an internship), biology and a host of ... went to the nearby CVS and bought one of the DVD’s that was on sale. The ... statement, transcript, 2-page resume and between 6-8 letters of recommendation

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact ... recognize her face and her title, but what is the President of MIT like on a ... and had dinner at Phi Beta Epsilon, one of MIT’s fraternities on campus

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  one floor or lounge of a dorm, and it will be your family. Here are some ... cost of living (though you can purchase a meal plan while living in any ... entirely. NUMBER OF ROOMMATES AND FLOOR STRUCTURE: Although I believe that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  . However, our team of Mechanical Engineers and I had the opportunity to ... impressive model of what we wanted to build. On the day of the event... My ... device, which was mostly PVC and a lot of fittings. We had some fun playing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  . Great for reviews on math topics and solidifying your understanding of ... computer concepts. Offers lessons on different types of circuit and computer ... of how to actually think about and mentally approach a problem on these

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  for space police, and a Wookiee stuck in a tavern in the middle of a desert storm. And one of the Guild's oldest traditions is the ten-day game ... 2008 and in 2009. In fact, that 2009 post is from Paul B. '11, one of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However, this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  has the dorms, the student center, and most of the athletics buildings ...  Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east campus, and everything ot the north of the railroad tracks near Vassar

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  can repeatedly land on a perch, the way birds do, and he is fascinated ... --a principle he impresses on students every Tuesday and Thursday in 6 ... one each of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities designated courses

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018