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

  

  , considering that I never went out of my way to do anything and most of the list ... , and I'm extremely envious of the level of her self-discipline. As for my ... , and you're missing out on a key part of the MIT experience if you never

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

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

  

  ’ve found a group of people who love doing the same thing you love doing, and ... horribly convoluted) back home. Making sense of your environment and the ... your pick of all of the washers and all of the dryers. Depending on your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  and revolutionary one. The field of visual storytelling is really broad ... comprehensively or perfectly) depict the range of possibilities. And it also shows ... 6 part of our major and switch to CMS entirely?  The major we stick

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• 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 ... some of my old entries- like the very first one.  How did I introduce

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... a rejection. Or perhaps you were accepted and are worried of the ... of my family, my fraternity, and the rest of the MIT community. And I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... casting agents for the next season of Game of Thrones and just happen to be ... . And then three of my very best friends in the world decided to leave MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  involves Einstein, but the other - and the first angle I'll try - is to tell ... would react in each of the three outcomes, and I kept comparing myself to ... . Sure, enduring fitful nights of sleep and the agonizingly slow advance of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  in my reservedness is a rare and mythical thing. Most of the time I ... of me and my friends over the last year, and photos of me when I was ... half of Nashville was destroyed and we needed to help sort through the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  't click further than the Notable Alumni page to see a good number of people ... ), engineers of advances in space travel, and doctors who will cure cancer. The ... lobby 7. This is a place of dreamers, thinkers, and creators. The

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  whole lot of coordination between BC exec and the resident body, we were ... later find that the autonomy, convenience, and lower price of cooking for ... #1 on the housing lottery, joining a floor with decades of culture, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  't the only way of doing things, and that your peers aren't the only ... that was actually beneficial in the long run, out of a whole bunch my ... At the CPW Women's Leadership Lunch, one of the prefrosh at my table

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  development of corticospinal motor neurons in the cortex and medium-sized spiny ... spend a lot of time on the internets answering questions about MIT and ... For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  my six chats, there was a low of 26% of the class (6.034) and a high of ... of the class (as measured by the weekly hours on Firehose) and the ... At the start of each semester, I typically join Facebook Messenger

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  when you meet her, and she spends a lot of her time making sure the ... from a summer, yes, but also from spring, winter, and the coldest part of ... meander toward the completion of undergrad and deliberately take an extra

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  people out with bits of medical advice and first aid supplies. I was the ... Worldbuilding i.e. Junot Diaz reveals the lifeblood of stories and gives us the ... presented (both in lecture and in pages upon pages of practice questions) was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  healthier, better-tasting and cheaper. AND LOADS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ... parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and ... , because the beds aren't fantastic, and you really need to make the most of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  , and the depths of hell open to swallow you whole, rejecting you from all ... definitions of “well-qualified” and “top school” are subjective, but the point ... , bribes, and persuasion, I traveled from my bed (on the third of Burton

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  of the world"...' and 'Describe the world you come from'), an optional ... page and this paragraph: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it ... this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  were unfortunately knocked out in the Round of 32. We won our first game ... completely, landed on the side of my foot, and limped away while trying to play ... body at this point and who are one of the few that can say they’ve been

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  small subset of the whole—have no qualms about telling us exactly what is ... "self image", and notice that only ~31% of students think they're in the ... stronger sense of who you are and what you want to do. This is the thing

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015