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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not ... there's anything intrinsically wrong with the Institute. But it's just ... worthwhile questions, they shouldn't overshadow the most important question of

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  President Hockfield formed the Energy Research Council to "assess the ... global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... today's Energy Research Forum, they will present their findings. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was ... between phone calls. Plus, I got to talk to a bunch of the newly admitted

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do ... frequently started problem sets at midnight the night before they were due ... of the day except approximately 6-8 AM. The upside at MIT is that, due

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... pizza and bourbon chicken from the mall, so day 2 doesn't count.) In my ... lost about 5 pounds last term on what I like to call the "75 Unit Diet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a ... , and of all the things they could do as a friend to make me feel better

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• 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

  

  's really not that hard.  As the saying goes, "there's no such thing as bad ... around -5 F at night, and yet I stayed (mostly) warm.   The secret to ... it also saves you money: the same coat, with different layers, is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  . Andrews wasn't all wrong: the “Don't do drugs” bit still holds some weight, and if all my friends jumped off the Harvard bridge... well, actually, come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  , but I have two legitimate reasons for why this is so: (1) The freshman bloggers are doing an amazing job of keeping the MIT Admissions page updated ... it too. Here's mine for the week: Andd a second shot, with stuff you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have to say, though, is inversely proportional to the amount of energy I ... -like-a-post-finals-limp-noodle lethargy aside with a song. Not just any song - a chemistry song. On the last

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... from the airport to the stud to pick up my orientation packet. I roll my two comically oversized suitcases down dorm row to MacGregor, but on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend who had been participating in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange the last year ... least be Bryan O. '07, '12? So the purpose of this entry is to somewhat

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  months all of you prefrosh will shed the "pre" (presumably through the use ... said you love is still a healthy one. Yes in the course of one year at ... account was just billed for tuition and you owe MIT 5 numbers before the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  week last year and organized the “[REDACTED] Family Dinner” for all MIT community members with the last name [REDACTED] 🍗 Janet G. ’27 from ... enthusiast, lover of her homeland’s native birds, and always on the lookout for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same ... . she signed my book!"] The Dragon Warrior  [/annotation] a binder containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  research, I have ascertained that MIT has one of the best global programs of ... ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action decisions ... your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your ... a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  you cuddle with her and she loves soft things like all the squishy stuffed animals on the giant bean bag chair I sleep on each night ... about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I ... this isn't a bad way to find a starting point: ask me anything in the ... : Dealing with the college application process Relationships Feminism

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... just appeared the other day and mine is, as far as I know, in its final ... schedule means that school (and the accompanying work) is about to begin

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008